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Caigentan

The Caigentan (Chinese: 菜根譚) is a circa 1590 text written by the Ming Dynasty scholar and philosopher Hong Zicheng (Chinese: 洪自誠; pinyin: Hóng Zì-Chéng). This compilation of aphorisms eclectically combines elements from the Three teachings (Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism), and is comparable with Marcus Aurelius' Meditations or La Rochefoucauld's Maximes.

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Hanyu Pinyin
Càigēntán
IPA
[tsʰâɪ.kə́n.tʰǎn]
Literal meaning
Vegetable Root Discourse
Simplified Chinese
菜根谭
Traditional Chinese
菜根譚
Transcriptions
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinCàigēntánWade–GilesTs'ai-ken t'anIPA[tsʰâɪ.kə́n.tʰǎn]

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Caigentan

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples136
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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related to References · 69
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related to Translations · 18
Caigentan → Chao Tze-Chiang, Chinese, Compare, Daniel, English, Fu Yiyao, In, Isobe Yaichiro, Japanese Saikontan, Kwok, Lee Siu-Leung, Paul White, Robert Baker Aitken, The Chinese Caigentan, Thomas Cleary, Three, To, William Scott Wilson
related to history · 16
Caigentan → China, Hong Zicheng, Hong's, Japan, No, Sanshan, Suichu Hall Master, Suichutang, The, These, Three Mountains Invalid Tongli, Tongli, Traditionally, Yingming, Yu Kongjian, Zicheng
related to Title · 11
Caigentan → By, Chinese Caigentan, English, Jiao, Minor Learning, One, The Chinese, This, Vos, Xiaoxue, Zhu Xi's
related to External links · 6
Caigentan → Book, Chinese, Japan Times菜根譚, Mariko Kato, Unearthing, Vegetable Root Discourse Blog
related to Contents · 4
Caigentan → Chinese, For, In, The
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Caigentan → Càigēntán
IPA · 1
Caigentan → [tsʰâɪ.kə́n.tʰǎn]
Literal meaning · 1
Caigentan → Vegetable Root Discourse
Simplified Chinese · 1
Caigentan → 菜根谭

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chinese zicheng hong roots vegetable vessel full discourse life translations editions yingming trans three wisdom first version hung empty ming

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CaigentanHanyu PinyinCàigēntán1.00infobox
CaigentanIPA[tsʰâɪ.kə́n.tʰǎn]1.00infobox
CaigentanLiteral meaningVegetable Root Discourse1.00infobox
CaigentanSimplified Chinese菜根谭1.00infobox
CaigentanTraditional Chinese菜根譚1.00infobox
CaigentanTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinCàigēntánWade–GilesTs'ai-ken t'anIPA[tsʰâɪ.kə́n.tʰǎn]1.00infobox
CaigentanWade–GilesTs'ai-ken t'an1.00infobox
Caigentanis ayulu0.90text
turnipsinstance offood0.80text
radishinstance offood0.80text
carrotsinstance offood0.80text
sweet potatoes is meantinstance offood0.80text

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