乾坤
Meanings
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- 1.yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
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Wiktionary
- 1.the ䷀ (qian) and ䷁ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching
- 2.heaven and earth
- 3.the sun and the moon
- 4.the nation
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Etymology
First attested in a Warring States manuscript from the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, in a divination text titled 《乾坤運轉》, where 乾／干 (gān) is written as 倝 (gàn) and 坤 (kūn) as 𡘩.
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