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祧 [tiāo]
1. In ancient times, it referred to the temple of remote ancestors.
(古代称远祖的庙。)
2. To inherit or succeed the previous generation.
(承继先代。)
3. To transfer the spirit tablets of ancestors separated by several generations into the temple of remote ancestors.
(把隔了几代的祖宗的神主迁入远祖的庙。)
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Definitions as a noun:
1. The temple for worshiping remote ancestors or the founder.
(【本义】:祀远祖、始祖之庙)
2. As a phonetic-ideographic character: combines elements representing worship and the concept of '兆'.
(【造字法】:形声。从示,兆声。从“示”与祭祀有关。)
3. Used in phrases:
- 祧迁: To transfer the spirit tablets of ancestors into the temple of remote ancestors.
(如:祧迁(把隔了几代的祖宗的神主迁入远祖之庙);)
- 祧庙: A temple for remote ancestors, widely referring to ancestral halls.
(祧庙(远祖庙)。)
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Definitions as a verb:
1. To move a temple, as emperors would transfer spirit tablets of ancestors from distant generations into the temple of remote ancestors.
(迁庙。帝王对世数远隔之祖,依制将其神主迁入远祖之庙,故迁移神主也称祧。)
2. To surpass or transcend.
(超越。)
3. To inherit as an heir.
(承继为后嗣。)
4. Generally refers to the act of inheriting.
(泛指继承。)
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Additional references:
1. In historical texts, the term is associated with rituals and ancestral worship.
- 《说文新附》: 祧, 祭也。
- 《广雅》: 祧, 祭先祖也。
- 《周礼》: 守祧八人,掌先王先公之庙祧。
- 蔡邕《独断》: 文武为祧,四时祭之而已。
- 《礼记》: 远庙为祧。
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Example phrases:
1. 祧迁: To transfer the spirit tablets of ancestors into the temple of remote ancestors.
(如: 祧迁(把隔了几代的祖宗的神主迁入远祖之庙);)
2. 祧祊: A shrine for ancestor worship.
(如: 祧祊(祭祀祖先的祠堂))
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