承先 chéngxiān

chéngxiān phrase to continue ancestral traditions
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Collocation (Retranslated from Mathews 1931 '承先', p. 50)

Contained in

  • 承先启后(承先啟後) to follow the past and herald the future; part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages ; Inherit and Inspire

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 4 Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi 集沙門不應拜俗等事 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 14 Samantapāsādikā (Shan Jian Lu Pi Po Sha) 善見律毘婆沙 — count: 1
  • Scroll 25 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 12 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Mile Jing You Yi 彌勒經遊意 — count: 1
  • Scroll 6 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi 集沙門不應拜俗等事 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 16 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Fo Shuo Lu Mu Jing 佛說鹿母經 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 承先帝 (承先帝) 宜遵承先帝 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 6 — count: 3
  • 遵承先 (遵承先) 宜遵承先帝 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 6 — count: 2
  • 承先师 (承先師) 以承先師之遺意 — Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略, Scroll 1 — count: 2