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en-wikipedia-org-9829		Yuanfen - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1766	256	72	Chinese folk religion Yuán (simplified Chinese: 缘; traditional Chinese: 緣; pinyin: yuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân) or Yuanfen (缘分; 緣分, 緣份; yuánfèn; iân-hūn; Vietnamese: duyên phận), "fateful coincidence," is a concept in Chinese and Vietnamese societies describing good and bad chances and potential relationships.[1] It can also be translated as "destiny, luck as conditioned by one's past", or "natural affinity among friends."[2] It is comparable to the concept of karma in Buddhism, but yuanfen is interactive rather than individual. Yang Kuo-shu and David Ho trace the origins of the term to traditional Buddhism and observe that yuan or yuanfen are important concepts. Yang and Ho's research found that these concepts are still very much alive in Chinese social life and culture among university students. The most common Chinese term for "fate" or "destiny" is mìngyùn (命運; 命运, literally "the turn of events in life"). Categories: Chinese folk religion Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9829.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9829.txt