| Chinese Text Project |
| 廉 U+5EC9 |  Seal script | 槏 Semantic variant | 磏 Semantic variant | 廉 Alternate form | 𢉧 Semantic variant | 𢋯 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 广+ 10 strokes = 13 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.225#23 Kangxi: p.349#08 Cihai: p.491r5c01 GSR: 627.l Hanyu: v2,p0896#01 |
| Composition: | Top-left: 广, bottom-right: 兼. Compositionally related: 廉 . Component of: 劆 嬚 濂 𠿳 𡫐 𢅏 𣀃 𣀊 臁 𣜰 𪼥 𬁛 𣤤 燫 𤬚 𤻑 镰 𥋲 𥖝 䆂 [More] |
| Mandarin: | lián ㄌㄧㄢˊ |
| Cantonese: | lim4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | liɛm |
| Shuowen: | 《广部》廉：庂也。从广兼聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·鹽·廉》廉：廉儉也。《釋名》云：廉斂也，自檢斂也，亦姓趙有廉頗。力鹽切，二十。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·广部·十》廉：〔古文〕磏槏𢋯𢉧《唐韻》力兼切《集韻》《韻會》離鹽切《正韻》力鹽切，𠀤音匳。《說文》仄也。《儀禮·鄕飮酒禮》設席於堂廉東上。《註》側邊曰廉。《前漢·賈誼傳》廉遠地則堂高。《註》廉，側隅也。又《釋名》斂也，自檢斂也。又《玉篇》淸也。《廣韻》儉也。《周禮·天官·小宰》以聽官府之六計，弊羣吏之治。一曰廉善，二曰廉能，三曰廉敬，四曰廉正，五曰廉法，六曰廉辨。《註》旣斷以六事，又以廉爲本。《疏》廉者，潔不濫濁也。又《玉篇》棱也。《書·臯陶謨》𥳑而廉。《傳》性𥳑大而有廉隅。《禮·儒行》砥礪廉隅。又察也。《後漢·魯恭傳》袁安使仁恕掾肥親往廉之。又《通典》官制有廉訪使廉使。《正字通》今稱臬司。又嚴利也。《禮·月令》其器廉以深。《周禮·冬官考工記·弓人》紾而搏廉。《註》廉，嚴利也。又縣名。《前漢·地理志》北地郡有廉縣。又州名。《唐書·地理志》廉州本合州，武德四年曰越州，貞觀八年更名。又姓。《史記·廉頗傳》廉頗者，趙之良將也。又飛廉，漢宮名。《前漢·武帝紀》作長安飛廉館。《註》應劭曰：飛廉，神禽，能致風氣者也。晉灼曰：身似鹿，頭如爵，有角而蛇尾，文如豹文。 |
| Fanqie: | 力鹽 (《廣韻·下平聲·鹽·廉》) |
| Unihan definition: | upright, honorable, honest |
Example usage
| 《論語·陽貨》: | 古之矜也廉，今之矜也忿戾。 |
| The stern dignity of antiquity showed itself in grave reserve; the stern dignity of the present day shows itself in quarrelsome perverseness. | |
| 《孟子·萬章下》: | 故聞伯夷之風者，頑夫廉，懦夫有立志。 |
| Therefore when men now hear the character of Bo Yi, the corrupt become pure, and the weak acquire determination. | |
| 《禮記·樂記》: | 其敬心感者，其聲直以廉。 |
| When it is moved to reverence, the sound is straightforward, with an indication of humility. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 蒞之以廉，則下不相盜。 |
| If he appears before them modestly, then those below will not steal from one another. | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 廉，作非也。 |
| To be lian (honest/consciencious) is to (...?) initiative. | |
| 《莊子·在宥》: | 廉劌彫琢，其熱焦火，其寒凝冰。 |
| (at another), it is sharp as the sharpest corner, fit to carve or chisel (stone or jade). Now it is hot as a scorching fire, and anon it is cold as ice. | |
| 《道德經》: | 是以聖人方而不割，廉而不劌，直而不肆，光而不燿。 |
| Therefore the sage is (like) a square which cuts no one (with its angles); (like) a corner which injures no one (with its sharpness). He is straightforward, but allows himself no license; he is bright, but does not dazzle. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 詩、書、禮、樂、善、修、仁、廉、辯、慧，國有十者，上無使守戰。 |
| If, in a country, there are the following ten things: odes and history, rites and music, virtue and the cultivation thereof, benevolence and integrity, sophistry and intelligence, then the ruler has no one whom he can employ for defence and warfare. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 乃言曰：「始事事，寬而栗，柔而立，願而共，治而敬，擾而毅，直而溫，簡而廉，剛而實，彊而義，章其有常，吉哉。」 |
