Translations
The name is sometimes translated as "Five Grains," "Five Sacred Grains," or "Five Crops" as the word "gǔ," derived from "valley" in this ancient set phrase is less specific than narrower translations than "crop," and the phrase benefits from a very obvious homophonic relationship of "gǔ," "crop" with "gǔ," "ancient" including "palaeo-" in Chinese language, so although not traditional in literary circles, the phrase might best be translated as "Five (Mainly Millable) Seeds" for greater biological accuracy, including medicinal applications of the optional group member hemp.
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Famous quotes containing the word translations:
“Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to the one by whom the stumbling block comes!”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 18:7.
Other translations use “temptations.”