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Chinese Text Project

U+8056

Seal script

Jinwen

Jianbo

Semantic variant
Simplified character

Alternate form
𠄵
Semantic variant
𦕡
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 7 strokes = 13 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.430#40 Kangxi: p.967#22 Cihai: p.1082r6c06 GSR: 835.z Hanyu: v4,p2789#06
Composition:Component of: 𨼳 𠏄 𮑞 𪢎 𪬮 𬉊 𡢨 𢶫 𬂒 𧬼 𨭰
Mandarin:shèng ㄕㄥˋ
Cantonese:sing3
Tang reconstruction:*shiɛ̀ng
Shuowen:耳部》聖:通也。从耳呈聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·去聲··》聖:生也,通也,聲也,風俗通云聖者聲也,言聞聲知情故曰聖。式正切,一。
Kangxi:康熙字典·耳部·》聖:〔古文〕𦕡𠄵《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤式正切,聲去聲。《易·乾卦》聖人作而萬物覩。《·洪範》睿作聖。《傳》於事無不通之謂聖。《禮·禮運·三代之英疏》萬人曰傑,倍傑曰聖。《孟子》大而化之之謂聖。《風俗通》聖者,聲也。聞聲知情,故曰聖也。又《諡法》稱善賦𥳑曰聖,敬賓厚禮曰聖。又木名《山海經》開明北有聖木。《註》食之令人智聖也。又水名。《水經注》聖水,出上谷東,過長鄕縣北,又東過安次縣,而東入于海。又姓。又《韻補》叶裳聲切,音成。《常璩·華陽國志贊》仲元抑抑,邦家儀型。子雲𤣥達,煥乎弘聖。
Fanqie:式正 (《廣韻·去聲··》)
Unihan definition:holy, sacred; sage

CTP Dictionary


聖人
shèng rén ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ : 出類拔萃的人。 Sage, outstanding person.
論語·述而》:子曰:「聖人,吾不得而見之矣。」
The Master said, "A sage it is not mine to see."
孟子·公孫丑上》:聖人復起,必從吾言矣。
When a Sage shall again arise, he will certainly follow my words.
莊子·逍遙遊》:故曰:至人無己,神人無功,聖人無名。
Therefore it is said, 'The Perfect man has no (thought of) self; the Spirit-like man, none of merit; the Sagely-minded man, none of fame.'
史記·殷本紀》:武丁夜夢得聖人,名曰說。
Wuding dreamed one night that he had found a holy man named Yue.
禮記·曲禮上》:是故聖人作,為禮以教人。
Therefore, when the sages arose, they framed the rules of propriety in order to teach men.
道德經》:是以聖人處無為之事,行不言之教。
Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.

