- treatise; study
- to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
- way; means; channel
- lit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way; to benefit from both sides
- to classify; to categorize
- stereotypical pattern; rut
- to be in season; seasonal
- 历数 lì shù: 历数 li4 shu4: (literary) movements of celestial bodies; destiny; calendar system历数 lì shǔ: 历数 li4 shu3: to enumerate; to count (one by one)
- evolution; gradual forward progress
- to wither (and drop off); to wilt; to pass away
- (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; sprout; bud; (also used figuratively)
- by the time that
- old name for China; Cathay
- religious studies
- pioneering; groundbreaking
- mineral resources
- general collection; anthology
- birthday
- History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls
- History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄[Fang2 Xuan2 ling2] in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2], 130 scrolls
- the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
- the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories; true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
- apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- to audit; to investigate thoroughly
- to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
- parallelism (rhetoric); to arrange things alongside each other
- everything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
- extensive and penetrating (idiom); expansive and profound (of writing)
- rule of law; to rule by law
- to check and correct
- to impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advance; to drive forward
- power of observation; perception
- commonly seen
- to come as no surprise; as expected
- to take a broad view of sth