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好事
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hǎo shì |
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead |
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神仙
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shén xiān |
Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person |
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真人
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zhēn rén |
a real person / Daoist spiritual master |
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龙虎
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lóng hǔ |
outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) |
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仙人
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xiān rén |
Daoist immortal / celestial being |
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道家
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Dào jiā |
Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子 (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 庄子 (369-286 BC) |
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列子
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Liè zǐ |
Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 战国 / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晋 (3rd century AD) |
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八仙
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Bā xiān |
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology) |
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羽化
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yǔ huà |
levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion |
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五岳
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Wǔ yuè |
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan |
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茅山
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Máo Shān |
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容, Jiangsu Province |
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导引
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dǎo yǐn |
same as 引导 / Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage |
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庄周
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Zhuāng Zhōu |
same as Zhuangzi 庄子 (369-286 BC), Daoist author |
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道士
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dào shì |
Daoist priest |
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脱胎换骨
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tuō tāi huàn gǔ |
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) |
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玄学
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xuán xué |
Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上学) |
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庄子
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Zhuāng zǐ |
Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author |
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灵符
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líng fú |
a Daoist talisman |
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真武
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Zhēn wǔ |
Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 |
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炉火纯青
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lú huǒ - chún qīng |
lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection |