Heaven

heaven English Etymology See en heaven. Proper noun en religion The abode of God or the gods, when considered as a specific location; the abode of the blessed departed who reside in the presence of God or the gods en 1644 w:Samuel Rutherford Lex, Rex: The Law and the Prince V 16 Conſider firſt that the excommunicated Prelate ſaith... Kings are not immediatly from God, as by any ſpeciall Ordinance ſent from Heaven by the miniſtery of Angels and Prophets, there were but ſome few ſuch, as Moſes, Saul, David, etc. Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n. I 263 1873 39 Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd. en 2011 Lillian Tseng Picturing Heaven in Early China 2 To grasp the Chinese's notion of Heaven, we must look at the contexts in which tian is used... In the Book of Odes (Shi jing 詩經), which includes poems dated between the eleventh and seventh centuries BCE, tian is a place where the Heavenly Thearch resides. en religion Providence, the will of God or the gods, when considered as a personal entity or specific aspect of the divine; Fate I 212 ...but that the willAnd high permission of all-ruling HeavenLeft him at large to his own dark designs, 1873 en 1793 Henry Boyd Poems II iv 270 Heaven commands thine armTo lift the sure-destroying sword! en May 8 1886 The Pall Mall Gazette 1 1 ...executing the just judgment of offended Heaven upon cattle-houghers, traitors, and assassins. en 2011 Lillian Tseng Picturing Heaven in Early China 3 Cosmologists regarded Heaven as a force—composed of qi (氣), which was divided into yin (陰) and yang (陽) aspects—that kept the cosmos moving. en uncommon Other extended senses of heaven as a specific place similar to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed departed en 1667 w:John Milton w:Paradise Lost I 254-255 The mind is its own place, and in it selfCan make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. en obsolete The sky, particularly its distant aspect as the abode of the sun, moon, and stars en 1581 George Pettie Stefano Guazzo Ciuile Conuersation I 26 Everie...Countrie, by the nature of the place, the climate of the Heaven, and the influence of the starres hath certaine vertues. en 1625 Nathanæl Carpenter Geography delineated forth in two bookes I iv 77 The Heauens...are carried in 24 houres from East to West. en Chinese mythology semantic translation of zh 天 The supreme God or Nature which controls the universe. en Tian en 1893 James Legge http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/conf3.htm The Doctrine of the Mean What Heaven has conferred is called the Nature... en 2000 Yao Xinzhong An Introduction to Confucianism https://books.google.com/books?id=tAE2OJ9bPG0C&pg=PA142 142 ...‘Heaven’ as we use it throughout the book is only a convenient but inaccurate translation of the Chinese character zh 天 tian. Heaven in Chinese religions as well as in the Confucian tradition has multidimensional implications... In its metaphysical and physical connotation, Heaven... refers to... Nature. Applied in the spiritual realm, it signifies an anthropomorphic Lord or a Supreme Being who presides in Heaven, and rules over or governs directly the spiritual and material worlds. en 2018 Zhuo Xinping Religious Faith of the Chinese https://books.google.com/books?id=8qZEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 58 It was not just the sky, but a god with wills and intentions, seen as sovereign of all... In fact, "Tian" was another reverent term to address the supreme god: "Heaven, for the help of the inferior people, made for them rulers, and made for them instructors" ("Great Declaration I" in the Book of History)... en uncommon en patronymics derived from en Evan en rare en female English of modern usage from the noun en heaven. Derived terms en for Heaven's sake Heavenese Heavenly Kingdom of Heaven Mandate of Heaven Queen of Heaven Son of Heaven Temple of Heaven Translations All meanings heaven See also en Nevaeh Providence Tian#Etymology 2 Further reading Anagrams en aeehnv Nevaeh en Chinese philosophy Taoism