| Chinese Text Project |
| 宗 U+5B97 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 宀+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.33#42 Kangxi: p.283#14 Cihai: p.411r6c01 GSR: 1003.a Hanyu: v2,p0917#11 |
| Composition: | Top: 宀, bottom: 示. Component of: 倧 𨛱 𪞥 𫟡 𢃏 𡸶 𫮁 淙 婃 𡨫 孮 崇 骔 徖 𫐱 悰 猔 崈 综 𠵻 [More] |
| Mandarin: | zōng ㄗㄨㄥ |
| Cantonese: | zung1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *tzong |
| Shuowen: | 《宀部》宗：尊祖廟也。从宀从示。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上平聲·冬·宗》宗：衆也，本也，尊也，亦官名漢書宗正秦官也，掌親屬亦姓周郷宗伯之後出南陽又漢複姓二氏前漢有宗伯鳳南燕録有宗正謙善卜相。作冬切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·宀部·五》宗：《唐韻》作冬切《集韻》《韻會》祖賨切《正韻》祖冬切，𠀤音㚇。《說文》尊祖廟也。《白虎通》宗者何，宗有尊也，爲先祖主也，宗人之所尊也。《郉昺曰》宗者，本也。廟號不遷，最尊者祖，次曰宗，通稱曰宗廟。《禮·祭法》有虞氏祖顓頊而宗堯，夏后氏祖顓頊而宗禹，殷人祖契而宗湯，周人祖文王而宗武王。《賈誼曰》祖有功，宗有德也。又流派所出爲宗。《禮·喪服小記》別子爲祖，繼別爲宗，繼禰爲小宗。《程頤曰》凡言宗者，以主祭祀爲言，人宗於此而祭祀也。又同姓曰宗。《詩·大雅》宗子維城。《註》同姓也。又《書·舜典》禋于六宗。《註》謂所尊祭者，其祀有六，寒暑日月星水旱也。賈逵曰：天宗三，日月星。地宗三，河海岱。司馬彪曰：天宗日月星辰寒暑之屬，地宗社稷五祀之屬。又秩宗，官名。《書·舜典》咨伯，汝作秩宗。《註》主郊廟之官，掌敘鬼神尊𤰞，故曰秩宗，周禮謂之宗伯。又曰祝宗。又《周禮·春官·大宗伯》賓禮親邦國，春見曰朝，夏見曰宗。又瞽宗，殷學名。又人物所歸往亦曰宗。《書·禹貢》江漢朝宗于海。《註》言百川以海爲宗也。《史記·孔子世家》孔子以布衣傳十餘世，學者宗之。又姓。又叶則郞切，音臧。《史記·司馬遷自敘》蠲除肉𠛬，開通關梁。廣恩施博，厥稱太宗。《說文》从宀从示。《徐曰》宗廟，神祇所居。示，古祇字。 考證：〔《周禮·春官·大宗伯》諸侯朝於天子，春見曰朝，夏見曰宗。〕謹照原文諸侯朝於天子改爲賓禮親邦國。 |
| Fanqie: | 作冬 (《廣韻·上平聲·冬·宗》) |
| Unihan definition: | lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 因不失其親，亦可宗也。 |
| When the parties upon whom a man leans are proper persons to be intimate with, he can make them his guides and masters. | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 無城郭、宮室、宗廟、祭祀之禮，無諸侯幣帛饔飧，無百官有司，故二十取一而足也。 |
| There are no fortified cities, no edifices, no ancestral temples, no ceremonies of sacrifice; there are no princes requiring presents and entertainments; there is no system of officers with their various subordinates. On these accounts a tax of one-twentieth of the produce is sufficient there. | |
| 《禮記·服問》: | 君為天子三年，夫人如外宗之為君也。 |
| The ruler of a state mourned for the son of Heaven for the three years. His wife observed the rule of a lady of her husband's house who had gone to her own married home in mourning for the ruler. | |
| 《孝經·喪親》: | 為之宗廟，以鬼享之。 |
| They prepare the ancestral temple (to receive the tablet of the departed), and there they present offerings to the disembodied spirit. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 文、宣、靈宗，興鄜、密、上、下，用事四帝，而天王不匡，反致文、武胙。 |
| Dukes Wen, Xuan and Ling built temples at Fu, Mi, Shang and Xia to sacrifice to the Four Deities. The Son of Heaven did not rectify this, and to the contrary, wrongly made offerings to King Wen and King Wu. | |
| 《墨子·所染》: | 此六君者所染不當，故國家殘亡，身為刑戮，宗廟破滅，絕無後類，君臣離散，民人流亡。 |
| Now, these six princes had been under bad influences. Therefore their states were ruined and they were executed, their ancestral temples were destroyed and descendants annihilated. The rulers and the subjects were dispersed and the people were left homeless. | |
| 《莊子·德充符》: | 審乎無假，而不與物遷，命物之化，而守其宗也。 |
