Mystery
Zhào (曌) - The characters of Moon and Sun over the character for 'Gold' (I have also been told 'Space').
A cursory translation is Bright/Shining, but there seems a depth to the arrangement that points both to Yin/Yang and Taiji.
The character was coined as an appellation by the only empress of China - Wu Zetian.
She ruled China at the same time as the scholar Fazang was writing.
Gil Fronsdal (a buddhist teacher/scholar) referenced a summation of Buddhism that Fazang was able to intuit/record:
Liberation Beckons From Within Everything.
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Liúdòng hé huóxìng - "Flow and activity"
A watery constant flow/movement along with an open receptive/dark space that is so still yet links to essential movment and contains a core that shines brightly. |
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流 liú : Flow/Spread/Wander (to move, to go, to wander)
動 dòng : Move/Act/Alter (Strength) 和 hé : Peaceful/Gentle (Rice in mouth) harmony. 活 huó : Life/Existance/Lively (water) 性 xìng : Nature/Character/Gender (heart) nature, personal quality, hence of the heart |