<p>The characters are</p>
<blockquote>
<p>⿰龺乙⿰土正氣</p>
</blockquote>
<p>In modern characters, this would be written as</p>
<blockquote>
<p>乾坤正氣</p>
</blockquote>
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<p>The tricky characters are the first and second, where</p>
<ul>
<li>The right side of the first character is 「乙」</li>
<li>The right side of the second character is <a href="https://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=271" rel="nofollow noreferrer">an old way of writing 「申」</a></li>
</ul>

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So, what does 乾坤正氣 means?
Wayne Cheah
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2020-08-02T12:03:30.727Z
乾坤= the universe;正氣= aura of justice   ; 乾坤正氣 means “there are justice in the universe
Tang Ho
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<p>Another phrase as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue_Fei_Temple" rel="nofollow noreferrer">岳王廟</a> that I can't make out, this one outside the main courtyard. I can only make out the last two characters: 正氣. I found this image at <a href="http://www.zjxzj.com/html/2017/tbtj_0704/7383.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kknews</a>.</p>

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What does this phrase outside Yue Fei Temple mean? (Characters identified: 乾坤正氣)
# What does this phrase outside Yue Fei Temple mean? (Characters identified: 乾坤正氣)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-01)

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Another phrase as [岳王廟](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue_Fei_Temple) that I can't make out, this one outside the main courtyard. I can only make out the last two characters: 正氣. I found this image at [kknews](http://www.zjxzj.com/html/2017/tbtj_0704/7383.html).

**Tags:** classical-chinese


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The characters are

> ⿰龺乙⿰土正氣

In modern characters, this would be written as

> 乾坤正氣

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The tricky characters are the first and second, where

* The right side of the first character is 「乙」
* The right side of the second character is [an old way of writing 「申」](https://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=271)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: So, what does 乾坤正氣 means?  
> **username_3**: 乾坤= the universe;正氣= aura of justice   ; 乾坤正氣 means “there are justice in the universe  

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