Tian

Tiān (天) is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion. During the Shang Dynasty (17–11th centuries BCE), the Chinese referred to their supreme god as Shàngdì (上帝, "Lord on High") or Dì (帝,"Lord"). During the following Zhou Dynasty, Tiān became synonymous with this figure. Heaven worship was, before the 20th century, an orthodox state religion of China.

In Taoism and Confucianism, Tiān is often translated as "Heaven" and is mentioned in relationship to its complementary aspect of Dì (地), which is most often translated as "Earth". These two aspects of Daoist cosmology are representative of the dualistic nature of Taoism. They are thought to maintain the two poles of the Three Realms (三界) of reality, with the middle realm occupied by Humanity (人, Rén).

Characters

The modern Chinese character 天 and early seal script both combine dà 大 "great; large" and yī 一 "one", but some of the original characters in Shāng oracle bone script and Zhōu bronzeware script anthropomorphically portray a large head on a great person. The ancient oracle and bronze ideograms for dà 大 depict a stick figure person with arms stretched out denoting "great; large". The oracle and bronze characters for tiān 天 emphasize the cranium of this "great (person)", either with a square or round head, or head marked with one or two lines. Schuessler (2007:495) notes the bronze graphs for tiān, showing a person with a round head, resemble those for dīng 丁 "4th Celestial stem", and suggests "The anthropomorphic graph may or may not indicate that the original meaning was 'deity', rather than 'sky'."

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Tian (surname)

Tián (田) is 34th most common Chinese surname. An alternative transliteration of "田" from Cantonese is Tien. It appeared in the Hundred Family Surnames text from the early Song Dynasty. It also means "field".

The same character is Jeon in Korean hanja and is 16th most common in South Korea.

People

  • Tian Bingyi (born 1963), Chinese men's badminton player and 1992 Olympic medallist
  • Tian Bu (785–822), military general of the Chinese Tang dynasty
  • Tian Chengping (born 1945), Chinese communist politician
  • Tian Chengsi (705–779), military general of the Chinese rebel state Yan
  • Tian Dan (fl. 300 BC), military general during ancient China's Warring States period
  • Tian Feng (died 200), advisor to Yuan Shao during the late Han Dynasty
  • Tian Fengshan (born 1940), Chinese communist official
  • Tian Han (1898–1968), Chinese revolutionary lyricist and playwright
  • Tian Hongzheng (764–821), military general during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
  • Tian Houwei (born 1992), Chinese men's badminton player
  • Tian Huaijian (fl. 800), military general during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
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    Tian (disambiguation)

    Tian can mean:

  • Tian (天), a Chinese religious concept, often translated as "Heaven"
  • French tian, an earthenware vessel of Provence, and the food prepared in it
  • Tian, Benin, a village in Benin
  • Tian, Iran (disambiguation), 2 places in Lorestan province in Iran
  • Tian (surname), a Chinese surname (田)
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