| Chinese Text Project |
| 卿 U+537F |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 卩+ 9 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.186#35 Kangxi: p.160#08 Cihai: p.228r2c01 GSR: 714.o Hanyu: v1,p0318#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𦺄 𬁋 𣛬 𮬐 |
| Mandarin: | qīng ㄑㄧㄥ |
| Cantonese: | hing1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *kiæng |
| Shuowen: | 《卯部》卿：章也。六卿：天官冢宰、地官司徒、春官宗伯、夏官司馬、秋官司寇、冬官司空。从卯皀聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·庚·卿》卿：《說文》章也，公卿春秋漢含孳曰三公象五岳九卿法河海三公法三台九卿法北斗。《釋名》云：漢置十二卿正卿九太常光禄衞尉太僕廷尉鴻臚宗正司農少府又姓風俗通云趙相虞卿之後。去京切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·卩部·九》卿：《唐韻》去京切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》丘京切，𠀤音輕。《說文》章也。从𠨍皀聲。《徐曰》章善明理也。又嚮也。言爲人所歸嚮也。《禮·王制》大國三卿，小國二卿。《儀禮疏》諸侯兼官，但有三卿：司徒兼冢宰、司馬兼春官、司空兼秋官。《玉篇》漢置正卿九：太常、光祿、太僕、衞尉、延尉、鴻臚、宗正、司農、少府。《晉書·百官志》古者，天子諸侯皆名執政大臣曰正卿，自周後始有三公九卿之號。又《韻會》秦漢以來，君呼臣以卿。《正韻》君呼臣爲卿，蓋期之以卿也。又《韻會》凡敵體相呼亦爲卿，蓋貴之也。隋唐以來，儕輩下已，則稱卿，故宋璟卿呼張易之。又《前漢·項籍傳》號爲卿子冠軍。《註》文穎曰：卿子，時人相褒尊之稱，猶言公子也。又姓。《風俗通》虞卿之後。 |
| Fanqie: | 去京 (《廣韻·下平聲·庚·卿》) |
| Unihan definition: | noble, high officer |
Example usage
| 《論語·子罕》: | 子曰：「出則事公卿，入則事父兄，喪事不敢不勉，不為酒困，何有於我哉？」 |
| The Master said, "Abroad, to serve the high ministers and nobles; at home, to serve one's father and elder brothers; in all duties to the dead, not to dare not to exert one's self; and not to be overcome of wine - which one of these things do I attain to?" | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 夫子在三卿之中，名實未加於上下而去之，仁者固如此乎？ |
| You, master, were ranked among the three chief ministers of the State, but before your fame and services had reached either to the prince or the people, you have left your place. Is this indeed the way of the benevolent? | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 葉公之顧命曰：『毋以小謀敗大作，毋以嬖御人疾莊后，毋以嬖御士疾莊士、大夫、卿士。』 |
| The duke of She in his dying charge said, "Do not by little counsels ruin great enterprises; do not for the sake of a favourite concubine provoke queen Zhuang; do not for the sake of a favourite officer provoke your grave officers - the Great officers or high ministers." | |
| 《孝經·卿大夫》: | 蓋卿、大夫之孝也。 |
| This is the filial piety of high ministers and great officers. | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 仲尼以來，國君將相，卿士名臣，參差不齊，一概諸聖，譔《重黎》。 |
| Since the time of Confucius, rulers of kingdoms, generals, chancellors, ministers, gentlemen, and famous officials have been variously and non-uniformly judged. I have uniformly judged them by the standards of the sage. Thus, I have written "Zhong and Li." | |
| 《墨子·尚同下》: | 諸侯又以其知力為未足獨治其四境之內也，是以選擇其次立為卿之宰。 |
| Conscious of the insufficiency of his power alone to govern all that were within his four borders, the feudal lord in turn selected his next best and commissioned them ministers and secretaries. | |
| 《商君書·賞刑》: | 自卿相將軍以至大夫庶人，有不從王令，犯國禁，亂上制者，罪死不赦。 |
