Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
- 延寿 yán shòu: 延寿 yan2 shou4: to prolong life; to extend lifespan延寿 Yán shòu: 延寿 Yan2 shou4: see 延壽縣|延寿县[Yan2 shou4 Xian4]
- 汇集 hùi jí: 汇集 hui4 ji2: to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 彙集|汇集[hui4 ji2]汇集 hùi jí: 汇集 hui4 ji2: to collect; to compile; to converge
- controversy; dispute; to dispute
- to prove a point; to expound on; to demonstrate or prove (through argument); proof
- (idiom) easy to understand
- late Tang period (9th century)
- history book
- Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
- Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814-846), reign name of sixteenth Tang emperor Li Chan 李瀍[Li3 Chan2], reigned 840-846
- ruler
- to sincerely believe
- to build; to construct
- 幢 chuáng: 幢 chuang2: banner; pennant (in ancient China)幢 zhuàng: 幢 zhuang4: classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]); (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows
- Buddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva; CL:尊[zun1], 張|张[zhang1]
- to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position
- late stage; later period
- Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1]
- Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
- peer competition; to function as rivals; to make claims as an equal
- soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
- to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it
- to avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment
- in good condition; undamaged; intact
- pagoda
- 口角 kǒu jué: 口角 kou3 jue2: altercation; wrangle; angry argument口角 kǒu jiǎo: 口角 kou3 jiao3: corner of the mouth
- weeping bitter tears