Guest guest Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 According to the oldest dictionary, Suo Wen Zi Jie by Xu Shen in 80 AD?, “Xu is a big hill. North of the Kun-lun (mountains) is called Kun-lun Xu.†Here, the word “hill (qiu)†actually means “a basin.†The north of the Kun-lun mountains, the Tarim Basin locates. The basin meant to the ancient Chinese, “an empty prairie (kong-kuang) and emptiness (kong-xu).†It means there is a hint of a strech. The same dictionary says " Shi is Fu (wealth). " (The note says " goods are filling the house. " ) It has a hint of a filling action. The Ming Dynasty dictionary, Kang-xi Zi-dian in 1761 says “Xu is Kong-xu (emptiness, void, hollowness, vacancy).†There is a hint of an open space. It's note says " Shi is man (to fill up), chong (to suply), an antonym of Xu. " For me the word “vacuity, vacuus†has hints of a closed space and a physical sucking action, which the original word never had. Do not both " repletion " and " excess " have a hint of an " overly-done " meaning? The word " Xu Shi " appears in Chapter 25 the first time in the Huang-di Nei Jing Su-wen. Zhang Zhi-cong noted, " Xu-shi is ebb and flow of human Yin-yang. " Shinjiro Notes: My Suo Wen Zi Jie is a reprinted copy by Quan-guo Ge Shu-ju (Taiwan) in 1992. My Kang-xi Zi is a reprinted copy by Zhong-hua Shu-ju in 1958 My Huang-di Nei Jing Su-wen is a copy of With Combined Notes of Ma and Zhang, printed first time in 1910, copied in Taiwan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Dear Shinjiro, Interesting stuff. I'll keep it in mind. Keep up your investigations. . .. On Mar 16, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Shinjiro Kanazawa wrote: > According to the oldest dictionary, Suo Wen Zi Jie by Xu Shen in 80 > AD?, “Xu is a big hill. North of the Kun-lun (mountains) is called > Kun-lun Xu.” Here, the word “hill (qiu)” actually means “a basin.” > The north of the Kun-lun mountains, the Tarim Basin locates. The > basin meant to the ancient Chinese, “an empty prairie (kong-kuang) > and emptiness (kong-xu).” It means there is a hint of a strech. > The same dictionary says " Shi is Fu (wealth). " (The note says > " goods are filling the house. " ) It has a hint of a filling action. > The Ming Dynasty dictionary, Kang-xi Zi-dian in 1761 says “Xu is > Kong-xu (emptiness, void, hollowness, vacancy).” There is a hint of > an open space. > It's note says " Shi is man (to fill up), chong (to suply), an > antonym of Xu. " > For me the word “vacuity, vacuus” has hints of a closed space and a > physical sucking action, which the original word never had. > Do not both " repletion " and " excess " have a hint of an " overly- > done " meaning? > The word " Xu Shi " appears in Chapter 25 the first time in the Huang- > di Nei Jing Su-wen. Zhang Zhi-cong noted, " Xu-shi is ebb and flow > of human Yin-yang. " > Shinjiro > > Notes: > My Suo Wen Zi Jie is a reprinted copy by Quan-guo Ge Shu-ju > (Taiwan) in 1992. > My Kang-xi Zi is a reprinted copy by Zhong-hua Shu-ju in 1958 > My Huang-di Nei Jing Su-wen is a copy of With Combined Notes of Ma > and Zhang, printed first time in 1910, copied in Taiwan. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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