三玄

Readings

Pinyin: sānxuán

Wade-Giles: san-hsüan

Hangul: 삼현

Korean MC: samhyeon

Korean MR: samhyŏn

Katakana: サンゲン

Hepburn: sangen

three profundities

• The three texts of Xuanxue ("profound learning") 玄學 — Daoism: They are the Laozi 老子, Zhuangzi 莊子, and Yijing 易經. [resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura]
• In Linji Chan the three profundities are: (1) 體中玄, "profundity-in-essence," realizing the ultimate truth through words which describe it; (2) 句中玄 , "profundity-in-phrase," realizing the ultimate truth through words which are beyond conception; (3) 玄中玄, "profundity-in-profundity," words of the ultimate truth which are beyond all forms of concept, whether affirmative or negative. See 三玄三要. 〔臨濟錄 T 1985.47.495b12〕[resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 461b

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