Mind monkey
Chinese "mind monkey" collocations
Columns: Date (CE) | Text | Simplified characters | Traditional characters | Pinyin | Wade-Giles | Literal meaning
c. 406 | Weimojiesuoshuojing | 心如猿猴 | 心如猨猴 | xīn rú yuánhóu | hsin ju yuan-hou | "mind like a monkey" | c. 540 | Mengyu chanhui shi | 爱马 … 心猿 | 愛馬 … 心猿 | àimǎ … xīnyuán | ai-ma … hsin-yüan | "love-horse … mind-monkey" | 657 | Daci'ensi sanzang fashizhuan | 情猿 … 意马 | 情猿 … 意馬 | qíngyuán … yìmǎ | ch'ing-yüan … i-ma | '"feelings-monkey … will-horse" | c. 840 | Zengti Du yinju | 心猿 … 意马 | 心猿 … 意馬 | xīnyuán … yìmǎ | hsin-yüan … i-ma | "mind-monkey … will-horse" | 947 | Bianwen weimojiejing | 心猿意马 | 心猿意馬 | xīnyuányìmǎ | hsin-yüan-i-ma | "mind-monkey will-horse"