diǎn

  1. diǎn noun canon; classic; scripture
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: tenX;as in 典籍 (Kroll 2015 '典' 1; GHC '典' 1) In Shuo Wen, 典,經也。‘diǎn means the same as jīng.’ ('Er Ya, Shi Yan'爾雅‧釋言, 1739) For example, 修其訓典 'cultivated in teaching the classics.' (Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Zhou 史記‧周本紀) Also, 冬讀書,典書者詔之。 'In winter they read the book of History, being instructed by the guardians of it.' (The Classic of Rites, King Wen as Son and Heir 禮記‧文王世子)
  2. diǎn noun laws; regulations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 法则 or 制度 (Kroll 2015 '典' 2; NCCED '典' 2-3; GHC '典' 2) For example, 乃命大史守典奉法 'He also orders the Grand recorder to guard the statutes and maintain the laws ...' (The Classic of Rites, Proceedings of Government in the Different Months 禮記‧月令)
  3. diǎn noun a ceremony
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 典礼 (NCCED '典' 4; GHC '典' 5)
  4. diǎn noun an institution in imperial China
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 典章 (GHC '典' 3)
  5. diǎn adjective refined; elegant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 典雅 (GHC '典' 4)
  6. diǎn verb to administer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 掌管 (GHC '典' 6; NCCED '典' 6; Kroll 2015 '典' 4)
  7. diǎn verb to pawn
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 典当 or 抵押 (GHC '典' 7; Kroll 2015 '典' 5)
  8. diǎn noun an allusion; a precedent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '典' 3; NCCED '典' 5)
  9. diǎn noun scripture; grantha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: grantha (BCSD '典', p. 175; MW 'grantha'; SH '典', p. 250)

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  • 原典 (原典) 原典標逗 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Preface 前言 — count: 78
  • 十二部经典 (十二部經典) 所謂三藏十二部經典 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 31
  • 论典 (論典) 研究論典的人 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1-叢林制度》, Lecture 6: Intersting Monastery Occurrences 第六講‧叢林趣聞 — count: 29
  • 大乘经典 (大乘經典) 確認一切大乘經典 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Afterword 校後感言 — count: 29
  • 典丰 (典豐) 任職會長的謝典豐先生致辭時說道 — Hundred Sayings 6 - Sentiment and Righteousness 《往事百語6-有情有義》, The Importance of Studying People 人學的重要 — count: 14
  • 谢典 (謝典) 任職會長的謝典豐先生致辭時說道 — Hundred Sayings 6 - Sentiment and Righteousness 《往事百語6-有情有義》, The Importance of Studying People 人學的重要 — count: 14
  • 昭典 (昭典) 組織部長岩本昭典和我們同行 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, Japan 日本 — count: 10
  • 教典 (教典) 精研教典 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Preface 前言 — count: 8
  • 正典 (正典) 以便名正典刑 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Difficulties and Benefits 1: Seven Difficulties 冥 益 一.七難 — count: 8
  • 典中 (典中) 在一切經典中 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna 大乘與小乘 — count: 6