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宗
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Definitions
- 1. school
- 2. sect
- 3. purpose
- 4. model
- 5. ancestor
- 6. clan
- 7. to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
- 8. classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
Words Containing 宗
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
Vajrayana
imperial clan
ancestor
Kachenjunga (Himalayan peak)
to declare at the outset (idiom)
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派[gé lǔ pài]
orthodox school
religion
Tao Zongyi (c. 1329-1410), Yuan dynasty scholar
Emperor Suzong of Tang (711-762), reign name of eighth Tang emperor Li Heng 李亨[lǐ hēng], reigned 756-762
Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809-840), reign name of fifteenth Tang emperor 李昂[lǐ áng], reigned 827-840
patriarchal clan system
many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
religious order
Emperor Gaozong of Tang, reign name of third Tang emperor Li Zhi 李治[lǐ zhì] (628-683), reigned 649-683
Pure Land Buddhism
Yogācāra school of Buddhism
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
see 法相宗[fǎ xiàng zōng]
Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]
Ming Renzong, temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[zhū gāo chì]
suzerain state
see 毛竹[máo zhú]
penis (Chinese medicine)
parcel of land
the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
Tiantai school of Buddhism
Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778-820), reign name of twelfth Tang emperor Li Chun 李純|李纯[lǐ chún] reigned 805-820
Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫[lǐ yù], reigned 762-779
adherent of religion
sectarianism
sect
General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
Emperor Yizong of Tang (833-873), reign name of eighteenth Tang emperor Li Cui 李漼[lǐ cuǐ], reigned 859-873
see 淨土宗|净土宗[jìng tǔ zōng]
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810-859), reign name of seventeenth Tang emperor Li Chen 李忱[lǐ chén], reigned 846-859
Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction
to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
to carry on one's ancestral line
Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民[lǐ shì mín] (599-649), reigned 626-649
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, reign name of fourth Tang emperor Li Zhe 李哲[lǐ zhé] (656-710), reigned 705-710
Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter
combined branches of a clan
Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809-827), reign name of fourteenth Tang emperor 李湛[lǐ zhàn], reigned 825-827
Emperor Xizong of Tang, reign name of nineteenth Tang Emperor Li Xuan 李儇[lǐ xuān] (862-888), reigned 873-888
Yingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统[zhèng tǒng]
Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德[zhèng dé]
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
pope
Emperor Shunzong of Tang (761-806), reign name of eleventh Tang emperor Li Song 李誦|李诵[lǐ sòng], reigned 805-806
\Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang\, military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[lǐ jìng] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[xuān dé]
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
brat
Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰[jǐng tài]
posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty
Gaozong, the temple name of various emperors, notably 唐高宗[táng gāo zōng], 宋高宗[sòng gāo zōng] and 清高宗[qīng gāo zōng] (aka 李治[lǐ zhì], 趙構|赵构[zhào gòu] and 乾隆[qián lóng] respectively)
Three Treatise School (Buddhism)
Emperor Dezong of Tang (742-805), reign name of tenth Tang emperor Li Kuo 李适[lǐ kuò], reigned 779-805
Yogachara school of Buddhism (\consciousness only\ school of Buddhism)
clan
to share the same origins; to have common roots
(Protestant) Reformation
Guangzong county in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty)
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李曄|李晔[lī yè] (867-904), reigned 888-904
sun
Emperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan 李旦[lǐ dàn] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
Shingon Buddhism
Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[táng míng huáng], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[lǐ lōng jī], reigned 712-756
Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia
posthumous title of Hong Taiji 皇太極|皇太极[huáng tài jí] (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[nǔ ěr hā chì], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[dà qīng] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224)
Methodism
Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814-846), reign name of sixteenth Tang emperor Li Chan 李瀍[lǐ chán], reigned 840-846
Zen Buddhism
religious studies
Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)
secular (society)
Lutheran church
popemobile
Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[nǔ ěr hā chì], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[dà qīng] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
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Satyasiddhi school of Buddhism
religious ceremony
Guangzong county in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
suzerainty
Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
objective
temple
ancestral temple
large amount
Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition
Emperor Muzong of Tang (795-825), reign name of thirteenth Tang emperor 李恆|李恒[lǐ héng] reigned 821-825
Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
Inquisition (religion)
see 唯識宗|唯识宗[wéi shí zōng]
Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]
Wenzong Emperor, reign name of Yuan Dynasty emperor Tugh Temür (1304-1332), reigned 1328-1332
person with remarkable academic or artistic attainments
Ming Xizong, temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启[míng tiān qǐ]
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
head of a clan
to bring honor to one's ancestors