贤圣 (賢聖) xián shèng

1. xián shèng phrase worthy people and sages
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Quote: from Scroll 10, Chapter 35 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Chan 1963, p. 277)
2. xián shèng noun noble ones
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āryapudgala, Pali: ariyapuggala, Japanese: kenjō. May also translate the Sanskrit words bhadra and ārya to mean 'wise and sagely.' The four āryapudgala are: 1. 須陀洹 srotaāpanna 'stream enterer', 2. 斯陀含 sakṛdāgāmin 'once returner', 3. 阿那含 anāgāmin 'non-returner', 4. 阿羅漢 arhat (BL 'āryapudgala'; Ding '賢聖'; FGDB '賢聖'; Kieschnick and Wiles 2017, vol. 1, p. 60; SH '賢聖', p. 444)

Contained in

• 西土贤圣(西土賢聖) Xi Tu Xian Sheng
• 贤圣集伽陀一百颂(賢聖集伽陀一百頌) Xian Sheng Ji Jiatuo Yibai Song
• 八贤圣(八賢聖) eight stages of a saint
• 贤圣灌顶部(賢聖灌頂部) sacred consecration

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• Discourse on the Repository of Abhidharma Discussions 俱舍論 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 4
• Non-attachment and no speaking overcome obstructions to logical reasoning - Part 7 [Lecture] 無得無說破事理障分第七 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 4
• From the Four Noble Truths to the Four Universal Vows - Development of Harmony Between Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhism 從四聖諦到四弘誓願-----論大小乘佛教融和的開展 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 4
• Non-attachment and no speaking overcome obstructions to logical reasoning - Part 7 [Translation of Canonical Source Text and Notes] 無得無說破事理障分第七 【譯文　原典　注釋】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 3
• Letters - Venerable Master Taixu makes an Announcement to Disciples 書信 ■太虛大師告徒眾書 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 3
• Purification of the mind and doing good works are not distinguished as higher or lower - Part 23 [Lecture] 淨心行善法無高下分第二十三 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 3
• Satyasiddhi School - Stages of Practice 成實宗 肆、修行階位 Buddhism Series 6 - Schools 《佛教叢書6－宗派》 — count: 3
• Scroll 3: Similes of Wisdom - In a Battle of Wits do not Hold Grudges 卷三 智慧之喻 鬥智不鬥氣 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 4 - How to Overcome Difficulties 《星雲法語4－如何度難關》 — count: 2
• The true signless appearance of the Four Fruits is emptiness - Part 9 [Lecture] 實相無相四果性空分第九 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 2
• The Agamas 阿含經 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 2

Collocations

• 在贤圣 (在賢聖) 在賢聖而不增 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, 9 Enlightenment 第九　宣詔品 經文．註釋 — count: 7
• 贤圣品 (賢聖品) 分別賢聖品 — Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》, Discourse on the Repository of Abhidharma Discussions 俱舍論 — count: 5
• 三乘贤圣 (三乘賢聖) 悟之則有三乘賢聖 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, From the Four Noble Truths to the Four Universal Vows - Development of Harmony Between Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhism 從四聖諦到四弘誓願-----論大小乘佛教融和的開展 — count: 5
• 贤圣僧 (賢聖僧) 一切賢聖僧 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 3: Activities at Places of Practice 《僧事百講3－道場行事》, Lecture 6: Buddhist Etiquettes and Rites 第六講．佛門禮法 — count: 5
• 诸佛贤圣 (諸佛賢聖) 諸佛賢聖 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Purification of the mind and doing good works are not distinguished as higher or lower - Part 23 [Lecture] 淨心行善法無高下分第二十三 【講話】 — count: 3
• 贤圣八 (賢聖八) 謂賢聖八品道 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, From the Four Noble Truths to the Four Universal Vows - Development of Harmony Between Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhism 從四聖諦到四弘誓願-----論大小乘佛教融和的開展 — count: 2
• 二乘贤圣 (二乘賢聖) 二乘賢聖果位第一 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The true signless appearance of the Four Fruits is emptiness - Part 9 [Lecture] 實相無相四果性空分第九 【講話】 — count: 2
• 十方贤圣 (十方賢聖) 十方賢聖不相離 — Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》, Hsing Yun Diary 27 - True Spiritual Practice: The Road to Success 星雲日記27～真修行 成功之路(1994/1/16～1994/1/31) — count: 2
• 贤圣齐 (賢聖齊) 將自己的心志提高到與賢聖齊 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 4 - How to Overcome Difficulties 《星雲法語4－如何度難關》, Scroll 3: Similes of Wisdom - In a Battle of Wits do not Hold Grudges 卷三 智慧之喻 鬥智不鬥氣 — count: 2
• 贤圣等 (賢聖等) 於此賢聖等 — Buddhism Series 3 - The Buddha 《佛教叢書3－佛陀》, Subduing Arrogance (Teaching) 降伏傲慢(教化) — count: 2