| It is as much as to say that he begins to do such and such things. They are liberality combined with dignity, mildness combined with firmness, bluntness combined with respect, aptness for government combined with caution, docility combined with boldness, straightforwardness combined with gentleness, easy negligence combined with discrimination, resolution combined with sincerity, and courage combined with justice. If these are apparent, and that continuously, how fortunate it will be. | |
| 《荀子·成相》: | 世之災，妒賢能，飛廉知政任惡來。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 絲聲哀哀以立廉，廉以立志，君子聽琴瑟之聲，則思志義之臣。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 如此，雖陷其身，尚有廉名 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 王子比干殺身以成其忠，柳下惠殺身以成其信，伯夷叔齊殺身以成其廉，此三子者，皆天下之通士也，豈不愛其身哉！ |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 孔子曰：「上敬老則下益孝，上順齒則下益悌，上樂施則下益諒，上親賢則下擇友，上好德則下不隱，上惡貪則下恥爭，上強果則下廉恥，民皆有別，則貞、則正，亦不勞矣，此謂七教。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·文質》: | 《禮記王度》曰：「王者，有象君之德，燥不輕，濕不重，薄不澆，廉不傷，疵不掩，是以人君寶之。」 |
| 《新書·道術》: | 辭利刻謙謂之廉，反廉為貪。 |
| 《新序·節士》: | 上不己知，而干之不止者，是毀廉也。 |
| 《中論·藝紀》: | 故恭恪廉讓、藝之情也，中和平直、藝之實也，齊敏不匱、藝之華也，威儀孔時、藝之飾也。 |
| 《孔子家語·致思》: | 今魯國富者寡而貧者眾，贖人，受金則為不廉，則何以相贖乎？ |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 夫此四子者，耳目聰明，忠信廉勇，未必無儔也，而及其成名立績，德音令問不已，而有所以然，夫何故哉？ |
| 《論衡·無形》: | 人稟元氣於天，各受壽夭之命，以立長短之形，猶陶者用土為簋廉，冶者用銅為柈杅矣。 |
| 《太玄經·竈》: | 測曰，「黃鼎介」、中廉貞也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 楊雄好之，天下孝廉、衛卒交會，周章質問，以次注續，二十七年，爾乃治正，凡九千字，其所發明，猶未若《爾雅》之閎麗也，張竦以為懸諸日月不刊之書。 |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 然言稱先王，躬履廉讓，洽聞強記，博物不窮，抑亦聖人之興者乎？ |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 公祿貶則私利生，私利生則廉者匱而貪者豐也。 |
| 《素書·正道章》: | 行足以為儀表，智足以決嫌疑，信可以使守約，廉可以使分財，此人之豪也。 |
| 《新語·無為》: | 夫法令者、所以誅惡，非所以勸善，故曾、閔之孝，夷、齊之廉，豈畏死而為之哉？ |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 孝武之世，郡舉孝廉，又有賢良文學之選。 |
| 《列子·力命》: | 其為人潔廉善士也，其於不己若者不比之人，一聞人之過，終身不忘。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 富者觀其所予，足以知仁，貴者觀其所舉，足以知忠，觀其大𥘽，長不讓少，貴不讓賤，足以知禮達，觀其所不行，足以知義，受官任治，觀其去就，足以知智，迫之不懼，足以知勇，口利辭巧，足以知辯，使之不隱，足以知信，貧者觀其所不取，足以知廉，賤者觀其所不為，足以知賢，測深觀天，足以知聖。 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 使廉士守財，不如閉戶而全封，以為有欲者之於廉，不如無欲者也。 |
| 《列仙傳·務光》: | 光辭曰：「廢上非義也，殺人非仁也，人犯其難，我享其利，非廉也。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 此言天下太平不知仁，人盡無欲不知廉，各自潔己不知貞。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 今夫輕爵祿，易去亡，以擇其主，臣不謂廉。 |
| 《管子·明法解》: | 寄託之人不肖而位尊，則民倍公法而趨有勢，如此，則愨愿之人失其職，而廉潔之吏失其治。 |
| 《孫子兵法·九變》: | 故將有五危：必死可殺，必生可虜，忿速可侮，廉潔可辱，愛民可煩。 |
| 《六韜·盈虛》: | 吏、忠正奉法者尊其位，廉潔愛人者厚其祿。 |
| 《尉繚子·戰威》: | 國必有孝、慈、廉、恥之俗，則可以死易生。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 軍讖曰：內貪外廉，詐譽取名，竊公為恩，令上下昏，飾躬正顏，以獲高官，是謂盜端。 |
| 《孫子算經·卷中》: | 副置四百於方法之下，下法之上，名為廉法。 |
| 《淮南子·道應訓》: | 今國之富者寡而貧者眾，贖而受金，則為不廉。 |
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