諸行無常

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See also: 诸行无常

Chinese

all; many; various
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
trad. (諸行無常) 無常
simp. (诸行无常) 无常

Etymology

From 大般涅槃經 (Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta):

無常生滅
无常生灭
From: Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta
Zhū xíng wúcháng, shì shēngmiè fǎ.
Everything is impermanent. This is the law of birth and death.

A phrase consisting of  / (zhū, all, every) + (deed, accomplishment) + 無常 / 无常 (wúcháng, impermanent), in turn a translation (directly or via Pali) of Sanskrit सर्व संस्कारा अनित्याः (sarva saṃskārā anityāḥ, literally all deeds are impermanent).

Pronunciation


Idiom

諸行無常

  1. (Buddhism) worldly things are impermanent

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 6
ぎょう
Grade: 2

Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
諸行無常 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

Buddhist expression borrowed from Chinese 諸行無常 / 诸行无常 (zhūxíngwúcháng), in turn a translation (directly or via Pali) of Sanskrit सर्व संस्कारा अनित्याः (sarva saṃskārā anityāḥ, literally all deeds are impermanent).

As Japanese, also analyzable as a compound of 諸行 (shogyō, all things) +‎ 無常 (mujō, impermanent, transient).

The two constituent Japanese terms are citable to the early 600s, while the first citations of the full four-character phrase in Chinese are from around the mid-600s. However, the full four-character phrase in Japanese usage is first cited much later in the (Kanchi-in-bon Sanbō-E), a collection of Buddhist writings from 984.

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょ)(ぎょう)()(じょう) (shogyō mujōしよぎやうむじやう (syogyau muzyau)?

  1. (Buddhism) the impermanence of worldly things

Phrase

(しょ)(ぎょう)()(じょう) (shogyō mujōしよぎやうむじやう (syogyau muzyau)?

  1. (Buddhism) all worldly things are transitory
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Chapter 1.1”, in Helen Craig McCullough, transl., 平家物語 :
      ()(おん)(しょう)(しゃ)(かね)(こえ)(しょ)(ぎょう)()(じょう)(ひび)()り。()()(そう)(じゅ)(はな)(いろ)(じょう)(しゃ)(ひっ)(すい)(ことわり)(あらわ)す。(おご)れる(もの)(ひさ)しからず、(ただ)(はる)(よる)(ゆめ)(ごと)し。(たけ)(もの)(つい)には(ほろ)びぬ、(ひとえ)(かぜ)(まえ)(ちり)(おな)じ。
      Gionshōsha no kane no koe, shogyō mujō no hibiki ari. Sarasōju no hana no iro, jōshahissui no kotowari o arawasu. Ogoreru mono mo hisashikarazu, tada haru no yoru no yume no gotoshi. Takeki mono mo tsui ni wa horobinu, hitoeni kaze no mae no chiri ni onaji.
      The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 諸行無常”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 諸行無常”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  7. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

諸行無常 (jehaengmusang) (hangeul 제행무상)

  1. hanja form? of 제행무상 (the impermanence of worldly things)