禪
Definition
shàn:* "禅"的繁体字。 * 祭祀天地山川。 * 帝王讓位或傳位給他姓。如："禪位"。 chán:* 禪那的簡稱。為佛教的修行方法之一，即靜思之意。如："坐禪"、"禪定"。宋·蘇軾 * 佛法、佛理。 * 佛家的、帶機鋒的。如："禪機"。唐·劉禹錫
meditation, contemplation (dhyana); to level ground for altar; abdicate
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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