五常 wǔ cháng

  1. wǔ cháng set phrase the five constant regulations; the five constant virtues
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A Confucian concept, namely: 1. 仁 rén 'benevolence,' 2. 義 yì 'righteousness,' 3. 禮 lǐ 'ritual' or 'propriety,' 4. 智 zhì 'wisdom,' and 5. 信 xìn 'faithfulness' (Guoyu '五常' 3; Mathews 1931 '五常', p. 25; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 523; Yao 2000, p. 34)
  2. wǔ cháng set phrase the five elements
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 五行, namely, 金 metal, 木 wood, 水 water, 火 fire, and 土 earth (Guoyu '五常' 2)
  3. wǔ cháng set phrase righteousness, compassion, friendship, respect, and filial piety
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Namely, 1. father's righteousness, 2. a mother's compassion, 3. an elder brother's friendship, 4 a younger brother's respect, and a son's filial piety (Guoyu '五常' 1)
  4. wǔ cháng set phrase five companions from the state of Shu
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The state of Shu in the Three Kingdom's period (Guoyu '五常' 4)
  5. wǔ cháng set phrase the five relations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Namely, between 1. 君臣 ruler and minister, 2. 父子 father and son, 3. 兄弟 elder and younger brothers, 4. 夫妻 husband and wife, 5. 朋友 friends (Guoyu '五常' 5)

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  • Scroll 3 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 11
  • Scroll 1 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 5
  • Scroll 15 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Shi Shi Yao Lan 釋氏要覽 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Chan Zong Jue Yi Ji 禪宗決疑集 — count: 3
  • Scroll 18 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 6 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 3
  • Scroll 25 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Bian Wei Lu 辯偽錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 3 Collection of Advise to Initiate the Bodhi Mind 勸發菩提心集 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 五常住 (五常住) 五常住究竟安 — Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論, Scroll 66 — count: 7
  • 五常等 (五常等) 若約君臣父子三才五常等 — Zhu Dasheng Ru Lengjia Jing 注大乘入楞伽經, Scroll 7 — count: 5
  • 获五常 (穫五常) 興微供果獲五常 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏, Scroll 7 — count: 4
  • 仁义五常 (仁義五常) 蓋仁義五常之謂 — Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集, Scroll 14 — count: 4
  • 法五常 (法五常) 在世法五常 — Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄, Scroll 24 — count: 3
  • 稟五常 (稟五常) 家傳十善世稟五常 — Xian Mi Yuantong Cheng Fo Xin Yao Ji 顯密圓通成佛心要集, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 自知五常 (自知五常) 人應自知五常等 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 8 — count: 3
  • 五常见 (五常見) 五常見諸佛 — Da Boreluomiduo Jing Bore Li Qu Fen Shu Zan 大般若波羅蜜多經般若理趣分述讚, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 破五常 (破五常) 今此品中正破五常 — Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏, Scroll 3 — count: 3
  • 五常缘故 (五常緣故) 五稱散五常緣故 — Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記, Scroll 10 — count: 2