unreliable; incredible

entrance hall; vestibule

Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis); root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)

mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]

Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645

abstruse; profound mystery; the mysteries of the universe

mysterious; profound; abstruse

great-great-grandson

Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学)

xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction)

profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles

Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky

silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)

profound theory; philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學|玄学 sect

(literary) black stone (esp. one used for steles and tombstones); tombstone; stele; old name for a magnet

mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)

black (without gloss); black with a hint of red in it

(intentionally) mysterious; arcane

profound; abstruse mystery

deep black

Xuanwu, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu

(geology) basalt

genmaicha; Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice

Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea

mystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]

basalt; also written 玄熔岩[xuan2 rong2 yan2]

Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