Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- to originate in
- Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods
- possibility; probability
- to exist; to be; existence
- the Chinese nation; the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
- the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
- offspring; posterity
- in one's childhood
- 查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha
- Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1 hua2 wen2 hua4] "Chinese culture"); used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1 hua2 Min2 guo2]
- 封 fēng: 封 feng1: to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters封 Fēng: 封 Feng1: surname Feng
- feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment
- besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
- Tang dynasty (618-907)
- bard; poet
- root; source; origin
- the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal; charm; (literary) pleasant sound
- chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; seventh in order; letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 255°; hepta
- imperial concubine
- dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
- to give birth to a child or children
- to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame
- red; scarlet; bare; naked
- canton; county; region
- 望 wàng: 望 wang4: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards望 wàng: 望 wang4: 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- see 汝南縣|汝南县[Ru3 nan2 Xian4]
- great-grandson
- Zhou Dynasty; Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC)
- 大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)
- 仲 Zhòng: 仲 Zhong4: surname Zhong仲 zhòng: 仲 zhong4: second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
- to dispatch a vehicle; (of a vehicle or its driver) to set off
- to praise
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- to suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against; to crusade against