公设 (公設) gōngshè

gōngshè noun a postulate; an axiom
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Philosophy
Notes: A statement assumed to be true as a starting point for an argument; same as 公理 (CC-CEDICT '公設'; Wikipedia '公設')

Also contained in

公设比 、 平行公设

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 18 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• 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: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 32 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1

Collocations

• 公设拜 (公設拜) 脩公設拜以謝不敏 — 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, Scroll 5 — count: 2