登假
Chinese edit
to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record |
vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose | ||
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simp. and trad. (登假) |
登 | 假 |
Etymology edit
Possibly related to the idiomatic expression 陟降 (OC *tɯɡ kruːŋs, “to go”, literally “to ascend and descend”) in Old Chinese. Alternative forms include 陟恪 (Zuozhuan) and 登遐 (Mozi) (Wang, 1923). See 格 (OC *kraːɡ).
Pronunciation edit
The pronunciation of 假 may have be uncertain since the classical times. Lu Deming (d. 630) in his Jingdian Shiwen used different readings (see quotations below):
- 音遐 (MC hae) > Mandarin xiá in the annotations to the Book of Rites, and
- in the Zhuangzi, as either 遐 (MC hae) or 假 (MC kaeX) (古雅反 > Mandarin jiǎ), depending on whether the word boundary should be before or after the character 假, quoting the earlier scholar Xu Miao (344–397).
Verb edit
登假
- (formal or archaic) to pass away
- 告喪,曰「天王登假。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gàosāng, yuē “tiānwáng dēngjiǎ.” [Pinyin]
- When announcement is made (to all the states) of the mourning for him, it is said, "The king by (the grace of) Heaven has gone far on high."
告丧,曰「天王登假。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 彼且擇日而登假,人則從是也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bǐ qiě zérì ér dēngjiǎ, rén zé cóng shì yě. [Pinyin]
- If such a man were to choose a day on which he would ascend far on high, men would (seek to) follow him there.
彼且择日而登假,人则从是也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]