| His judgment is fixed regarding that in which there is no element of falsehood; and, while other things change, he changes not. The transformations of things are to him the developments prescribed for them, and he keeps fast hold of the author of them. | |
| 《道德經》: | 淵兮似萬物之宗。 |
| How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 東至于海，登丸山，及岱宗。 |
| Eastward his empire extended to the sea, Ball hill, and the ancestral Dai mountain. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 其誠可比於金石，其聲可內於宗廟。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 當堯之時，舜為司徒，契為司馬，禹為司空，后稷為田疇，夔為樂正，倕為工師，伯夷為秩宗，皋陶為大理，益掌敺禽，堯體力便巧不能為一焉，堯為君而九子為臣，其何故也？ |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 文公不能服喪，不時奉祭，不以三年，又以喪取，取於大夫，以卑宗廊，亂其群祖以逆先公。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷四》: | 出則為宗族患，入則為鄉里憂。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 其順之，然後言其喪算，備其鼎俎，設其豕腊，脩其宗廟，歲時以敬祭祀，以序宗族，則安其居處，醜其衣服，卑其宮室，車不雕幾，器不刻鏤，食不貳味，以與民同利，昔之君子之行禮者如此。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 《尚書》曰「高宗諒陰三年」是也。 |
| 《新書·六術》: | 六親有次，不可相踰，相踰則宗族擾亂，不能相親。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 酈生說漢王曰：「方今燕、趙已復，唯齊未下，今田橫據千里之齊，田閒據二十萬之軍於歷城，諸田宗強，負海岱阻河齊，南近楚，民多變詐，陛下雖遣數十萬師，未可以歲月下也。」 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 聲氣可範，精神可愛，俯仰可宗，揖讓可貴，述作有方，動靜有常，帥禮不荒，故為萬夫之望也。 |
| 《孔子家語·大昏解》: | 孔子愀然作色而對曰：「合二姓之好，以繼先聖之後，以為天下宗廟社稷之主，君何謂已重乎？」 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 使巧倕加繩墨而制之以斤斧，女工加五色而制之以機杼，則皆成宗廟之器、黼黻之章，可著於鬼神，可御於王公。 |
| 《論衡·氣壽》: | 高宗享國百年，周穆王享國百年，並未享國之時，皆出百三十四十歲矣。 |
| 《太玄經·永》: | 測曰，「不替不爽」、永宗道也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 《尚書》：「天子巡守，至于岱宗，覲諸侯，見百年，命大師陳詩，以觀民風俗。」 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 吾於《高宗肜日》見德有報之疾也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 聖漢統天，惟宗時亮。 |
| 《忠經·聖君章》: | 故王者上事於天，下事於地，中事於宗廟，以臨於人。 |
| 《素書·本德宗道章》: | 右第四章言本、宗不可以離道德。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 於是後聖乃定《五經》，明《六藝》，承天統地，窮事微，原情立本，以緒人倫，宗諸天地，脩篇章，垂諸來世，被諸鳥獸，以匡衰亂，天人合策，原道悉備，智者達其心，百工窮其巧，乃調之以管絃絲竹之音，設鍾鼓歌舞之樂，以節奢侈，正風俗，通文雅。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 天子諸侯宗廟之別名：左宗廟，東曰左，帝牲牢三月，在外牢一月，在中牢一月，在明牢一月，謂近明堂也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 方山冠、以五采縠為之，漢祀宗廟大享，《八佾》樂五行舞人服之。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 「壺子曰：」向吾示之以未始出吾宗。 |
| 《鶡冠子·環流》: | 法貴如言，言者萬物之宗也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 夫無形者，物之太祖，無音者，類之太宗，真人者，通於靈府，與造化者為人，執玄德於心，而化馳如神 |
| 《列仙傳·鹿皮公》: | 淄水來，三下呼宗族家室，得六十餘人，令上山半。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 淵乎似萬物之宗。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 而謀臣不為，引軍而退，復與荊人為和，令荊人得收亡國，聚散民，立社稷，主置宗廟，令率天下西面以與秦為難，此固以失霸王之道一矣。 |
| 《慎子·德立》: | 孽疑其宗，無不危之家。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 秦宗室大臣皆言秦王曰：「諸侯人來事秦者，大抵為其主游閒於秦耳，請一切逐客。」 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 以春日至始，數九十二日，謂之夏至，而麥熟，天子祀於太宗，其盛以麥。 |
| 《六韜·上賢》: | 六曰：強宗侵奪、陵侮貧弱者，傷庶人之業。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 軍讖曰：強宗聚姦，無位而尊，威而不震，葛藟相連，種德立恩，奪在位權，侵侮下民，國內諠譁，臣蔽不言，是謂亂根。 |
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