| Chinese Text Project |
| 外 U+5916 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 舀 Specialized semantic variant | 𡖄 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 夕+ 2 strokes = 5 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.382#25 Kangxi: p.246#02 Cihai: p.336r4c02 GSR: 322.a Hanyu: v2,p0860#01 |
| Composition: | Left: 夕, right: 卜. Component of: 㔰 𬮡 𣳢 𪤸 𭎉 𠰻 𢫑 迯 𪸟 𭨚 𭷜 𫟌 𤤫 夞 䀤 𬼏 𫊰 𫯏 𬔷 𧻏 [More] |
| Mandarin: | wài ㄨㄞˋ |
| Cantonese: | ngoi6 oi6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *nguɑ̀i |
| Shuowen: | 《夕部》外：遠也。卜尚平旦，今夕卜，於事外矣。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·泰·外》外：表也，逺也。五會切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·夕部·二》外：〔古文〕𡖄《廣韻》《集韻》五會切《韻會》魚會切，𠀤歪去聲。內之對，表也。《易·坤卦文言》義以方外。《家人彖傳》男正位乎外。《禮·祭義》禮也者，動於外者也。《莊子·齊物論》六合之外，聖人存而不論。《列子·仲尼篇》遠在八荒之外。又疏斥也。《易·泰卦彖傳》內君子，而外小人。《前漢·霍光傳》盡外我家。又度外，置之也。《後漢·光武紀》暫置此兩子于度外。又方外，散人也。《淮南子·道應訓》吾與汗漫期于九垓之外。又《集韻》五活切，音杌。《黃庭經》洞視得見無內外，存嗽五牙不飢渴，神華執中六丁謁。又叶征例切，音制。《詩·魏風》十畝之外兮。叶下泄逝。《說文》外，遠也。卜尚平旦，今若夕卜，于事外矣。會意。 考證：〔《禮·祭儀》禮也者，動乎外者也。〕謹照原書祭儀改祭義。照原文動乎改動於。〔《易·否卦彖傳》內君子，而外小人。〕謹照原書否卦改泰卦。 |
| Fanqie: | 五會 (《廣韻·去聲·泰·外》) |
| Unihan definition: | out, outside, external; foreign |
CTP Dictionary
[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 求之有道，得之有命，是求無益於得也，求在外者也。 |
| When the seeking is according to the proper course, and the getting is only as appointed - in that case the seeking is of no use to getting, and the things sought are without ourselves. | |
| 《禮記·間傳》: | 苴，惡貌也，所以首其內而見諸外也。 |
| Those fibres have an unpleasant appearance, and serve to show outwardly the internal distress. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 顏氏子之樂也內，紆朱懷金者之樂也外。 |
| Yan Yuan's happiness [came from] inside [himself], the happiness of one who holds a position in government [comes from] outside [himself]. | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 堅白，不相外也。 |
| Jian bai (as hard to white/mutually pervasive) is not excluding each other. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 且舉世而譽之而不加勸，舉世而非之而不加沮，定乎內外之分，辯乎榮辱之竟，斯已矣。 |
| (This Rongzi), though the whole world should have praised him, would not for that have stimulated himself to greater endeavour, and though the whole world should have condemned him, would not have exercised any more repression of his course; so fixed was he in the difference between the internal (judgment of himself) and the external (judgment of others), so distinctly had he marked out the bounding limit of glory and disgrace. Here, however, he stopped. | |
| 《道德經》: | 外其身而身存。 |
| He treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 此兩者所以居官守法，非所與論於法之外也。 |
| These two kinds of men are all right for filling offices and for maintaining the law, but they are not the kind who can take part in a discussion which goes beyond the law. | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 計利以聽，乃為之勢，以佐其外。 |
| While heading the profit of my counsel, avail yourself also of any helpful circumstances over and beyond the ordinary rules. According as circumstances are favorable, one should modify one's plans. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 夫盡小者大，積微者箸，德至者色澤洽，行盡而聲問遠，小人不誠於內而求之於外。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 《易》曰：『夫君子居其室，出其言善，則千里之外應之，況其邇者乎？』 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 出侮於外，人奪於內，無位之君也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 德義暢乎中而無外求也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 是故昔者明主內脩七教，外行三至。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 陰卑無外事，是以有「三從」之義：未嫁從父，既嫁從夫，夫死從子。 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 政曰：諸侯政平於內，而威於外矣。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 漢六年，正月，封功臣，張子房未嘗有戰功，高皇帝曰：「鉉籌策帷幄之中，決勝千里之外，子房功也，子房自擇齊三萬戶。」 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 孔子之制《春秋》也，詳內而略外，急己而寬人，故於魯也，小惡必書。 |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 是故，昔者明王內修七教，外行三至。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 此三者，外雖有勤力富家之私名，然內有損民貧國之公實。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 遭命者、行善於內，遭凶於外也。 |
| 《太玄經·周》: | 次八，還遇躬外，其禍不大。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 燕外迫蠻、貊，內笮齊、晉，崎嶇彊國之間，最為弱小，幾滅者數矣。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 𧛨，外也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 百姓上下睹利害之存乎己也，故肅恭其心，慎脩其行，內不忒惑，外無異望，慮其暏去徼倖，無罪過不憂懼，請謁無所聽，財賂無所用，則民志平矣。 |
| 《忠經·冢臣章》: | 樂之於中，和之於外。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 以過棄功者損，群下外異者淪。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 行之於親近而䟽遠悅，脩之於閨門之內而名譽馳於外。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 天家、百官小吏之所稱，天子無外，以天下為家，故稱天家。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 況外物而非盜哉？ |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 是以明主之治世也，急於求人，弗獨為也，與天與地，建立四維，以輔國政，鉤繩相布，銜橛相制，參偶具備，立位乃固，經氣有常理，以天地動，逆天時不祥，有祟事，不仕賢，無功必敗，出究其道，入窮其變，張軍衛外，禍反在內，所備甚遠，賊在所愛。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是以聖人內修其本，而不外飾其末，厲其精神，偃其知見故漠然無為而無不為也，無治而無不治也。 |
| 《文始真經·二柱》: | 內不見我，外不見人。 |
| 《列仙傳·師門》: | 為夏孔甲龍師，孔甲不能順其意，殺而埋之外野。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 常名當如嬰兒之未言，雞子之未分，明珠在蚌中，美玉處石間，內雖昭昭，外如愚頑。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 是故兵終身暴露於外，士民疲病於內，霸王之名不成，此固以失霸王之道三矣。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 離朱之明，察秋毫之末于百步之外，下於水尺，而不能見淺深。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 必秦國之所生然後可，則是夜光之璧不飾朝廷，犀象之器不為玩好，鄭、衛之女不充後宮，而駿良駃騠不實外廄，江南金錫不為用，西蜀丹青不為采。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 大功者太祖，小功者小祖，無功者無祖，無功者皆稱其位而立沃，有功者觀於外。 |
| 《公孫龍子·堅白論》: | 堅白石不相外，藏三，可乎？ |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 明主鑒茲，必內修文德，外治武備。 |
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