Vocabulary: 传习录
- the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
- 殷 yān: 殷 yan1: dark red殷 Yīn: 殷 Yin1: surname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan殷 yīn: 殷 yin1: flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable殷 yǐn: 殷 yin3: roll of thunder
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
- 皋 gāo: 皋 gao1: bank; marsh皋 gāo: 皋 gao1: high riverbank
- 陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- ancient book; old book
- 楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)
- harmful teachings; evil doctrine
- savage act; outrage; atrocity
- to amend; to alter; to modify
- Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position
- to hear litigation (in a law court); to hear a case
- language; use of words; phraseology; articles; essays; writing
- to own exclusively; unique to; specific; there is only
- Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
- Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius
- Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2] to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] is attributed
- in the style of annals; chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories
- 鲁 Lǔ: 鲁 Lu3: surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]鲁 lǔ: 鲁 lu3: (bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
- CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
- BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
- to mourn; to lament
- classic work (esp. Confucian classics)
- to narrate; to recount; narrative
- simple; not complicated
- equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values
- testimony
- records; files; archives
- ruling
- case; instance; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3]
- conclusion; verdict; CL:個|个[ge4]; to conclude; to reach a verdict
- to talk about; to mention