Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- anxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine)
- medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
- subtle
- the three energies of Chinese medicine: 精[jing1], 氣|气[qi4], and 神[shen2]
- the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)
- eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies
- (literary) to induce; to entice
- founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
- 泰山 Tài Shān: 泰山 Tai4 Shan1: Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]泰山 Tài shān: 泰山 Tai4 shan1: Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle); Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- to adhere strictly (to the rules)
- critical; crucial; vital
- quiet; calm; tranquil; peaceful
- pleased
- figure; physique; form and structure
- name of old state in modern Sichuan
- lust
- to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle
- calm; self-composed
- one's four limbs; two arms and two legs
- to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy
- 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era
- the key trick; the secret of success
- (weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
- lower body; euphemism for genitals; root and stem of plants
- calmly; without qualms; free from worry; safe and sound
- to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
- 太虚 tài xū: 太虚 tai4 xu1: great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos太虚 Tài xū: 太虚 Tai4 xu1: Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)
- karmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn; (fig.) money
- used in 憧憬[chong1 jing3]; used in 憧憧[chong1 chong1]
- comfortable niche
- disloyalty; half-heartedness; duplicity