thái hư
Definition
- Noun:
- The Great Void / The Grand Emptiness: In ancient Vietnamese philosophy, this term refers to the primordial, boundless, and formless void from which all existence is believed to have originated. It denotes a state of ultimate nothingness or infinite space that precedes the cosmos.
- The Supreme Vacuum: A conceptual space of absolute emptiness, often used in classical literary and philosophical contexts to describe the origin of the universe or a state of pure potential.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Triết lý cổ đại nói về sự hình thành vũ trụ từ thái hư. (Ancient philosophy speaks of the formation of the universe from the Great Void.)
- Tâm trí anh ấy tĩnh lặng như chìm vào thái hư. (His mind was so still, as if sinking into the Grand Emptiness.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily found in classical texts, philosophical discourse, and poetic language. It is not used in everyday modern conversation but appears in discussions about cosmology, metaphysics, and ancient thought.
Variants and Related Words
- Thái không (n): A synonym, also meaning "The Great Void" or "The Supreme Nothingness."
- Thái không là khái niệm then chốt trong tư tưởng đó. (The Supreme Nothingness is a key concept in that ideology.)
Synonyms
- The Void: A state of complete emptiness.
- Nothingness: The absence of all things.
- The Primordial Abyss: The original, deep, and vast emptiness.
Related Concepts
- Vô cực: Infinity, boundlessness.
- Hỗn mang: Chaos, the primordial state before order.
- Hư vô: Nothingness, non-existence (a more general term than ).