- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
- 薛 Xuē: 薛 Xue1: surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)薛 xuē: 薛 xue1: wormwood like grass (classical)
- (phonetic); declivity; steep bank
- Huihe, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族[Wei2 wu2 er3 zu2] and the Yugurs 裕固族[Yu4 gu4 zu2]
- see 焉耆回族自治縣|焉耆回族自治县[Yan1 qi2 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- Kucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert (Han-Tang period), in present-day Aksu, Xinjiang
- political and military achievements (idiom)
- splendid; glorious
- achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- one's later years
- gradually
- to think highly of oneself
- (literary) to raise an army; to dispatch troops
- see 武勝縣|武胜县[Wu3 sheng4 Xian4]
- to enlist; to be in the army
- trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army)
- lit. always with a book in hand (idiom); fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
- several years; many years
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 狄 dí: 狄 di2: low ranking public official (old)狄 Dí: 狄 Di2: surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
- (literary) forehead
- (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler)
- see 懷遠縣|怀远县[Huai2 yuan3 Xian4]
- victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)
- border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region
- to take to the field oneself (of emperor); to take part in person in an expedition
- 渐 jiàn: 渐 jian4: gradual; gradually渐 jiān: 渐 jian1: to imbue
- merits and demerits; contributions and errors
- to evaluate; to assess
- the whole earth; the universe
- (classical) see 於是|于是[yu2 shi4]
- ashamed
- to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
- 兹 cí: 兹 ci2: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]兹 zī: 兹 zi1: (literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
- after that; then
- shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points
- nutrition; nourishment; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- synopsis; outline; program; leading principles
- to exhort; to make an effort
- riot; rebellion; revolt
- not only; not merely