- a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand
- sixty; 60
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
- detailed; in detail; minute
- evidence; proof; testimony
- name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery); same as 法號|法号[fa3 hao4]
- to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position
- advantageous; favorable
- 嘉 jiā: 嘉 jia1: excellent; auspicious; to praise; to commend嘉 Jiā: 嘉 Jia1: surname Jia
- prosperous; henry (unit of inductance)
- revision
- calendar era; epoch
- unofficial history; history as popular legends
- see 孝義市|孝义市[Xiao4 yi4 Shi4]
- Taipei, capital of Taiwan
- 故宫 gù gōng: 故宫 gu4 gong1: former imperial palace故宫 Gù gōng: 故宫 Gu4 gong1: the Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4]
- museum
- 大名 dà míng: 大名 da4 ming2: famous name; your distinguished name; one's formal personal name; (Japanese history) daimyo大名 Dà míng: 大名 Da4 ming2: see 大名縣|大名县[Da4 ming2 Xian4]
- Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
- teacher
- civilian court official (in former times)
- scholarship; high-level study; to do scholarly research; to pursue a high level of study
- coarse; rough; careless
- material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet); CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
- careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair
- the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories; true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
- character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
- Kangxi, reign title (1662–1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3]; the Kangxi Emperor (Qing dynasty)
- the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735–1799
- to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation
- careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious
- rigorous; strict; careful; (of writing) well organized; meticulous