oh hush. the character is 玉 (yu4), which is the same in simplified as it is in traditional (at least i think it is). it means jade. i wonder what it has to do with the confucian academy though.
@TehCybernerd The character is 国, (guo, a jade in an enclosure) 'country', as in 中华人民共和国 (Central-Culture People-Commoner Share-with-Country, or People's Republic of China), from the character 玉, representing the king (王 is made out of 一, representing the roof of the world, and 土, the character for 'dirt'. The 点 in 玉 represents the gem itself: 天堂的本质在土). The traditional character is 國, though this is purely phonetic; 或 (huo) means 'or'.
What kind of Chinese do they teach you in Canada? ಠ_ಠ
oh dear, it's guo!? what really? i thought that was just a random rectangle. okay, no need to explain the rest, it makes sense now, but those proportions are just awful. why would they leave that much space?
A very truthful one, too. People equate government with a massive organization that keeps a country stable despite no one trusting it, but it's really just the act/state of keeping things and people not-on-fire/dead.
...Simplified Chinese on a several thousand year old manuscript?
Que nationalist rage.
amitabho123 8 months ago 6
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oh hush. the character is 玉 (yu4), which is the same in simplified as it is in traditional (at least i think it is). it means jade. i wonder what it has to do with the confucian academy though.
TehCybernerd 6 months ago
@TehCybernerd The character is 国, (guo, a jade in an enclosure) 'country', as in 中华人民共和国 (Central-Culture People-Commoner Share-with-Country, or People's Republic of China), from the character 玉, representing the king (王 is made out of 一, representing the roof of the world, and 土, the character for 'dirt'. The 点 in 玉 represents the gem itself: 天堂的本质在土). The traditional character is 國, though this is purely phonetic; 或 (huo) means 'or'.
What kind of Chinese do they teach you in Canada? ಠ_ಠ
amitabho123 6 months ago
@amitabho123
oh dear, it's guo!? what really? i thought that was just a random rectangle. okay, no need to explain the rest, it makes sense now, but those proportions are just awful. why would they leave that much space?
TehCybernerd 6 months ago
@TehCybernerd They're probably not Chinese, lol.
amitabho123 6 months ago
@amitabho123
haha, yeah...
TehCybernerd 6 months ago
@amitabho123 The kind of Chinese that isn't Chinese at all and is really English.
SuperSmashyfication 1 month ago
First Confucius quote I ever learned.
HazMatMedia 3 years ago
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A very truthful one, too. People equate government with a massive organization that keeps a country stable despite no one trusting it, but it's really just the act/state of keeping things and people not-on-fire/dead.
Kemonokami 1 year ago