- clique
- Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
- to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself
- to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
- coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
- 籍 Jí: 籍 Ji2: surname Ji籍 jí: 籍 ji2: (bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records; (bound form) membership
- semicircular jade ornament
- Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
- Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
- Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period
- Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
- to be in charge of; assignment
- to match; is comparable with
- unofficial
- to put effort into sth; to try really hard
- ordinary people; commoners
- high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
- to develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development
- forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front
- 邸 Dǐ: 邸 Di3: surname Di邸 dǐ: 邸 di3: (bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
- Peking Gazette (official government bulletin)
- to scatter; to disperse; to distribute
- to come together (to form sth); to assemble together; (chemistry) to polymerize