道徳経 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 道 | 徳 | 経 |
| どう Grade: 2 |
とく Grade: 4 |
きょう Grade: 5 |
| goon | on'yomi | goon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 道德經 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 道德經 (MC dawX tok keng|kengH). Analyzable as a compound of 道徳 (dōtoku, “morality”) + 経 (kyō, “sutra, scripture”).[1]
道(どう)徳(とく)経(きょう) • (Dōtokukyō) ←だうとくきやう (Dautokukyau)?
- the Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching is known in Japanese by three possible names:[2][3][4]
- 老子道徳経 (Rōshi Dōtokukyō, literally “Laozi Tao Te Ching”)
- 老子 (Rōshi, literally “Laozi”)
- 道徳経 (Dōtokukyō, literally “Tao Te Ching”)
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “道徳経”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984