仁讓

Chinese

		humane; kernel	to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
trad. (仁讓)		仁	讓
simp. (仁让)		仁	让

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénràng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénràng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénràng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-jang⁴
    • Yale: rén-ràng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renranq
    • Palladius: жэньжан (žɛnʹžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyin nyangH

Rime
Character	仁	讓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如鄰切	人樣切
Baxter	nyin	nyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/ȵɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/ȵiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/ȵʑiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/ȵɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/ȵiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/ȵʑĭaŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/ȵʑi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	ràng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4	joeng6

Adjective

仁讓

1. (Classical) benevolent and modest

   • 遠人從其學者，皆執經壟畔以追之，里落化其仁讓。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     远人从其学者，皆执经垄畔以追之，里落化其仁让。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Yuǎnrén cóng qí xué zhě, jiē zhí jīng lǒng pàn yǐ zhuī zhī, lǐluò huà qí rénràng. [Pinyin]

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   • 君若能入孝出悌，忠信仁讓，不待出戶，天下自知。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     君若能入孝出悌，忠信仁让，不待出户，天下自知。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Jūn ruò néng rù xiào chū tì, zhōngxìn rénràng, bù dài chūhù, tiānxià zì zhī. [Pinyin]

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   • 仁讓貪戾，惟君所好，朝無善政，民焉取則？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1564

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   • 縣令親民之官，當存心撫字，勸課農桑，興便除害，留意教化，使仁讓風行，告訐俗易。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1697, Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, Basic Records, continued compilation volume 19, in 孫曉 (Sun Xiao), chief editor, 《標點校勘本大越史記全書》, →ISBN, page 982

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仁讓):

• → Vietnamese: nhân nhượng (仁讓)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
仁	讓

Verb

仁讓

1. chữ Hán form of nhân nhượng (“to concede; to give in”).