所以 suǒyǐ

1. suǒyǐ conjunction therefore; as a result; so
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
   Notes: This conjunction is often used as a connecting word in the main clause of subordinate complex sentences. It is often used in the pattern 因为…，所以… to express cause and effect (CC-CEDICT '所以'; Guoyu '所以'; Sun 2006, loc. 2053).
2. suǒyǐ phrase that by which
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In Literary Chinese this phrase is composed of two characters, in contrast with the single word 'therefore' in modern Chinese (Guoyu '所以' 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 50).
3. suǒyǐ pronoun how; why
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 何以 (CC-CEDICT '所以'; Guoyu '所以' 3)
4. suǒyǐ noun cause; reason; kāraṇa
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kāraṇa (BCSD '所以', p. 524; MW 'kāraṇa')

Contained in

• 所以者何 Why is that?

Also contained in

之所以 、 不知所以 、 知其然而不知其所以然 、 所以然 、 忘乎所以

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• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 108
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 91
• Scroll 2 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 75
• Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 63
• Scroll 6 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 58
• Scroll 6 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 55
• Scroll 2 Weimo Yi Ji 維摩義記 — count: 54
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 53
• Scroll 1 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sou Xuan Fen Qi Tong Zhi Fang Gui 大方廣佛華嚴經搜玄分齊通智方軌 — count: 51
• Scroll 5 Treatise on the Mystery of the Mahayana 大乘玄論 — count: 50