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Taixuanjing

Syllables: Tai·xuan·jing

Taixuanjing proper noun: a Chinese divinatory text composed by the Confucian writer Yang Xiong (53 BCE-18 CE), similar to and inspired by the I Ching, and having 81 ternary tetragrams.

Proper noun

Taixuanjing

  1. A Chinese divinatory text composed by the Confucian writer Yang Xiong (53 BCE-18 CE), similar to and inspired by the I Ching, and having 81 ternary tetragrams.

Origin of Taixuanjing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 太玄經 /太玄经 (Tàixuánjīng, literally “Canon of Supreme Mystery”).

Questions about Taixuanjing

What does Taixuanjing mean?
Taixuanjing means a Chinese divinatory text composed by the Confucian writer Yang Xiong (53 BCE-18 CE), similar to and inspired by the I Ching, and having 81 ternary tetragrams.
What part of speech is Taixuanjing?
Taixuanjing is a proper noun.

Words near Taixuanjing in the dictionary

  1. taiwanoside
  2. Taiwo
  3. Taiwos
  4. Taiwu
  5. Taixing
  6. Taixuanjing
  7. Taiya
  8. taiyaki
  9. taiyakis
  10. Taiyal
  11. Taiye Lake

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