贤圣 (賢聖) xián shèng

1. xián shèng phrase worthy people and sages
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Quote: from Scroll 10, Chapter 35 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Chan 1963, p. 277)
2. xián shèng noun noble ones
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āryapudgala, Pali: ariyapuggala, Japanese: kenjō. May also translate the Sanskrit words bhadra and ārya to mean 'wise and sagely.' The four āryapudgala are: 1. 須陀洹 srotaāpanna 'stream enterer', 2. 斯陀含 sakṛdāgāmin 'once returner', 3. 阿那含 anāgāmin 'non-returner', 4. 阿羅漢 arhat (BL 'āryapudgala'; Ding '賢聖'; FGDB '賢聖'; Kieschnick and Wiles 2017, vol. 1, p. 60; SH '賢聖', p. 444)

Contained in

• 贤圣集伽陀一百颂(賢聖集伽陀一百頌) Xian Sheng Ji Jiatuo Yibai Song
• 八贤圣(八賢聖) eight stages of a saint
• 贤圣灌顶部(賢聖灌頂部) sacred consecration
• 西土贤圣(西土賢聖) Xi Tu Xian Sheng

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 58 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 59 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Sūtra on the Mute Boy (Wuyan Tongzi Jing) 佛說無言童子經 — count: 41
• Scroll 3 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Chi Xin Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 持心梵天所問經 — count: 33
• Scroll 23 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 29 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Er Di Yi 二諦義 — count: 26
• Scroll 4 Zun Po Xu Mi Pusa Suo Ji Lun 尊婆須蜜菩薩所集論 — count: 26
• Scroll 11 Chu Yao Jing (Dharmapada) 出曜經 — count: 22
• Scroll 20 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 21
• Scroll 13 Pusa Yingluo Jing 菩薩瓔珞經 — count: 21
• Scroll 5 Śriparamādhyamantrākalpakhaṇḍa 佛說最上根本大樂金剛不空三昧大教王經 — count: 20

Collocations

• 贤圣弟子 (賢聖弟子) 唯有賢聖弟子能以此言讚嘆如來 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 41
• 贤圣法 (賢聖法) 然我賢聖法中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 33
• 贤圣戒 (賢聖戒) 五者持賢聖戒 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
• 使贤圣 (使賢聖) 使賢聖弟子真實平等讚嘆如來 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
• 谤贤圣 (謗賢聖) 不謗賢聖 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 8
• 贤圣八道 (賢聖八道) 賢聖八道 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 及贤圣 (及賢聖) 微妙及賢聖法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 6
• 说贤圣 (說賢聖) 唯願世尊善為我說賢聖法中禮六方法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
• 贤圣等 (賢聖等) 於此賢聖等 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 5
• 贤圣默然 (賢聖默然) 二曰賢聖默然 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5