Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- amazing; terrific; extraordinary
- surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- 汤 Tāng: 汤 Tang1: surname Tang汤 shāng: 汤 shang1: rushing current汤 tāng: 汤 tang1: soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- 成功 chéng gōng: 成功 cheng2 gong1: to succeed; success; successful; fruitful成功 Chéng gōng: 成功 Cheng2 gong1: Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
- they; them
- steady; earnest; staid
- the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
- after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
- 唐 táng: 唐 tang2: to exaggerate; empty; in vain唐 Táng: 唐 Tang2: Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- 元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- 明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- peace and prosperity (idiom)
- well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
- as if; to seem like
- philosophy
- Zen Buddhism
- Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine
- 佛 fú: 佛 fu2: used in 仿佛[fang3 fu2]佛 Fó: 佛 Fo2: Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])佛 fú: 佛 fu2: used in 彷彿|仿佛[fang3 fu2]佛 fú: 佛 fu2: (female) head ornament
- prime minister (in feudal China)
- intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- to have an abundance
- 稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little
- to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
- simple and honest; unsophisticated; (music etc) deep and resounding
- border; edge; boundary; interval; between; inter-; to meet; time; occasion; to meet with (circumstances)
- to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 属 shǔ: 属 shu3: category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute属 zhǔ: 属 zhu3: to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on
- see 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
- (bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise; to put (text) in brackets; Taiwan pr. [gua1]
- 苍 cāng: 苍 cang1: dark blue; deep green; ash-gray苍 Cāng: 苍 Cang1: surname Cang
- over there; yonder
- to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group