About: Chinese sun and moon mirrors

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The sun-mirror (Chinese: 陽燧; pinyin: yángsuì) was an ancient Chinese burning-mirror that concentrates sunlight to ignite tinder, and the moon-mirror (Chinese: 方諸; pinyin: fāngzhū) was a device that collects nighttime dew by condensation. These two bronze implements are literary metaphors for yin and yang, associating the "yang-mirror" yangsui with the sun (a.k.a. tàiyáng 太陽 "great yang"), fire, dry, and round, and the "yin-mirror" fangshu with the moon (tàiyīn 太陰 "great yin"), water, wet, and square.

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  • The sun-mirror (Chinese: 陽燧; pinyin: yángsuì) was an ancient Chinese burning-mirror that concentrates sunlight to ignite tinder, and the moon-mirror (Chinese: 方諸; pinyin: fāngzhū) was a device that collects nighttime dew by condensation. These two bronze implements are literary metaphors for yin and yang, associating the "yang-mirror" yangsui with the sun (a.k.a. tàiyáng 太陽 "great yang"), fire, dry, and round, and the "yin-mirror" fangshu with the moon (tàiyīn 太陰 "great yin"), water, wet, and square. (en)
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  • Forke (en)
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  • 1911 (xsd:integer)
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  • 方諸 (en)
  • 陽燧 (en)
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  • 방제 (en)
  • 양수 (en)
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  • 方諸 (en)
  • 陽燧 (en)
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  • ほうしょ (en)
  • ようすい (en)
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  • fong1zyu1 (en)
  • joeng4seoi6 (en)
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  • 方諸 (en)
  • 陽燧 (en)
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  • bright mirror (en)
  • square all (en)
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  • pjangtsyo (en)
  • yangzwijH (en)
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  • pangchŏ (en)
  • yangsu (en)
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  • yes (en)
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  • C-paŋta (en)
  • laŋsә-lu[t]-s (en)
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  • fāngzhū (en)
  • yángsuì (en)
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  • iôngchhē (en)
  • pngchu (en)
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  • hōsho (en)
  • yōsui (en)
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  • bangjeo (en)
  • yangsu (en)
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  • 方诸 (en)
  • 阳燧 (en)
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  • 方諸 (en)
  • 陽燧 (en)
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  • Do not be a corpse for fame, Do not be a storehouse of schemes; Do not be responsible for affairs, Do not be a proprietor of knowledge. Thoroughly embody unendingness and wander in nonbeginning. Thoroughly experience what you receive from heaven but do not reveal what you attain. Just be empty, that's all. The mind of the ultimate man functions like a mirror. It neither sends off nor welcomes; it responds but does not retain. Therefore, he can triumph over things without injury. (en)
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  • Fangzhu (en)
  • Yangsui (en)
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  • fang-chu (en)
  • yang-sui (en)
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  • The sun-mirror (Chinese: 陽燧; pinyin: yángsuì) was an ancient Chinese burning-mirror that concentrates sunlight to ignite tinder, and the moon-mirror (Chinese: 方諸; pinyin: fāngzhū) was a device that collects nighttime dew by condensation. These two bronze implements are literary metaphors for yin and yang, associating the "yang-mirror" yangsui with the sun (a.k.a. tàiyáng 太陽 "great yang"), fire, dry, and round, and the "yin-mirror" fangshu with the moon (tàiyīn 太陰 "great yin"), water, wet, and square. (en)
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  • Chinese sun and moon mirrors (en)
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