淵源

Readings

Pinyin: yuānyuán

Wade-Giles: yüan-yüan

Hangul: 연원

Korean MC: yeonwon

Korean MR: yŏnwŏn

Hepburn: engen

Katakana: エンゲン

the source (often of a tradition, of teachings)

• This compound indicates both a deep abyss and the origin or the source. Yuanwu 圓悟 uses it to emphasize what needs to be done "if you want to understand the source of the Buddhas and patriarchs" 要明佛祖淵源 T 1997.47.725b10. It is not a specifically Buddhist term and is widely used in Chinese classics such as the Hanshu 漢書 as a synonym for 根本, 根源, 本源, and 淵原. [resp. Michel Mohr; source(s): Gakken, LinYutang]

Dictionary References:

Dai kanwa jiten, Vol. 7, p. 6958

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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