shen nong / ming=destiny

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Jason,

 

Lonny answered his own question earlier, I think:

 

" Destiny (ming) is given through the ascribing of name (ming) and enlightenment

(ming) happens from waking up from sleep (ming) through meditation (ming) to see

through the name (ming)

to the light (ming) of destiny (ming). All different characters though. "

 

So they are mandarin homophones. But they are different characters, and only

some of them share the same tones...so not really the same pronunciation either.

 

Its also my understanding that pinyin and mandarin are relatively recent

developments- in fact at the time the old texts were written, many of these

characters weren't even pronounced the same way.

[not ming]

 

So to make a connection between characters and interpret them based on the

modern pinyin spelling [ming] seems wrong to me. Anyone that knows a little

about Chinese language also knows this.

Herman isn't this true?

 

If there is another connection involving " multiple dimensions " I admit that I

don't know about it.

 

My translators here in China think this is quite amusing, - but then again they

didn't study Taoist alchemy, just Chinese language and Chinese medicine.

 

In clarity,

 

HFL

 

, " " wrote:

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> I find it a little odd that every time someone asks you a question or

> requests that you disclose your sources, you decide not to answer and just

> ask more questions (somehow meant to divert the conversation). I have no

> interest in allowing you to steer this conversation into a philosophical

> void where there is no such answer/resolution. I will wait for something of

> substance, Mr. word man.

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> -Jason

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> On Behalf Of Lonny

> Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:37 AM

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> Re: shen nong ben cao con't

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> I look forward to your explication of Destiny, Orders, Life, and life span

> as relates to understanding the meaning and purpose of a human life in

> Chinese history. This discourse set the cultural, intellectual, and

> philosophical context for the evolution and practice of the medicine. It

> would seem that in order to understand the usage of words in texts, one

> would have to be familiar with the multiple dimensions of their meanings.

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> Simply how are these characters related? :

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> Ming-Destiny,orders,fate, life, life span

> Ming-Enlightenment, sun and moon, illumination, light

> Ming-Sleep, meditation, hell

> Ming-name

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> Seems like a simple question. Could you please address it?

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> Regards, Lonny

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