- an official position; a job in the bureaucracy
- to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar
- 褚 Chǔ: 褚 Chu3: surname Chu褚 zhǔ: 褚 zhu3: padding (in garment); to store up; pocket; Taiwan pr. [chu3]
- bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- filled with; preoccupied with
- talent and learning; scholarship
- conversant with things past and present; erudite and informed
- Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
- 监 jiān: 监 jian1: to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison监 jiàn: 监 jian4: (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)
- to compile and edit
- bold and powerful; brave and fierce
- tough; strong; formidable; fearsome
- power; force; strength
- to provide assistance; to aid
- efficient; highly effective
- later generations
- to choose for some purpose; to select and use
- active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive
- see 進賢縣|进贤县[Jin4 xian2 Xian4]
- (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy
- to set aside for
- heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- the present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
- to express; to disclose; to enlighten; to open
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- 木 mù: 木 mu4: (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden木 Mù: 木 Mu4: surname Mu
- shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office
- wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
- an elder; a senior
- ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
- post
- 角 jué: 角 jue2: role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel; third note of pentatonic scale角 Jué: 角 Jue2: surname Jue角 jiǎo: 角 jiao3: angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]
- craftsman
- material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- to set up; to install
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
- mound; burial mound; senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)
- 方正 fāng zhèng: 方正 fang1 zheng4: clear and square; neat; square (person)方正 Fāng zhèng: 方正 Fang1 zheng4: see 方正縣|方正县[Fang1 zheng4 Xian4]