世變

Chinese

 
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (世變)
simp. (世变)

Pronunciation


Noun

世變

  1. change in the world; unforeseen change in society; change in the way of things
    • 先生世變不同以後儒者夷學新學校落成孔聖門墻典章)。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
      From: 1922, letter by Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)
      Ranjo (Seogu) cho yeo Seokjeon seonsaeng seon, i ja sebyeon hu, chwi ji yu budong, sang wi so jeol ja ya. Ihu ryeok jeo yuja, geuk chan ihak (sinhakgyo rakseong yeon si un, Gongseong munjeon gu jeonjang). [Sino-Korean]
      Nanjo (Seogu) was originally friendly with Master Seokjeon, but after the changes in the world, there was a difference in the causes they chose to stand for, and they became distant from each other. Afterwards, he harshly slandered us Confucians and exceedingly praised the foreign sciences (a poem he wrote for a banquet upon the completion of the modern school says that the learning of the Sage Confucius is [only] ancient decrees).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世變):
  • Japanese: 世変(せいへん) (seihen)
  • Korean: 세변(世變) (sebyeon)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

世變 • (sebyeon) (hangeul 세변)

  1. Hanja form? of 세변 (unforeseen change in society; change in the way of things).
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