Example usage

論語·雍也》:子曰:「何事於仁,必也乎!」
The Master said, "Why speak only of virtue in connection with him? Must he not have the qualities of a sage?"
孟子·盡心上》:人,然後可以踐形。
But a man must be a sage before he can satisfy the design of his bodily organization.
禮記·深衣》:五法已施,故人服之。
These five rules being observed in the making (of the dress), the sages wore it.
孝經·喪親》:毀不滅性,此人之政也。
And that emaciation must not be carried to the extinction of life. Such is the rule of the sages.
揚子法言·》:芒芒天道,昔在考,過則失中,不及則不至,不可姦罔,譔《問道》。
Vast! Vast is Tian's Dao! In the past the sages completed it. If one goes too far, he loses the mean. If one doesn't go all the way, he doesn't reach the Dao. It cannot be defiled or maligned. Thus, I have written "Asking About the Dao."
莊子·逍遙遊》:故曰:至人無己,神人無功,人無名。
Therefore it is said, 'The Perfect man has no (thought of) self; the Spirit-like man, none of merit; the Sagely-minded man, none of fame.'
道德經》:是以人處無為之事,行不言之教。
Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.
商君書·更法》:是以人苟可以強國,不法其故。
Therefore a sage, if he is able to strengthen the state thereby, does not model himself on antiquity.
荀子·大略》:多言而類,人也。
說苑·君道》:人寡為而天下理矣。
韓詩外傳·卷一》:此三者、王之所殺而不赦也。
大戴禮記·主言》:是故人等之以禮,立之以義,行之以順,而民棄惡也如灌。
白虎通德論·》:堯猶嶢嶢也,至高之貌,清妙高遠,優遊博衍,眾之主,百王之長也。
新書·脩政語上》:湯曰:學王之道者,譬其如日。
新序·善謀下》:今陛下能封人之墓,表賢人之閭,軾智者之門乎?
中論·治學》:學也者、所以疏神達思、怡情理性,人之上務也。
孔子家語·大昏解》:孔子愀然作色而對曰:「合二姓之好,以繼先之後,以為天下宗廟社稷之主,君何謂已重乎?」
潛夫論·讚學》:天地之所貴者人也,人之所尚者義也,德義之所成者智也,明智之所求者學問也。
論衡·命義》:明之德,而有囚厄之變,可謂遭矣。
太玄經·》:測曰,「地自沖」、人之所也。
風俗通義》:人作而均齊之,咸歸於正。
孔叢子·嘉言》:萇弘語劉文公,曰:「吾觀孔仲尼有人之表。」
申鑒·政體》:故古之王,其於仁義也,申重而已。
忠經·聖君章》:惟君以德監於萬邦。
素書·安禮章》:非其神,自然所鍾。
新語·道基》:傳曰:「天生萬物,以地養之,人成之。」
獨斷·卷下》:高帝、惠帝、呂后攝政、文帝、景帝、武帝、昭帝、宣帝、元帝、成帝、哀帝、平帝、王莽、公、光武、明帝、章帝、和帝、殤帝、安帝、順帝、沖帝、質帝、桓帝、靈帝,從高帝至桓帝,三百八十六年,除王莽、劉公,三百六十六年,從高祖乙未至今壬子歲,四百一十年,呂后、王莽不入數,高帝以甲午歲即位,以乙未為元。
蔡中郎集·獨斷》:帝謚:違拂不成曰隱,靖民則法曰黃,翼善傳曰堯,仁盛明曰舜,殘人多壘曰桀,殘義損善曰紂,慈惠愛親曰孝,愛民好與曰惠,善同文曰宣,聲聞宣遠曰昭,克定禍亂曰武,聰明睿智曰獻,溫柔善曰懿,布德執義曰穆,仁義說民曰元,安仁立政曰神,布綱治紀曰平,亂而不損曰靈,保民耆艾曰明,辟土有德曰襄,貞心大度曰匡,大慮慈民曰定,知過能改曰恭,不生其國曰聲,一德不懈曰簡,夙興夜寐曰敬,清白自守曰貞,柔德好眾曰靖,安樂治民曰康,小心畏忌曰僖,中身早折曰悼,慈仁和民曰順,好勇致力曰莊,恭人短折曰哀,在國逢難曰愍,名實過爽曰繆,壅遏不通曰幽,暴虐無親曰厲,致志大圖曰景,辟土兼國曰桓,經緯天地曰文,執義揚善曰懷,短折不成曰殤,去禮遠眾曰煬,怠政外交曰攜,治典不敷曰祈。
墨子·經說上》:者用而勿必,必也者可勿疑。
列子·天瑞》:子列子曰:「昔者人因陰陽以統天地。」
鶡冠子·博選》:君也者,端神明者也,神明者,以人為本者也,人者,以賢為本者也,賢者,以博選為本者也,博選者,以五至為本者也。
文子·道原》:是以人內修其本,而不外飾其末,厲其精神,偃其知見故漠然無為而無不為也,無治而無不治也。
文始真經·一宇》:言之如吹影,思之如鏤塵,智造迷,鬼神不識。
列仙傳·黃帝》:弱而能言,而預知,知物之紀。
鬻子》:人在上,賢士百里而有一人,則猶無有也。
老子河上公章句》:稟氣有厚薄,得中和滋液,則生賢,得錯亂污辱,則生貪淫也。
韓非子·難言》:上古有湯至也,伊尹至智也。
申不害·大體》:是以人貴名之正也。
慎子·威德》:人有德,不憂人之危也。
管子·輕重己》:清神生心,心生規,規生矩,矩生方,方生正,正生曆,曆生四時,四時生萬物,人因而理之,道徧矣。
孫子兵法·用間》:故三軍之事,親莫親于間,賞莫厚于間,事莫密于間,非智不能用間,非仁義不能使間,非微妙不能得間之實。

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