先王 xiānwáng

xiānwáng set phrase former kings; sage-kings
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 先王之道斯為美 'In the ways prescribed by the ancient kings, this is the excellent quality.' (Lunyu 1:12)

Also contained in

先王之道 、 先王之政 、 先王之乐

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 6 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 15
  • Scroll 19 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 8 , has English translation
  • Scroll 17 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 8
  • Scroll 46 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 6
  • Scroll 3 Zhe Yi Lun 折疑論 — count: 6
  • Scroll 2 Daśacakrakṣitigarbha (Dasheng Da Ji Dizang Shi Lun Jing) 大乘大集地藏十輪經 — count: 5
  • Scroll 18 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 5
  • Scroll 12 The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions 大唐西域記 — count: 5 , has English translation
  • Scroll 15 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 5
  • Scroll 5 The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions 大唐西域記 — count: 5 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 父先王 (父先王) 我父先王 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 19 — count: 15
  • 先王旧 (先王舊) 諸臣即以先王舊法而為說之 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 25 — count: 8
  • 先王无辜 (先王無辜) 先王無辜 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 19 — count: 5
  • 国先王 (國先王) 此國先王非是汝父 — Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶, Scroll 46 — count: 4
  • 先王正法 (先王正法) 入諸王者化以先王正法治國 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Da Ban Niepan Jing) 大般泥洹經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
  • 安处先王 (安處先王) 不善安處先王儀則 — Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論, Scroll 61 — count: 4
  • 先王治国 (先王治國) 教學先王治國舊法典禮制度 — Daśacakrakṣitigarbha (Dafangguang Shi Lun Jing) 大方廣十輪經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
  • 先王作 (先王作) 先王作罪 — Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記, Scroll 6 — count: 3
  • 先王教 (先王教) 不正能住先王教命 — Fo Wei Youtian Wang Shuo Wangfa Zheng Lun Jing 佛為優填王說王法政論經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 先王时 (先王時) 乃先王時為王調象 — Fa Ju Piyu Jing (Dharmapada) 法句譬喻經, Scroll 3 — count: 2