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Chinese word

玄学

xuán xué

Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals

Traditional: 玄學

Meaning

Definitions are in English.
  • Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
  • translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学)

Characters in this word

玄xuán5 strokesdeep, profound, abstruse学xué8 strokeslearning, knowledge, science

Common words: 玄 · 学

Words

Words with the same first character

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玄机xuán jīprofound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles玄武xuán wǔBlack Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky