- Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
- rather; quite
- similar; alike
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- to state; to assert
- to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom); to take great pains; to be very patient
- 尚书 Shàng shū: 尚书 Shang4 shu1: same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History尚书 shàng shū: 尚书 shang4 shu1: high official; government minister
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]
- the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
- Classic of Rites
- reference material (used in scholarly study)
- to judge; to assess
- personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life
- to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- to differentiate and analyze; to discriminate
- etiquette; system of rites
- to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
- patriarchal clan system
- grade; rank; status
- superior and subordinate; social ranking
- regular; orderly; successive; in order
- to explain; to expound; to interpret; elucidation
- a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
- to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom); (fig.) to worship; to bow down to
- reason; cause
- people (in general); people around the world; everyone
- orientation; direction
- Confucian code of ethics
- right and wrong; quarrel
- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- investigator; researcher
- (lit. and fig.) focal point; focus
- to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- reason; rationality; rational
- to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
- supernatural being (such as a demon, monster, ghost, spirit, gremlin etc)
- to exist; to be; existence
- to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)
- limitations; (medicine) localized
- (idiom) in all fairness; objectively speaking
- to innovate; innovation