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五常
wǔ cháng
Definitions
- •Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
- •the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)
- •five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信
- •five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends)
- •five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土