| Chinese Text Project | |
| Simplified Chinese version |
| 爭 U+722D |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 争 Semantic variant Simplified character | 𠄙 Semantic variant | 𠫩 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 爪+ 4 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.190#2 Kangxi: p.688#33 Cihai: p.863r1c01 GSR: 811.a Hanyu: v3,p2031#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𠲜 净 𬋨 𨛰 𡸵 𢏰 𫐭 峥 挣 净 𢛵 狰 棦 𪟐 𪰭 𪸾 𪺓 𦱊 𡴣 𠬉 [More] |
| Mandarin: | zhēng zhèng ㄓㄥ ㄓㄥˋ |
| Cantonese: | caang1 zaang1 zang1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *jrɛng |
| Shuowen: | 《𠬪部》争：引也。从𠬪、𠂆。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·耕·争》争：竞也，引也。侧茎切，七。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·爪部·四》争：〔古文〕𠫩𠄙《唐韵》侧茎切《集韵》甾耕切，𠀤音筝。《说文》引也。从𠬪。《徐铉曰》音曳。𠬪二手而曳之，争之道也。《广韵》竞也。《书·大禹谟》汝惟不矜，天下莫与汝争能。汝惟不伐，天下莫与汝争功。又《玉篇》谏也。又讼也。《增韵》理也，辨也。《礼·曲礼》分争辨讼，非礼不决。又姓。《正字通》印薮有争不识，争同。又《集韵》侧逬切，筝去声。义同。又《广韵》本作诤，谏诤也，止也。《孝经·谏诤章》天子有争臣七人。《韵会》俗作争，非。 考证：〔《礼·曲礼》非理不决。〕谨照原文非理改非礼。 |
| Fanqie: | 侧茎 (《广韵·下平声·耕·争》) |
| Unihan definition: | to dispute, fight, contend, strive |
Example usage
| 《论语·八佾》: | 子曰：“君子无所争，必也射乎！” |
| The Master said, "The student of virtue has no contentions. If it be said he cannot avoid them, shall this be in archery?" | |
| 《孟子·离娄上》: | 争地以战，杀人盈野。 |
| When contentions about territory are the ground on which they fight, they slaughter men till the fields are filled with them. | |
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 分争辨讼，非礼不决。 |
| Nor can the clearing up of quarrels and discriminating in disputes be accomplished. | |
| 《孝经·谏诤》: | 昔者天子有争臣七人，虽无道，不失其天下。 |
| Anciently, if the Son of Heaven had seven ministers who would remonstrate with him, although he had not right methods of government, he would not lose his possession of the kingdom. | |
| 《墨子·经上》: | 辩，争彼也。 |
| Yi (end/finish). | |
| 《庄子·人间世》: | 德荡乎名，知出乎争。 |
| Virtue is dissipated in (the pursuit of) the name for it, and wisdom seeks to display itself in the striving with others. | |
| 《道德经》: | 不尚贤，使民不争。 |
| Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves. | |
| 《商君书·开塞》: | 务胜则争，力征则讼，讼而无正，则莫得其性也。 |
| The former led to quarrels, and the latter to disputes. If in disputes there were no justice, no one would be satisfied. | |
| 《孙子兵法·谋攻》: | 必以全争于天下，故兵不顿，利可全，此谋攻之法也。 |
| With his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of the Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will be complete. This is the method of attacking by stratagem. | |
| 《史记·殷本纪》: | 自中丁以来，废适而更立诸弟子，弟子或争相代立，比九世乱，于是诸侯莫朝。 |
| Ever since the reign of Zhongding the legitimate heir had been set aside, and junior scions put on the throne instead. These used to fight and displace each other. For the last nine generations there had been anarchy, and the princes neglected to come to court. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 争利如蚤甲，而丧其掌。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 二国者，未见文王之身，而让其所争以为闲田而反 |
| 《春秋繁露·立元神》: | 释其雠怨，视其所争，差其党族，所依为臬，据位治人，用何为名，累日积久，何功不成。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 知而不争，非忠也。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 孔子曰：“上敬老则下益孝，上顺齿则下益悌，上乐施则下益谅，上亲贤则下择友，上好德则下不隐，上恶贪则下耻争，上强果则下廉耻，民皆有别，则贞、则正，亦不劳矣，此谓七教。” |
| 《白虎通德论·礼乐》: | 所以尊人自损也，不争。 |
| 《新书·大政上》: | 岂其以狂与惑自为之，明君而君子乎，闻善而行之如争，闻恶而改之如雠，然后祸灾可离，然后保福也。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 岁馀，上欲废太子，立戚氏夫人子赵王如意，大臣多争，未能得坚决者也。 |
| 《中论·修本》: | 喜语乎已然，好争乎遂事，堕于今日，而懈于后旬。 |
| 《孔子家语·三恕》: | 昔者明王万乘之国，有争臣七人，则主无过举。 |
| 《潜夫论·务本》: | 今学问之士，好语虚无之事，争著雕丽之文，以求见异于世，品人鲜识，从而高之，此伤道德之实，而或蒙夫之大者也。 |
| 《论衡·累害》: | 位少人众，仕者争进，进者争位，见将相毁，增加傅致，将昧不明，然纳其言，一害也。 |
| 《太玄经·戾》: | 测曰，“戾腹”“正背”、中外争也。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 重遭战国，约从连横，好恶殊心，真伪纷争。 |
| 《孔丛子·嘉言》: | 刘子曰：“方今周室衰微而诸侯力争，孔丘布衣，圣将安施？” |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 君臣亲而有礼，百僚和而不同，让而不争，勤而不怨，无事惟职是司，此治国之风也。 |
| 《忠经·广至理章》: | 崇让则人不争。 |
| 《新语·无为》: | 未有上仁而下残，上义而下争者也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·正交论》: | 其论交也，曰：“富贵则人争趋之，贫贱则人争去之。” |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 其反也，舍者与之争席矣。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 彼教苦故民行薄，失之本故争于末。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是以处上而民不重，居前而人不害，天下归之，奸邪畏之，以其无争于万物也，故莫敢与之争。 |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 而争之，而介之。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 使民不争。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 悉其士民，军于长平之下，以争韩上党。 |
| 《慎子·民杂》: | 故曰：君人者，好为善以先下，则下不敢与君争为善以先君矣，皆私其所知以自覆掩，有过，则臣反责君，逆乱之道也。 |
| 《管子·轻重戊》: | 管子对曰：“公其令人贵买衡山之械器而卖之，燕代必从公而买之，秦赵闻之，必与公争之，衡山之械器，必倍其贾，天下争之，衡山械器，必什倍以上。” |
| 《公孙龙子·通变论》: | 争而明，其色碧也。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 吴子曰：“凡兵之所起者有五：一曰争名，二曰争利，三曰积德恶，四曰内乱，五曰因饥。” |
| 《六韬·大礼》: | 太公曰：“安徐而静，柔节先定，善与而不争。” |
| 《司马法·仁本》: | 争义不争利，是以明其义也。 |
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