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正勝吾勝 is a proverb that is often translated as “True victory is victory over oneself.”
However, literally, Kanji by Kanji, means “True victory [is] my/self victory.”
My Japanese friends rate this very highly for a wall scroll.
See Also: Know Thy Enemy Know Thyself
大公無私 is a Chinese proverb that comes from an old story from some time before 476 BC. About a man named Qi Huangyang, who was commissioned by the king to select the best person for a certain job in the Imperial Court.
Qi Huangyang selected his enemy for the job. The king was very confused by the selection, but Qi Huangyang explained that he was asked to find the best person for the job, not necessarily someone that he liked or had a friendship with.
Later, Confucius commented on how unselfish and impartial Qi Huangyang was by saying, “Da Gong Wu Si” which, if you look it up in a Chinese dictionary, is generally translated as “Unselfish” or “Just and Fair.”
If you translate each character, you'd have something like
“Big/Deep Justice Without Self.”
Direct translations like this leave out a lot of what the Chinese characters really say. Use your imagination, and suddenly you realize that “without self” means “without thinking about yourself in the decision” - together, these two words mean “unselfish.” The first two characters serve to drive the point home that we are talking about a concept that is similar to “blind justice.”
One of my Chinese-English dictionaries translates this simply as “just and fair.” So that is the short and simple version.
Note: This can be pronounced in Korean, but it's not a commonly used term.
See Also: Selflessness | Work Unselfishly for the Common Good | Altruism
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
突貫 see styles |
tokkan とっかん |
More info & calligraphy: Bolt of Lightning / Lightning Attack |
解決 解决 see styles |
jiě jué jie3 jue2 chieh chüeh kaiketsu かいけつ |
More info & calligraphy: Solution(n,vs,vt,vi) settlement; solution; resolution to explain |
以眼還眼 以眼还眼 see styles |
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn yi3 yan3 huan2 yan3 i yen huan yen |
More info & calligraphy: Eye for an eye |
四無量心 四无量心 see styles |
sì wú liàng xīn si4 wu2 liang4 xin1 ssu wu liang hsin shi muryōshin |
More info & calligraphy: Brahmavihara - The Four Immeasurables |
知彼知己 see styles |
zhī bǐ zhī jǐ zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3 chih pi chih chi |
More info & calligraphy: Know Thy Enemy, Know Thyself |
敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず see styles |
tekioshirionooshirebahyakusenayaukarazu てきをしりおのをしればひゃくせんあやうからず |
More info & calligraphy: Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and Win 100 Battles |
仇 see styles |
qiú qiu2 ch`iu chiu kiyuu / kiyu きゆう |
spouse; companion (n-suf,n) (1) rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe; (2) revenge; (3) (archaism) spouse; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) foe; enemy; rival; (2) resentment; enmity; grudge; (3) harm; injury; (surname) Kiyū |
寇 see styles |
kòu kou4 k`ou kou kou / ko こう |
to invade; to plunder; bandit; foe; enemy (rare) invasion; invader; (surname) Kō |
敵 敌 see styles |
dí di2 ti teki てき |
(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand (1) (ant: 味方・1) opponent; rival; adversary; (2) menace; danger; threat; enemy To oppose, compete; an enemy. |
讐 仇 see styles |
chóu chou2 ch`ou chou muneoka むねおか |
variant of 讎|雠[chou2] (1) foe; enemy; rival; (2) resentment; enmity; grudge; (3) harm; injury; (personal name) Muneoka |
陷 see styles |
xiàn xian4 hsien kan |
pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect to fall into |
馘 see styles |
guó guo2 kuo |
(literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy; the severed ear of a slain enemy |
ホス see styles |
bosu ボス |
(1) boss; leader; head; (2) {vidg} boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level); (personal name) Boz |
乘勝 乘胜 see styles |
chéng shèng cheng2 sheng4 ch`eng sheng cheng sheng |
to follow up a victory; to pursue retreating enemy |
仇人 see styles |
chóu rén chou2 ren2 ch`ou jen chou jen |
foe; one's personal enemy |
仇家 see styles |
chóu jiā chou2 jia1 ch`ou chia chou chia |
enemy; foe |
仇敵 仇敌 see styles |
chóu dí chou2 di2 ch`ou ti chou ti kyuuteki / kyuteki きゅうてき |
enemy bitter enemy |
仇視 仇视 see styles |
chóu shì chou2 shi4 ch`ou shih chou shih |
to view sb as an enemy; to be hateful towards |
仇讎 仇雠 see styles |
chóu chóu chou2 chou2 ch`ou ch`ou chou chou kyuushuu / kyushu きゅうしゅう |
(literary) enemy; foe revenge; bitter enemy |
仏敵 see styles |
butteki ぶってき |
enemy of Buddhism |
仮想 see styles |
kasou / kaso かそう |
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy) |
会敵 see styles |
kaiteki かいてき |
encountering the enemy |
俘獲 俘获 see styles |
fú huò fu2 huo4 fu huo |
to capture (enemy property or personnel); capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus) |
兜抄 see styles |
dōu chāo dou1 chao1 tou ch`ao tou chao |
to close in from the rear and flanks; to surround and attack; to mop up (remnant enemy troops) |
內奸 内奸 see styles |
nèi jiān nei4 jian1 nei chien |
undiscovered traitor; enemy within one's own ranks |
內敵 内敌 see styles |
nèi dí nei4 di2 nei ti naiteki |
inner enemy |
公敵 公敌 see styles |
gōng dí gong1 di2 kung ti kouteki / koteki こうてき |
public enemy public enemy |
内通 see styles |
naitsuu / naitsu ないつう |
(n,vs,vi) (1) secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; (n,vs,vi) (2) adultery; (extramarital) affair |
冤家 see styles |
yuān jia yuan1 jia5 yüan chia |
enemy; foe; (in opera) sweetheart or destined love |
冤頭 冤头 see styles |
yuān tóu yuan1 tou2 yüan t`ou yüan tou |
enemy; foe |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
True Victory is Victory Over Oneself | 正勝吾勝 正胜吾胜 | masa katsu a gatsu masakatsuagatsu | ||
Unselfish: Perfectly Impartial | 大公無私 大公无私 | dà gōng wú sī da4 gong1 wu2 si1 da gong wu si dagongwusi | ta kung wu ssu takungwussu |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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