created reference approved 坚白同异/堅白同異 → 公孙龙/公孫龍 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
坚白同异 / 堅白同異 jiānbáitóngyì
公孙龙 / 公孫龍 gōngsūnlóng
see
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created reference approved 坚白同异/堅白同異 → 惠施 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
坚白同异 / 堅白同異 jiānbáitóngyì
惠施 huìshī
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 坚白同异/堅白同異 · jiānbáitóngyì · differentiation and unification of things — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
坚白同异 / 堅白同異
jiānbáitóngyì
differentiation and unification of things
Two famous paradoxes from the Warring States period School of Names. The first, associated with [[公孙龙|公孫龍|gong1 sun1 long2]], argues that the qualities of hardness and whiteness are independent of the stone itself; the second, associated with [[惠施|惠施|hui4 shi1]], argues that all differences are relative and all things are ultimately unified.
坚 (literal) → 坚/堅 · jiān · hard 白 (literal) → 白 · bái · white 同 (literal) → 同 · tóng · same 异 (literal) → 异/異 · yì · different
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