白虎通

Báihǔtōng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall, Ban Gu's record of the court conference of AD 79 on the Confucian classics

Characters

tiger (白虎: the White Tiger Hall)

comprehensive account

Examples

HSK 4

《白虎通》是东汉班固整理的一部书。

《 Báihǔtōng 》 shì Dōnghàn Bān Gù zhěnglǐ de yí bù shū.

The Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall is a book compiled by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han.

HSK 7-9

汉代儒家的很多基本观念，都能在《白虎通》里找到。

Hàndài Rújiā de hěnduō jīběn guānniàn, dōu néng zài 《 Báihǔtōng 》 lǐ zhǎodào.

Many of the basic ideas of Han Confucianism can be found in the Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall.

Tips

history

In AD 79 Emperor Zhang of Han called leading scholars to the White Tiger Hall (白虎观) in Luoyang to settle disputes over the meaning of the Five Classics, and 班固 wrote up the agreed answers. Its definitions, such as those of the 三纲 'three bonds', became the standard of Han Confucian orthodoxy.

usage

It is also called 白虎通义. Its chapters are cited by name, as in 白虎通·三教.

Stroke Order

白 bái

虎 hǔ

通 tōng