English
Taixuanjing
Taixuanjing comes from Mandarin 太玄經.
- Mandarinmodern太玄經literally ‘Canon of Supreme Mystery’
- EnglishtodayTaixuanjing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern太玄經literally ‘Canon of Supreme Mystery’
- EnglishtodayTaixuanjing
Every English word from Mandarin 太玄經
Today it means
name A Chinese divinatory text composed by the Confucian writer Yang Xiong (53 BCE-18 CE), similar to and inspired by the I Ching, and having 81 ternary tetragrams.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 太玄經 / Taixuanjing