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Trad. 玄參
- Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)
- root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
- Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
Trad. 玄學
- Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
- translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学)
- xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction)
- Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
- (in Daoism) God of the north sky
- Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Tang2 Ming2 huang2], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[Li3 Long1 ji1], reigned 712-756
Trad. 房玄齡
- Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书[Jin4 shu1]
Trad. 趙玄壇
- Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
Trad. 白玄鷗
- (bird species of China) white tern (Gygis alba)
Trad. 玄武區
- Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
- Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
Trad. 天地玄黃
- first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文[Qian1 zi4 wen2]
Trad. 白頂玄鷗
- (bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
Trad. 故弄玄虛
- deliberately mystifying
- to make sth unnecessarily complicated
- mystery within a mystery
- the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]
Trad. 玄武質熔岩
- basalt
- also written 玄熔岩[xuan2 rong2 yan2]
Trad. 玄武門之變
- Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