天上天下唯我独尊
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |||||||
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天 | 上 | 天 | 下 | 唯 | 我 | 独 | 尊 |
てん Grade: 1 |
じょう Grade: 1 |
てん Grade: 1 |
げ Grade: 1 |
ゆい Grade: S |
が Grade: 6 |
どく Grade: 5 |
そん Grade: 6 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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天上天下唯我獨尊 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
From Literary Chinese 天上天下,唯我獨尊. In Buddhist legend, the phrase that Shakyamuni uttered right after he was born and on his feet taking seven steps about, pointing at heaven with his right hand and at earth with his left. This phrase seems to be a more condensed translation of what the Buddha was supposed to say. Compare the Pali aggō hamasmi lōkassa, jeṭṭō hamasmi lōkassa, seṭṭhō hamasmi lōkassa, ayamantimā jāti, natthidāni punabbhavo from the Dīgha Nikāya. A slightly different form is 天上天下唯我為尊, from a Chinese translation of the Dīrgha Āgama. Although the phrase sounds extremely arrogant, especially given that the one who purportedly said it was the founder of Buddhism, and it is indeed used to describe hubris, the 我 (“I/me; self; ego”) could be interpreted as "humans" in general instead of the Buddha alone, expressing a human-centric attitude in a country dominated by Hinduism, a polytheistic religion.
Pronunciation[edit]
Phrase[edit]
天上天下唯我独尊 • (tenjō tenge yui ga dokuson) ←てんじやうてんげゆいがどくそん (tenzyau tenge yui ga dokuson)?
See also[edit]
- Japanese terms spelled with 天 read as てん
- Japanese terms spelled with 上 read as じょう
- Japanese terms spelled with 下 read as げ
- Japanese terms spelled with 唯 read as ゆい
- Japanese terms spelled with 我 read as が
- Japanese terms spelled with 独 read as どく
- Japanese terms spelled with 尊 read as そん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms borrowed from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese phrases
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with eight Han script characters
- ja:Buddhism