玄之又玄

Traditional form:

玄之又玄

Pinyin (reading):

xuánzhīyòuxuán

Definitions:

• mystery within a mystery
• the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子 ( Lǎozǐ)

Characters:

• 玄 - deep, profound, abstruse
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 又 - and, also, again, in addition
• 玄 - deep, profound, abstruse

Traditional characters:

• 玄 - deep, profound, abstruse
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 又 - and, also, again, in addition
• 玄 - deep, profound, abstruse