殊塗同歸

Chinese

		different; disparate; dissimilar	road; way	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	to go back; to return
trad. (殊塗同歸)		殊	塗	同	歸
simp. (殊涂同归)		殊	涂	同	归
alternative forms		殊途同歸／殊途同归

Etymology

From Xi Ci II, or the Great Commentary, Chapter 6 of the Ten Wings:

子曰：「天下何思何慮！天下同歸而殊塗，一致而百慮，天下何思何慮！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「天下何思何虑！天下同归而殊涂，一致而百虑，天下何思何虑！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Anonymous, Xi Ci（《繫辭下》）, c. 3^rd～2^nd century B.C.E., translation based on Sacred Books of the East, Volume XVI, p. 389, tr. James Legge

Zǐ yuē: “Tiānxià hé sī hé lǜ! Tiānxià tóng guī ér shū tú, yī zhì ér bǎi lǜ, tiānxià hé sī hé lǜ!” [Pinyin]

The Master said: “In all (the processes taking place) under heaven, what is there of thinking and what is there of anxious scheming? They all come to the same (successful) issue, though by different paths; there is one result, though there might be a hundred anxious schemes. What is there of thinking? What is there of anxious scheming!”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūtútóngguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁴ tou⁴ tung⁴ gwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūtútóngguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shutútóngguei
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-tʻu²-tʻung²-kuei¹
    • Yale: shū-tú-túng-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutwutorngguei
    • Palladius: шутутунгуй (šututunguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁴ tou⁴ tung⁴ gwai¹
    • Yale: syùh tòuh tùhng gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴ tou⁴ tung⁴ gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴ tou⁴ tung⁴ guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²¹ tʰou̯²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyu du duwng kjw+j

Rime
Character	殊	塗	同	歸
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	定 (7)	定 (7)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	模 (23)	東 (1)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	I	III
Fanqie	市朱切	同都切	徒紅切	舉韋切
Baxter	dzyu	du	duwng	kjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨo/	/duo/	/duŋ/	/kʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑio/	/duo/	/duŋ/	/kʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑio/	/do/	/duŋ/	/kiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuə̆/	/dɔ/	/dəwŋ/	/kuj/
Li Rong	/ʑio/	/do/	/duŋ/	/kiuəi/
Wang Li	/ʑĭu/	/du/	/duŋ/	/kĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯u/	/dʱuo/	/dʱuŋ/	/kwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chú	tú	tóng	guī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu4	tou4	tung4	gwai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]o  lˤa  lˤoŋ  [k]ʷəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djo  l'aː  doːŋ  klul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	殊	塗	同	歸
Reading #	1/1	2/2	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū	tú	tóng	guī
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyu ›	‹ du ›	‹ duwng ›	‹ kjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]o/	/*lˁa/	/*lˁoŋ/	/*[k]ʷəj/
English	die; different	road	together, join	return (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殊	塗	同	歸
Reading #	2/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
No.	17580	15774	12446	17748
Phonetic component	朱	余	同	追
Rime group	侯	魚	東	微
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	殊	徒	同	歸
Old Chinese	/*djo/	/*l'aː/	/*doːŋ/	/*klul/
Notes			甲金文象有節筒管與口協合， 如此方能音律諧和， 爲筒（簫）初文

Idiom

殊塗同歸

1. Alternative spelling of 殊途同歸 / 殊途同归 (shūtútóngguī)