| But that from ministers of state and generals down to great officers and ordinary folk, whosoever does not obey the king's commands, violates the interdicts of the state, or rebels against the statutes fixed by the ruler, should be guilty of death and should not be pardoned. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 將戰，作甘誓，乃召六卿申之。 |
| Just before the engagement the speech at Gan was delivered to the six generals, who were summoned together. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 有國之君不息牛羊，錯質之臣不息雞豚，冢卿不脩幣，大夫不為場園，從士以上皆羞利而不與民爭業，樂分施而恥積藏。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 入其國則見其士大夫讓為公卿。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 問者曰：人弒其君，重卿在而弗能討者，非一國也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 親沒之後，齊迎以相，楚迎以令尹，晉迎以上卿，方是之時，曾子重其身而輕其祿。 |
| 《大戴禮記·千乘》: | 卿設如大門，大門顯美，小大尊卑中度。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 公、卿、大夫者，何謂也？ |
| 《新書·大政下》: | 故萬人之吏，選卿相焉。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 夫武臣、張耳、陳餘杖馬策，下趙數十城，此亦各欲南面而王，豈為卿相哉？ |
| 《中論·貴言》: | 荀卿曰：「禮恭、然後可與言道之方，辭順、然後可與言道之理，色從、然後可與言道之致。」 |
| 《孔子家語·致思》: | 行忠於卿大夫，則仕可也。 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 夫體至行仁義，據南面師尹卿士，且猶不能無難，然則夫子削迹，叔嚮縲紲，屈原放沈，賈誼貶黜，鍾離廢替，何敞束縛，王章抵罪，平阿斥逐，蓋其輕士者也。 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 蔡澤之說范雎，拜為客卿。 |
| 《太玄經·太玄瑩》: | 一辟、三公、九卿、二十七大夫、八十一元士，少則制眾，無則治有，玄術瑩之。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 韓厥因卜者之繇，陳成季之功，紹趙氏之孤，建程嬰之義，為晉名卿，寔天所相。 |
| 《孔叢子·抗志》: | 君出言皆自以為是，而卿大夫莫敢矯其非。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 二曰公卿不拘為郡，二千石不拘為縣。 |
| 《新語·資質》: | 夫楩柟豫章、天下之名木，生於深山之中，產於溪谷之傍，立則為太山眾木之宗，仆則為萬世之用，浮於山水之流，出於冥冥之野，因江、河之道，而達於京師之下，因於斧斤之功，舒其文彩之好，精捍直理，密緻博通，䖝蝎不能穿，水濕不能傷，在高柔軟，入地堅彊，無膏澤而光潤生，不剋畫而文章成，上為帝王之御物，下則賜公卿，庶賤不得以備器械。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 刺史太守相劾奏申下上遷書文亦如之，其徵為九卿，若遷京師，近臣則言官具言姓名，其免若得罪無姓。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 公侯三梁，卿大夫、尚書、博士兩梁，千石、六百石以下一梁。 |
| 《魯勝墨辯注敘》: | 荀卿、莊周等皆非毀名家，而不能易其論也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 國君卿大夫眎之，猶眾庶也。 |
| 《文子·自然》: | 一人之明，不能遍照海內，故立三公九卿以輔翼之。 |
| 《列仙傳·朱璜》: | 丘憐之，言：「卿除腹中三尸，有真人之業可度教也。」 |
| 《鬻子》: | 故萬人之吏撰卿相矣。 |
| 《韓非子·十過》: | 由余歸，因諫戎王，戎王弗聽，由余遂去之秦，秦穆公迎而拜之上卿，問其兵勢與其地形，既以得之，舉兵而伐之，兼國十二，開地千里。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 以秋日至始，數四十六日，秋盡而冬始，天子服黑絻黑而靜處，朝諸侯卿大夫列士，循於百姓，發號出令曰：「毋行大火，毋斬大山，毋塞大水，毋犯天之隆」，天子之冬禁也。 |
| 《淮南子·主術訓》: | 古者天子聽朝，公卿正諫，博士誦詩，瞽箴師誦，庶人傳語，史書其過，宰徹其膳。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·原亂》: | 故獻公聽驪姬，近梁五、優施，殺太子申生，而大難隨之者五，三君死，一君虜，大臣卿士之死者以百數，離咎二十年。 |
| 《尹文子·大道上》: | 遊於諸侯之朝，皆志為卿大夫，而不擬於諸侯者，名限之也。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 九月，紀裂繻來逆女，卿為君逆也。 |
| 《逸周書·周書序》: | 文王卿士，諗發教禁戒，作文開。 |
| 《國語·楚語下》: | 諸侯舍日，卿大夫舍曰，士、庶人舍時。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 戎馬不駕，卿無軍行，公乘無人，卒列無長。 |
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