Hundred
Overview
Hundred functions as 'all of them' more often than as a count: the hundred surnames means the people, the hundred schools means the whole philosophical field.
Meaning
Hundred is the conventional number of totality — hundred surnames, hundred schools, hundred years of life.
Traditional Interpretation
Sources use hundred for the complete set in several fixed phrases, and the reading is conventional rather than numerical.
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What does hundred symbolize in Chinese tradition?
Hundred is the conventional number of totality — hundred surnames, hundred schools, hundred years of life. Hundred functions as 'all of them' more often than as a count: the hundred surnames means the people, the hundred schools means the whole philosophical field.
Why is hundred treated as significant?
The reading usually rests on sound and on cosmology rather than on quantity. Hundred is the conventional number of totality — hundred surnames, hundred schools, hundred years of life. The fixed phrases are the whole story — hundred appears almost nowhere in the tradition as a literal count.
How is hundred read in Chinese tradition?
Sources use hundred for the complete set in several fixed phrases, and the reading is conventional rather than numerical. It is grouped under Metal (金) in the five-element system.
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