- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- ancient times
- regent; monarch
- to divide and confer (property on one's descendants)
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero; (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
- (bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
- letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 证 zhèng: 证 zheng4: to admonish证 zhèng: 证 zheng4: certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm
- to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
- each; every
- to execute (a plan); to grasp
- one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly
- cause; reason; because
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan
- to separate; to part
- to farm; farming
- to raise silkworms
- to make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
- agriculture; farming
- relieved; tensions relax
- to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- arrogant; haughty
- cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful
- (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- to die (exclusively of the Emperor)
- carriage
- evening; night; late
- to die; death
- to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- see 商水縣|商水县[Shang1 shui3 Xian4]
- 西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest
- Emperor Ling of Han (156-189), reigned from 168 to 189
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period
- bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate
- surname Ying; river in Henan and Anhui