不善 bù shàn
bù shàn
adjective
akuśala; akusala; unvirtuous; unwholesome; inauspicious
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent akuśala, Pali: akusala, Japanese: fuzen; formed from the negative Sanskrit compound a 'not' + kuśala 'virtuous' (BL 'akuśala'; FGDB '善'; BCSD '善'; MW 'akuśala')
Contained in
- 来者不善，善者不来(來者不善，善者不來) He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come .; Be careful not to trust foreigners.
Also contained in
十不善业道 、 三不善根 、 不善十业 、 十不善根本业道 、 不善根 、 无不善无过
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三 尚同中 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior II Mozi 墨子 — count: 18
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 15
- 卷三 尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I Mozi 墨子 — count: 11
- 《告子章句上》 Commentary on Gaozi I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 11
- 告子上 Gaozi I Mencius 孟子 — count: 7
- 卷二十二 魏一 Chapter 22: Wei I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 7
- 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 6
- 卷七 政理 Chapter 7: Governance Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 5
- 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations Xunzi 荀子 — count: 5
- 卷二十六 韓一 Chapter 26: Han I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 5
Collocations
- 不善言 (不善言) 去若不善言 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I — count: 8
- 不善人 (不善人) 不善人遠 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 8
- 见不善 (見不善) 見不善如探湯 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 16. 《季氏》 Ji Shi — count: 8
- 不善行 (不善行) 去若不善行 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I — count: 6
- 不善择 (不善擇) 不可不善擇也 — Xunzi 荀子, 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations — count: 5
- 善不善 (善不善) 人性之無分於善不善也 — Mencius 孟子, 告子上 Gaozi I — count: 4
- 不善政 (不善政) 不善政之謂也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 不可不善 (不可不善) 不可不善擇也 — Xunzi 荀子, 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations — count: 4
- 不善用 (不善用) 不善用刑者以爲五殺 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同中 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior II — count: 3
- 小不善 (小不善) 不謂小不善為無傷也而為之 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十 繆稱訓 Chapter 10: Solemn Precepts — count: 3