Lady Xing and Master Ming

[Nintendao]

[心神 ~]

Lady Xing looks like a shamaness holding a distaff and thread, and Master Ming looks like a water buffalo. What do these actually depict?

 

[DynamicEquilibrium]

9 hours ago, Nintendao said:

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[Nintendao]

The character for Xìng 性 Life is made up of the radical for xīn 心 heart, and shēng 生 birth (depicted by a plant sprouting from the earth.) 

For Mìng 命 Destiny the two kǒu 口 mouths are proclaiming lìng 令 decrees (depiction of placing a seal onto a document.)

 

Zhongwen.com - Chinese Characters Etymologies

 

Edited December 29, 2025 by Nintendao

[Nintendao]

[ChiDragon]

18 hours ago, Nintendao said:

 

陰陽相生

yīnyáng xiāngshēng

Yin and yang mutually reproducing
Yin and yang coexist
 

Edited December 29, 2025 by ChiDragon

[Nintendao]

13 hours ago, 心神 ~ said:

Lady Xing looks like a shamaness holding a distaff and thread, and Master Ming looks like a water buffalo. What do these actually depict?

 

Exactly!

 

 

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Edited December 30, 2025 by Nintendao
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[心神 ~]

14 minutes ago, Nintendao said:

Exactly!

 

 

Wow, even the modern 性 character looks like a needle and a spool of thread. I suppose plant fiber becomes thread eventually, but that's probably a major stretch, lol.

 

[Nintendao]

1 hour ago, 心神 ~ said:

 性 

Ship it!

 

 

 

[Nintendao]

20 hours ago, ChiDragon said:

 

陰陽相生

yīnyáng xiāngshēng

Yin and yang mutually reproducing
Yin and yang coexist
 

[Nintendao]

Edited 12 hours ago by Nintendao
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