啟明

Chinese

		to open; to start	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (啟明/啓明)		啟/啓	明
simp. (启明)		启	明

Adjective

啟明

1. (literary) enlightened; intelligent; open-minded; understanding

   • 帝曰：「疇咨若時登庸？」放齊曰：「胤子朱啟明。」帝曰：「吁！嚚訟可乎？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     帝曰：「畴咨若时登庸？」放齐曰：「胤子朱启明。」帝曰：「吁！嚚讼可乎？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Dì yuē: “Chóuzī ruòshí dēngyōng?” Fàngqí yuē: “Yìnzǐ Zhū qǐmíng.” Dì yuē: “Xū! Yínsòng kě hū?” [Pinyin]

     The Emperor said, “Who will search out (for me) a man according to the times, whom I can raise and employ?”
     Fang-qi said, “(Your) heir-son Zhu is highly intelligent.”
     The Emperor said, “Alas; he is insincere and quarrelsome ― can he do?”

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 啟明

1. (～星) (Chinese astronomy) planet Venus in the east before dawn; Lucifer

   • 東有啟明，西有長庚。有捄天畢，載施之行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     东有启明，西有长庚。有捄天毕，载施之行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dōng yǒu qǐmíng, xī yǒu chánggēng. Yǒu qiú tiānbì, zài shī zhī xíng. [Pinyin]

     In the east there is Lucifer;
     In the west there is Hesperus;
     Long and curved is the Rabbit Net of the sky; -
     But they only occupy their places.

Synonyms

• 金星 (Jīnxīng)
• 太白星 (Tàibáixīng)

Verb

啟明

1. to enlighten; to edify; to educate (e.g. the blind)