| 释义 |
‖ ki-mon|ˈkiːmɒn|
[Jap., f. ki demon, devil + mon gate.]
In Japanese tradition, the name given to the north-east, supposed to be the source of evil.
1871A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan II. 57 The Temple Tô-yei-zan..faces the Ki-mon, or Devil's Gate, of the castle. 1901F. Brinkley Oriental Series: Japan III. iii. 111 Prominent among the ancient superstitions of Japan was a belief that all evil influences had their abode in the northeast, the Demons' Gate (Kimon). 1904L. Hearn Japan: Attempt at Interpretation vii. 144 In almost every garden, on the north side, there is a little Shintō shrine, facing what is called the Ki-Mon, or ‘Demon-Gate’,—that is to say, the direction from which, according to Chinese teaching, all evils come... The belief in the Ki-Mon is obviously a Chinese importation. 1972Nat. Geographic May 689/2 The avoidance of kimon, the devil's gate..not a single doorway faced in a north-easterly direction. |