- long; endless; boundless
- tireless; untiring; indefatigable
- stick-in-the-mud; to stick to old ways; stubbornly conservative
- Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
- Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
- 薛 Xuē: 薛 Xue1: surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)薛 xuē: 薛 xue1: wormwood like grass (classical)
- great sage; mahatma; king; emperor; outstanding personage; Buddha
- (bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
- to establish; to set up; to found
- to chew; to think over
- to state; to assert
- trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude
- to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
- to toss and turn
- the outside and the inside; one's outward show and inner thoughts; exterior and interior
- Sui (581-617) and Tang dynasties (618-907)
- faultless; complete; perfect; to leave nothing to be desired
- manpower; labor power
- financial resources
- lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom); to kill two birds with one stone
- to draw; to derive; to absorb
- to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate
- Qing dynasty person
- in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash; to turn one's eyes
- 祖 Zǔ: 祖 Zu3: surname Zu祖 zǔ: 祖 zu3: ancestor; forefather; grandparents
- preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment
- poor but upright; destitute
- aloof; indifferent; unconcerned
- the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties
- chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax