厚德載物
Chinese
great kindness; profound virtue | to carry; to convey; to load to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; and; also; as well as; simultaneously; year |
thing; object; matter | ||
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trad. (厚德載物) | 厚德 | 載 | 物 | |
simp. (厚德载物) | 厚德 | 载 | 物 |
Etymology
From I Ching:
- 地勢坤,君子以厚德載物。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Dìshì kūn, jūnzǐ yǐ hòudézàiwù. [Pinyin]
- The (capacity and sustaining) power of the earth is what is denoted by Kun.
The superior man, in accordance with this, with his large virtue supports (men and) things.
地势坤,君子以厚德载物。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hòudézàiwù
- Wade–Giles: hou4-tê2-tsai4-wu4
- Yale: hòu-dé-dzài-wù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howdertzaywuh
- Palladius: хоудэцзайу (xoudɛczaju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 厚德載物
- the virtuous ones will have great responsibility