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仰 · Cheng Miao

仰 (yǎng, 3rd tone) is, in Xu Shen, the lifted head: 舉也 — ‘to raise, to lift.’ The classics turn the gesture into reverence and reliance: the Yizhuan (系辞) ‘仰以觀于天文’ (look up to observe the patterns of heaven); the Shijing (小雅) ‘或棲遲偃仰’ (now re $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart