五明 wǔ míng
wǔ míng
set phrase
five sciences; mastery of the five sciences; five kinds of wisdom
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pañcavidyā; of ancient India: (1) 聲明 mastery in grammar and composition, (2) 工巧明 mastery in manual arts, (3) 醫方明 mastery in medical science, (4) 因明 mastery in logic and, (5) 內明 inner wisdom (BL 'pañcavidyā'; Ding '五明'; Eitel 'Adyātma vidyā', p. 4; FGDB '五明'; SH '五明')
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- 卷一百五十四 志第一百〇七 輿服六 Volume 154 Treatises 107: Carriages and Clothes 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 第八十八回 Chapter 88 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 卷二百六十一 列傳第一百四十九 盧象昇 劉之綸 丘民仰 Volume 261 Biographies 149: Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Zhilun, Qiu Minyang History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 第五十五回 Chapter 55 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 卷二百〇二 列傳第八十九: 釋老 Volume 202 Biographies 89: Buddhists and Taoists History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 第四回 Chapter 4 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 卷九十五 列傳第六十五 藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 卷八十 列傳第七十 賊臣 Volume 80 Biographies 70: Treacherous Officials History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 卷二百〇五 志第一百五十八 藝文四 Volume 205 Treatises 158: Arts and Literature 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 五明装 (五明裝) 外以金塗銀百花鳳葉子五明裝 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百五十四 志第一百〇七 輿服六 Volume 154 Treatises 107: Carriages and Clothes 6 — count: 2