Mu (negative)

The Japanese and Korean term mu (Japanese: 無; Korean: 무) or Chinese wú (traditional Chinese: 無; simplified Chinese: 无) meaning "not have; without" is a key word in Buddhism, especially the Chan and Zen traditions.

The word

The Chinese word wú 無 "not; nothing" was borrowed by East Asian languages, particularly the Sino-Xenic "CJKV" languages of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

Pronunciations

The Modern Standard Chinese pronunciation wú 無 historically derives from (c. 7th century CE) Middle Chinese mju, (c. 3rd century CE) Late Han Chinese muɑ, and reconstructed (c. 6th century BCE) Old Chinese *ma.

Other varieties of Chinese have differing pronunciations of 無. Compare Cantonese mou4 or mou; and Min Nan IPA: [ bo˧˥ ] (Quanzhou) and [ bə˧˥ ] (Zhangzhou).

The common Chinese word wú 無 was adopted in the Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean, and Sino-Vietnamese vocabularies. The Japanese kanji 無 has on'yomi (Sino-Japanese) readings of mu or bu, and a kun'yomi (Japanese reading) of na. The Korean hanja 無 is read mu (in Revised, McCune–Reischauer, and Yale romanization systems). The Vietnamese Han Viet character 無 is pronounced vô or mô.

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Negative (Mansun song)

"Negative" is a song by the English alternative rock band Mansun. The song was written by Paul Draper, Dominic Chad, Stove and Andie Rathbone. It was recorded and produced by Paul Draper and Mark 'Spike' Stent during sessions for the group's second studio album. The song was released as the third single in 1998 from the group's second album, Six. Despite being one of the album's more traditional songs the single peaked low at #27 on the UK Singles Chart, breaking the group's run of seven consecutive top twenty singles.

The music video for "Negative" was directed by Jamie Thraves.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Paul Draper and Dominic Chad; except where indicated. 

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Negative (Negative album)

Negative is the 1999 debut studio album from influential Serbian rock band Negative. The album was an immediate success, and it included some of the band's greatest hits. Ja bih te sanjala became their signature song. During the next three years, the band had a string of successful singles such as "Ja bih te sanjala", "Oblaci", "Svet tuge", "Ti me ne volis" and "Vreme je". Videos were shot for all the singles from the album.

In May 2000, the band had their first live act in front of several thousand people. The concert was recorded and released on a CD later that year.

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