何须 (何須) xīn xiāng
xīn xiāng
phrase
why should; there is no need
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Contained in
- 室雅何须大 花香不在多(室雅何須大 花香不在多) A serene place need not be spacious; Fragrant flowers need not be plentiful.
- 何须有路寻无路 莫道无门却有门(何須有路尋無路 莫道無門卻有門) Why turn from a path towards one with no way out? Don't say the door before you isn't a door.
- 净地何须扫 心门不用关(淨地何須掃 心門不用關) Why sweep that clean ground? There is no need to close the heart's door.
- 净地何须扫 空门不用关(淨地何須掃 空門不用關) Why sweep that clean ground? There is no need to close the door of emptiness.
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 A Summary of the Meaning of Nyāyamukha 因明義斷 — count: 14
- Scroll 1 Commentary on Nyāyamukha 因明入正理論疏 — count: 13
- Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 11
- Scroll 3 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 10
- Scroll 10 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 9
- Scroll 3 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 9
- Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 8
- Scroll 4 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 8
- Scroll 29 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 8 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 8
Collocations
- 何须问 (何須問) 汝何須問何處得出 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 43 — count: 12
- 何须说 (何須說) 何須說此 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 30 — count: 7
- 何须多 (何須多) 王何須多問 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 6
- 今何须 (今何須) 汝今何須見孫陀利 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 56 — count: 5
- 何须修习 (何須修習) 何須修習八聖道耶 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 32 — count: 4
- 何须出家 (何須出家) 何須出家 — Hu Guo Jing 護國經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 何须弊恶 (何須弊惡) 何須弊惡水 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 3
- 何须守护 (何須守護) 何須守護 — Vinayavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Po Seng Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶破僧事, Scroll 15 — count: 2
- 汝等何须 (汝等何須) 汝等何須學此書為 — Yinse Nu Jing (Pūpāvatyāvadānā) 銀色女經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 人何须 (人何須) 出家之人何須此物 — Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律, Scroll 9 — count: 2