五灯会元

Traditional form:

五燈會元

Pinyin (reading):

Wǔdēng Huìyuán

Definitions:

• Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls

Characters:

• 五 - five; surname
• 灯 - lamp, lantern, light
• 会 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head

Traditional characters:

• 五 - five; surname
• 燈 - lamp, lantern, light
• 會 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head