厚德載物

Chinese

		great kindness; profound virtue	to carry; to convey; to load to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; and; also; as well as; simultaneously; year	thing; object; matter
trad. (厚德載物)		厚德	載	物
simp. (厚德载物)		厚德	载	物

Etymology

From I Ching, Hexagram 2 (《易经·坤卦》):

地勢坤，君子以厚德載物。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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地势坤，君子以厚德载物。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Dì shì kūn, jūnzǐ yǐ hòudé zài wù. [Pinyin]

The (capacity and sustaining) power of the earth is what is denoted by Kun. The superior man, in accordance with this, with his large virtue supports (men and) things.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòudézàiwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòudézàiwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòudézàiwù
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-tê²-tsai⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: hòu-dé-dzài-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howdertzaywuh
    • Palladius: хоудэцзайу (xoudɛczaju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/

Idiom

厚德載物

1. the virtuous ones will have great responsibility