Sage is the general name of sage and sage; It also refers to people with noble moral character and extraordinary intelligence.
Since it is crowned, it is beneficial to admire saints. -Song Ming Lian's Preface to Dongyang
detailed description
1. A general term for saints and sages. Also known as excellent moral talents.
Yi Ding: "Yes, saints can enjoy God, and tycoons can raise sages." Sima Qian's letter to Ren in the Han Dynasty: "Three hundred poems, and the sages at the bottom are angry." Yan Zhitui's Preface to Yan Family Instruction in Northern Qi Dynasty: "The book of husband and sage teaches people to be sincere and filial, be cautious, observe its traces, establish its foundation and establish its name." Tang Hanyu's "Reply to Zhang Jishu": "My son doesn't want to be more like nothing, but wants to push and accept the domain of all saints." Wang Shouren's Biography in Ming Dynasty said: "Knowing but not doing, just unknown, sages teach people to know and do, just to restore the noumenon, not just for your convenience." Qiu Jin's song "Compatriots Suffering" in the Qing Dynasty: "Holding a white blade to find a thief is a sage who gives his life to save the people." Lao She's Camel Xiangzi VII: "He has never met anyone like Mr. Cao, so he regards this person as a saint."
2. The combination of sage and sage.
Tang Hanyu's Understanding of Learning: "When saints meet today, the fixture is finished." Wang Song Chende's National History: "However, Lai Gong did not rely on Zhang Shengyuan to make a decision, but he started in China and relied on it alone. How does he exert his strength? " Sages and sages help each other, and they are happy! "The Qing Palace micro-volume" Continued Lin Chao Bi Tan ":"The meeting of sages and the harmony between the monarch and the minister are enough to make the Millennium grateful. "
3. Generally refers to gods, immortals, buddhas, bodhisattvas, etc.
"Dunhuang Bianwen Vimalakīrti Jing Ji": "If life is as bright as extinction, there is no way to do nothing, and the sage Maitreya is also a Buddha, how can it be recorded by Bodhi?" The first volume of Wang Shifu's "The West Chamber" in the Yuan Dynasty has the first fold: "Count the arhats, join the bodhisattvas and worship the sages." Shen Ming whale "Two Beads Biography Zhenwu Ling Ying": "There are sages in the air, which can be fiercely announced, whirled and pushed thousands of ways." "Selected Poems and Songs of the Heaven and Earth Society": "Five worships five ancestors as elders, and six worships six ancestors and six sages."
Sake and turbid wine are also called sake. Also refers to wine.
Tang Bai Juyi's "Spring Poems in a Sleepwalk": "Nine Treasures is a sage, but eight treasures are poor." The third poem of Su Songzhe's poem "Showing wine to philosophers when it rains for nine days": "The courtyard is yellow and white, and the village is mixed with sages." Master Jin's "Title of the Imperial Wine Pavilion": "I can also drink quite well, and the sage once won." Qing Qian's "Song of Picking Flowers and Brewing Wine" shows Hedong Jun: "Please collect the genealogy of the wine country to distinguish the sages from others." The second song of "Drinking Plum, Zhou Wen and Autumn Clothes" in the Qing Dynasty wrote: "If you often drink alcohol, why talk about sages?" See "Saint".