Vocabulary: 封神演义
- to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being; to be born with; to be blessed with
- soil
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- change of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new
- incident; event
- concise; the details in brief
- to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of; praise and censure; appraisal
- all different; each unto his own
- to write down; to record; written account
- to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; CL:篇[pian1]
- 尚书 shàng shū: 尚书 shang4 shu1: high official; government minister尚书 Shàng shū: 尚书 Shang4 shu1: same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History
- (bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) leisurely; relaxed; (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding; (bound form) reclusive
- extant; existent; in stock
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- magical; miraculous; mystical
- 逮 dǎi: 逮 dai3: (coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture逮 dài: 逮 dai4: (literary) to reach; used in 逮捕[dai4 bu3] (Taiwan pr. [dai3])
- descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- beyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic
- element; factor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- layer upon layer; tiered
- to accumulate
- source; origin; fountainhead
- 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]
- (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
- (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial
- great-grandfather; (old) grandfather; father
- since (used after a specified time or event)
- History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
- etiquette; ceremony
- to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- “Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- 文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng
- the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center; all parts; China and the lands beyond its frontiers
- rumor
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- alienation (philosophy); (of speech) dissimilation
- first signs; development (of a situation)
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
- shape; form; pattern; morphology
- people (in general); people around the world; everyone
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- to draw; to derive; to absorb
- unofficial history; history as popular legends