Chinese Notes

天下 tiānxià

tiānxià proper noun China
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In historic times (Guoyu '天下' 1)
tiānxià noun authority over China
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (Guoyu '天下' 2)
tiānxià noun the world
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (Guoyu '天下' 3)

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Daode Jing 《道德經》	With commentary by 王弼 Wang Bi	112
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang	91
Stratagems of the Warring States 《戰國策》	卷三　秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I	66
History of Song 《宋史》	卷五十一志第四天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4	65
Book of Sui 《隋書》	卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2	65
Xunzi 《荀子》	正論篇第十八 Chapter 18: Discussion on Proper Judgements	59
Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》	《離婁章句上》 Commentary on Li Lou I	56
Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》	卷二魏書二文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen	56
Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》	《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean	53
Xunzi 《荀子》	王霸篇第十一 Chapter 11: Rulers and Tyrants	52

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
天下诸侯	天下諸侯	天下諸侯宜為君者	Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》莊公 Lord Zhang	11
天下大	天下大	天下大亂	The Book of Songs 《詩經》國風‧召南‧野有死麕 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Ye You Si Jun	7
天下国家	天下國家	故天下國家可得而正也	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention	5
失天下	失天下	失天下也	Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》莊公 Lord Zhang	4
天下记	天下記	為天下記異也	Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》僖公 Lord Xi	3
听天下	聽天下	聖人南面而聽天下	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《大傳》 The Great Treatise	3
率天下	率天下	遂率天下諸侯	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《大傳》 The Great Treatise	3
天下戮	天下戮	則必可以無為天下戮笑	Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》莊公 Lord Zhang	3
乱天下	亂天下	剝亂天下	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》昭公 Lord Zhao	2
观天下	觀天下	以觀天下之遷	Rites of Zhou 《周禮》春官宗伯第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites	2