Explanation of the name "虚舟"
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虚
Hanyu Pinyin:xū
Five Elements:Water
Recommendability:73%
Cultural Meaning:91%
舟
Hanyu Pinyin:zhōu
Five Elements:Metal
Recommendability:95%
Cultural Meaning:92%
Literature Reference: The master's heart transcends material things, steering the dao like a drifting boat. Source from 'A Poem on Building a New Monastery for Master Zhao.'
虚: Illusion. Idleness. Vanity.
舟: The Ark, a vessel.
Meaning: A drifting boat symbolizes a transcendent and natural state of mind, embodying freedom and an unrestrained approach to life.
黄虚舟 (Huang Xuzhou)
A Northern Song dynasty poet from Jinjiang (now Fujian), who became a jinshi in 1015 and left two surviving poems.
