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Jyutping. Saam1 syun1 tou4. The Vinegar Tasters (三酸圖; 'three sours'; 嘗醋翁; 'vinegar-tasting', ' old men'; 嘗醋圖, 尝醋图) is a traditional [clarification needed] subject in Chinese painting, which later spread to other East Asian countries. The allegorical image represents three elderly men tasting vinegar. The identity of the ...
The Three Sages (Confucius, Buddha, Laozi) 三聖圖, 1615 Xingming guizhi. In Chinese philosophy, the three teachings (Chinese: 三 教; pinyin: sān jiào; Vietnamese: tam giáo, Chữ Hán: 三教) are Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. The learning and the understanding of the three teachings are traditionally considered to be a harmonious ...
t. e. Laozi (/ ˈlaʊdzə /, Chinese: 老子), also romanized as Lao Tzu and various other ways, was a semi-legendary ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Tao Te Ching, the foundational text of Taoism along with the Zhuangzi. Laozi is a Chinese honorific, typically translated as "the Old Master". Modern scholarship generally regards his ...
Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the ...
v. t. e. The Tao Te Ching[note 1] (traditional Chinese: 道德經; simplified Chinese: 道德经) or Laozi is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. [7]
31. "There is no illusion greater than fear." 32. "What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out." 33. "If I had just a little bit of wisdom I should walk the great path and fear only straying from it."
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Hongjun Laozu (simplified Chinese: 鸿钧老祖; traditional Chinese: 鴻鈞老祖; pinyin: Hóngjūn Lǎozǔ; Wade–Giles: Hung-chün Lao-tsu) lit. "Ancestor of the Great Balance" is a deity in Chinese folk religion and Taoism, teacher of the Three Pure Ones in Taoist mythology. Hongjun 鴻鈞 is a graphic variant of hungjun (洪钧; 洪鈞 ...