武德

武德

1. ethics of martial arts

   • 登之罘，刻石。其辭曰：「[…]皇帝哀眾，遂發討師，奮揚武德。[…]」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     登之罘，刻石。其辞曰：「[…]皇帝哀众，遂发讨师，奋扬武德。[…]」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Dēng Zhīfú, kèshí. Qí cí yuē: “[…] huángdì āi zhòng, suì fā tǎo shī, fènyáng wǔdé. […]” [Pinyin]

     The emperor ascended Mount Zhifu and had the following insctiption carved on stone: [...] Till, pitying the people, the Emperor sent troops to punish the wicked and to display his might[...]

   • 這閃電五連鞭，不講武德啊！我勸你耗子尾汁！ [MSC, trad.]
     这闪电五连鞭，不讲武德啊！我劝你耗子尾汁！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 November 29, 《“闪电五连鞭”“不讲武德”“耗子尾汁”爆红网络 马保国出圈一场扭曲的网络狂欢》, in 《南国都市报》, page 15

     Zhè shǎndiàn wǔliánbiān, bù jiǎng wǔdé a! Wǒ quàn nǐ hàoziwěizhī! [Pinyin]

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   • 數百年　戰袂煞　我輩武德 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     数百年　战袂煞　我辈武德 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: CHTHONIC《暮沉武德殿》

     sò͘ pah nî, chiàn bē soah, ngó͘-pòe bú-tek [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     For hundreds of years, war rages on; we guard Bu-tik

武德

1. era name of Emperor Gaozu of Tang (618—626)

   • 高蹈乎八荒之表，而抗心乎千秋之間。駸駸乎兩漢之疆域，廣於三代；貞觀之政治，隆於武德矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     高蹈乎八荒之表，而抗心乎千秋之间。骎骎乎两汉之疆域，广于三代；贞观之政治，隆于武德矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1907, 王國維 (Wang Guowei),《〈人間詞乙稿〉序》, translated by Adele Austin Rickett

     Gāo dǎo hū bāhuāng zhī biǎo, ér kàng xīn hū qiānqiū zhī jiān. Qīnqīn hū liǎng Hàn zhī jiāngyù, guǎng yú sāndài; Zhēnguàn zhī zhèngzhì, lóng yú Wǔdé yǐ. [Pinyin]

     They stride high over all directions of the world, elevate the mind over the span of a thousand autumns, gallop swiftly beyond the borders of the Earlier and Later Han, are more encompassing than the government of the Hsia, Shang, and Chou or that of T’ang T’ai-tsung, and are more magnificent than the first emperor of the T’ang, Kao-tsu.