术语“天”的详细信息

英译术语:

tian

汉语语境:

“天”在汉语中含义众多。从字面意义上看，“天”可代指在天庭之中拥有至高权利的天神；“天”和“地”相对，指空间范围的天空或天际；此外，“天”即天意，指宿命中非人可逆的事情，在这个意义上等同于自然界，又进而被喻为天地万物最高准则的天道。

英语语境:

The Chinese concept tian is of different implications in Chinese philosophy. It refers literally to a ruling or presiding heaven or god that had ultimate authority over the human world. Sometimes, it is used to refer to the physical heaven in opposition to the space of earth. Tian is also applied to designate all those events in human life that man can not control. In this sense, it refers to both the naturalistic and mystic heaven, which is equal to nature in the Chinese context. It is furthur regarded as the highest principle of the universe.