Explanation of the name "物外"
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物
Hanyu Pinyin:wù
Five Elements:Water
Recommendability:24%
Cultural Meaning:12%
外
Hanyu Pinyin:wài
Five Elements:Wood
Recommendability:58%
Cultural Meaning:67%
Literature Reference: Unless one is detached from worldly affairs, who would pass by here? Source from 'Twenty-five Poems of You Changning Princess Liubei Pond, No. 10.'
物: Objects, items.
外: Exterior; the outside. It is the opposite of "inside" or "within."
Meaning: Detached from worldly affairs, seeking freedom and tranquility of the mind.
物外 (WUWAI)
A Tang Dynasty monk, the twelfth patriarch of the Tiantai school, who studied the Tiantai teachings and passed away at Guoqing Temple.
