Tan - Tan

Japanese: 丹 - たん

[1] [noun] ① Red clay made of a compound of sulfur and mercury. Cinnabar . Also, its color. To. ※Kōyasan documents - Kakitsu 3 (1443), May 28th, Sanno-in Palace Construction Record "Nikahenuri no descent (abbreviated) 4 kanmon tan ten gendai" [Book of Documents - Yu Gong] ② Made by adding sulfur and saltpeter to lead and baking it. An oxide of lead, also called cinnabar. A yellowish red color, it is used as paint and as medicine. Chokichitan produced in Sakai, Izumi Province, was considered to be of high quality. ※Horyu-ji Temple Garan Engi and Ryuuki Asset Register - Tenpyo 19th year (747) "A total _{of 13} kinds of colorful items (omitted) Tower and land type (cinnabar ₆₂ ryo 1 bu, whitewash 280 ryo 1 bu, yellow 35 ryo 2 bu, red 208 ryo)" ※Shinkei-ruike-fuchi (around 1869 ) <Sanyutei Encho> 86 "Several lanterns painted red are hanging." ③ A medicine. Often refers to an elixir of immortality. ※Suga Family Book (around 900) 1. Chushun Shakuden, Chokkou Xiaojing, Fu Shijifu Shikun: “ _{If you turn} _it white, you will die _lightly . If you contain the elixir, you will _{_{_reveal}} your parents.” ※Reading book, Tsubaki Setsuguharigetsu (1807-11), Continued: “ Refine the elixir , cultivate the truth, and live long with heaven and earth. ” [Xu Ling - Answers to Zhou Shoshishu ] [2] Abbreviation of Tanba Province and Tango Province . [3] [Elephant] A word attached to the name of a pill or medicine. For example, “Wankinran.” ※The Wamyōshō, 20 volumes long (c. 934) vol. 12 “Purple Spirit Pill, also known as Changsheng Pill, also known as Anti-Soul Pill” [Jin Shu - Biography of Ge Hong] [Additional notes] (Regarding (1) ③ and (3)) In Taoism, mercury was believed to have the effect of immortality, and immortal medicines such as “Jingjin Di Xian Dan”, “Fu Hu Dan”, and “Yōsei Dan” were created.

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 硫黄と水銀の化合した赤土。辰砂(しんしゃ)。また、その色。に。※高野山文書‐嘉吉三年（1443）五月二八日・山王院一御殿造営勘録状「にかへぬりの下行〈略〉四貫文たん十褁代」〔書経‐禹貢〕② 鉛に硫黄・硝石を加えて、焼いて製したもの。鉛の酸化物で鉛丹ともいう。黄色を帯びた赤色で、絵の具としまた、薬用とする。和泉国堺で産する長吉丹は上等とされた。※法隆寺伽藍縁起并流記資財帳‐天平一九年（747）「合_二綵色物壱拾参種_一〈略〉塔分陸種〈朱砂六十二両一分胡粉二百八十両一分黄卅五両二分丹二百八両〉」※真景累ケ淵（1869頃）〈三遊亭円朝〉八六「丹(タン)で塗った提灯が幾つも掛けてあります」③ 薬のこと。多く、不老不死の薬をさしていう。※菅家文草（900頃）一・仲春釈奠、聴講孝経、同賦資事父事君「換_レ白何_レ軽_レ死、含_レ丹在_レ顕_レ親」※読本・椿説弓張月（1807‐11）続「丹(タン)を煉(ねり)、真を修し、天地とともに寿(いのちなが)しとぞ」〔徐陵‐答周処士書〕[2] 丹波国(たんばのくに)、丹後国(たんごのくに)の略。[3] 〘語素〙丸薬・練薬の名前につける語。「万金丹」など。※二十巻本和名抄（934頃）一二「紫霊丹一名長生丹一名反魂丹」〔晉書‐葛洪伝〕[補注]((一)③及び(三)について) 道家では水銀に不老長生の効果があると信じられ、「経進地仙丹」「伏虎丹」「養生丹」といった神仙薬が作られた。

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