Vocabulary: 传习录
- lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)
- 春 Chūn: 春 Chun1: surname Chun春 chūn: 春 chun1: spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
- successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- Ministry of Works (in imperial China)
- 官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
- see 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- Ministry of War (in imperial China)
- 武 Wǔ: 武 Wu3: surname Wu武 wǔ: 武 wu3: martial; military
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
- first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period
- third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
- 湛 Zhàn: 湛 Zhan4: surname Zhan湛 zhàn: 湛 zhan4: deep; clear (water)
- 水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- 明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- see 甘泉縣|甘泉县[Gan1 quan2 Xian4]
- see 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
- see 增城區|增城区[Zeng1 cheng2 Qu1]
- Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- flourishing; thriving
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- the same year
- October; tenth month (of the lunar year)
- see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
- 戴 dài: 戴 dai4: to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support戴 Dài: 戴 Dai4: surname Dai
- 铣 xiǎn: 铣 xian3: shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)铣 xǐ: 铣 xi3: to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. [xian3]
- imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
- 薄 Bó: 薄 Bo2: surname Bo薄 báo: 薄 bao2: thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile薄 bó: 薄 bo2: meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near薄 bò: 薄 bo4: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- accomplished; elegant
- badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms
- surname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]
- 钦 qīn: 钦 qin1: to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself钦 Qīn: 钦 Qin1: surname Qin
- 疏 shū: 疏 shu1: to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation疏 Shū: 疏 Shu1: surname Shu
- to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- to keep for use; to retain sth; to keep sb in his job
- to be compelled; to be forced
- to leave office
- 刘 líu: 刘 liu2: (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter刘 Líu: 刘 Liu2: surname Liu