Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin

profundity; depth

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

Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar

Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Tang2 Ming2 huang2], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[Li3 Long1 ji1], reigned 712-756

Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书[Jin4 shu1]

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

(bird species of China) white tern (Gygis alba)

Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology

first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文[Qian1 zi4 wen2]

deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated

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

(bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

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