坤 kūn
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kūn
noun
kun; the second of the Eight Trigrams
Domain: Literature 文学 , Concept: Trigram 卦
Notes: Symbol: ☷; representing earth; female principle, as described in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” (Guoyu '坤' n; NCCED '坤' 1; Nylan 2001, p. 180; Unihan '坤') -
kūn
adjective
female
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '坤' adj; NCCED '坤' 2; Nylan 2001, p. 180; Unihan '坤')
Contained in
- 泡影干坤见宝藏 色香世界幻空花(泡影乾坤見寶藏 色香世界幻空花) Within the universe of a bubble and shadow, treasures are found; Among the world of form and scent, delusive and empty flowers bloom.
- 心源无风雨 浩气养干坤(心源無風雨 浩氣養乾坤) At the heart's source lies neither wind nor rain; With awe-inspiring virtue the world is nurtured.
- 名士志四海 浩气养干坤(名士志四海 浩氣養乾坤) The noble man sets his heart on the world; Nurturing the universe with awe-inspiring virtue.
- 干坤容我静 名利任人忙(乾坤容我靜 名利任人忙) The universe is my place of calm; Fame and gain are what keep me busy.
- 世事不必争人我 身心放下见干坤(世事不必爭人我 身心放下見乾坤) Needless to fight over self and others; Upon letting go, the Truth is revealed.
- 天地展开日月明 干坤供养山河清(天地展開日月明 乾坤供養山河清) Above the shining sun and moon stretch boundless Heaven and Earth; Supporting the pure mountains and rivers the antithesis between heaven and earth.
- 书中干坤大 笔下天地宽(書中乾坤大 筆下天地寬) A boundless universe can be found in a book; An infinite world can be created by words.
- 一粒米中藏世界 半边锅裏煮干坤(一粒米中藏世界 半邊鍋裏煮乾坤) An entire world is hidden inside a grain of rice; Endless wonders are stirred inside a wok.
- 回观面目身清净 又见干坤日月明(回觀面目身清淨 又見乾坤日月明) To once again contemplate the purity of one's face and body; The universe's bright sun and moon are seen once again.
- 千年事业方寸内 万里干坤心怀中(千年事業方寸內 萬里乾坤心懷中) Timeless accomplishment found in knowing one's place; Boundless world discovered in one's aspirations.
Also contained in
巴里坤 、 旋乾转坤 、 巴里坤草原 、 巴里坤县 、 乾坤 、 坤宁宫 、 扭转乾坤 、 坤甸 、 巴里坤哈萨克自治县
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 7
- Scroll 6 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 6
- Scroll 45 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 4
- Scroll 15 Xin Huayan Jing Lun 新華嚴經論 — count: 4
- Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 5 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 5 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 3
- Scroll 3 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 3
- Scroll 1 Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples (Chanlin Baoxun) 禪林寶訓 — count: 3
Collocations
- 坤稳 (坤穩) 坤穩反鄭注禮記云閫門限也說文闕閫字而有闑及榍字物雖是一而多名門閾門閾門榍門砌皆門限也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 14 — count: 14
- 坤维 (坤維) 次弟子右迴至坤維北向 — Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏, Scroll 12 — count: 13
- 音坤 (音坤) 上肯很反禮記曰稽顙而後拜懇乎其志也廣雅懇誠也文字典說懇切也或作懇從心貇聲貇音坤穩反從 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 18 — count: 7
- 上坤 (上坤) 上坤穩反廣雅云悃至也說文云從心困聲也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 39 — count: 6
- 坤骨 (坤骨) 上堪感反埤蒼坎埳也下坤骨反杜注左傳云窟地室也古今正字云窟狐兔所伏處也從穴屈聲或從土 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 29 — count: 5
- 坤大地 (坤大地) 坤大地三乘十二分教三世諸佛天下老師言 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 坤六 (坤六) 乾三連坤六段 — Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 坤舆 (坤輿) 坤輿所載 — Dasheng Ru Dao Cidi 大乘入道次第, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 坤道 (坤道) 男坤道成女 — Guanyin Yi Shu Ji 觀音義疏記, Scroll 3 — count: 3
- 荡坤 (盪坤) 師子奮迅兮搖乾蕩坤 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 18 — count: 3