知命 zhīmìng

1. zhīmìng verb to know one's destiny
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '知命' 1; Pollard 2002, p. 30)
2. zhīmìng phrase fifty years of age
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: From the saying 五十而知天命 in Book 2 為政 Wei Zheng of the 論語 “Analects of Confucius” (Guoyu '知命' 2; Mathews '知命', p. 128)

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乐天知命 、 知命安身

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 24 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 2
• Scroll 20 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 2
• Scroll 3 Fa Ju Piyu Jing (Dharmapada) 法句譬喻經 — count: 2
• Scroll 7 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 2
• Scroll 27 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 2
• Scroll 25 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 2
• Scroll 1 Sui Tiantai Zhizhe Dashi Bie Chuan 隋天台智者大師別傳 — count: 2
• Scroll 8 Hong Zan Fa Hua Zhuan 弘贊法華傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 1

Collocations

• 知命终 (知命終) 而無能知命終後事 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
• 知命无常 (知命無常) 知命無常妻子如客 — Fa Ju Piyu Jing (Dharmapada) 法句譬喻經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
• 宁知命 (寧知命) 寧知命殞 — Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Miao Fa Sheng Nian Chu Jing) 妙法聖念處經, Scroll 6 — count: 4
• 知命在此 (知命在此) 吾知命在此故不前進 — Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 在知命 (在知命) 陳鍼年在知命 — Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決, Scroll 8 — count: 3
• 知命根 (知命根) 證知命根實有 — Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論, Scroll 9 — count: 3
• 帝王知命 (帝王知命) 譬如帝王知命將終 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 直知命 (直知命) 此通非直知命 — Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章, Scroll 20 — count: 2
• 证知命 (證知命) 證知命根實有 — Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論, Scroll 9 — count: 2
• 过知命 (過知命) 年過知命志節彌堅 — Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳, Scroll 7 — count: 2