Three elements - Sangen

Japanese: 三元 - さんげん

〘Noun〙① A general term for Shangyuan (the 15th day of the first month), Zhongyuan (the 15th day of the seventh month), and Xiayuan (the 15th day of the eighth month). ※Sihe Irikai (before the 17th century) 3 "The 15th day of the first month is Shangyuan, the 15th day of the seventh month is Zhongyuan, and the 15th day of the tenth month is Xiayuan, so to speak, _{two and} three Yuans _{in one} ." [Lugong - Poetry of a contemplative liturgy on the day of Zhongyuan] ② ("Yuan" means beginning. It means the beginning of a year, month, and day.) The name for the first day of the new year. Three beginnings. ※Shoku Nihongi - The 11th year of the Hoki era (780), January, Otoro "Today, _{the calendar begins} with the three Yuans, and all things are new." [Book of Southern Qi - Emperor Wu's Chronicle] ③ In the eyes of numerologists, when the 60 Jiazi are assigned to the nine palaces, it always returns to Yuan in 180 years, so this is the name used when the 60th year of the first Jiazi is Shangyuan, the next 60 years is Zhongyuan, and the next 60 years is Xiayuan. [Yu Xin - Ten Poems on the Taoist Priest's Walking Exhaustive Words, Part 4] ④ A general term for heaven, earth, and man. Three principles . Three principles. Three extremes. ※Yuiitsu Shinto Myohoyoshu (around 1511) "Shintoists are the origin of heaven, the origin of the local area, and the origin of man, so they are called _{the two} , three, and _one ." [Wang Changling - Poems to Response to the Banquet at the Summer Moon Flower Pavilion] ⑤ In China, a person who came in first in the three examinations of the village examination, the association examination, and the palace examination, and became a Kaigen, a Huiyuan (provincial origin ), or a Jogen . ※Shiseitsutsu (1724) 6 "The village examination, the association examination, and the palace examination are collectively called the three places, and the first person is collectively called the three gen." ⑥ = Sankai (three leaders) [Li Dongyang - 70 Poems for the Longevity of Master Shao Baoshang]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 上元（正月一五日）・中元（七月一五日）・下元（一〇月一五日）の総称。※四河入海（１７Ｃ前）三「正月十五日は上元、七月十五日は中元、十月十五日は下元、謂_二之三元_一ぞ」〔盧拱‐中元日観法事詩〕② (「元」は始めの意。年と月と日との始めの意) 正月元日の称。三始。※続日本紀‐宝亀一一年（780）正月乙酉「今者、三元初_レ暦、万物惟新」〔南斉書‐武帝紀〕③ 術数家で、六十甲子を九宮に配する時、必ず一八〇年で元に帰るので、その第一甲子の六〇年を上元、次の六〇年を中元、次の六〇年を下元としたときの称。〔庾信‐道士歩虚詞十首・其四〕④ 天・地・人の総称。三才(さんさい)。三儀。三極。※唯一神道名法要集（1511頃）「神道者、天元也、地元也、人元也、故云_二三元_一」〔王昌齢‐夏月花萼楼宴応制詩〕⑤ 中国で、郷試・会試・殿試の三試験に首席を占め、解元(かいげん)・会元（省元）・状元(じょうげん)となった者。※制度通（1724）六「郷試会試殿試をあはせて三場と云その第一人をあはせて三元と云」⑥ ＝さんかい（三魁）〔李東陽‐少保商先生寿七十詩〕

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