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Confucianism -> Lunheng -> Replies in Self-Defense -> 5

上書奏記，陳列便宜，皆欲輔政。今作書者，猶書奏記，說發胸臆，文成手中，其實一也。夫上書謂之奏，奏記轉易其名謂之書。建初孟年，中州頗歉，頴川、汝南民流四散。聖主憂懷，詔書數至。《論衡》之人，奏記郡守，宜禁奢侈，以備困乏。言不納用，退題記草，名曰《備乏》。酒縻五穀，生起盜賊，沉湎飲酒，盜賊不絕，奏記郡守，禁民酒。退題記草，名曰《禁酒》。由此言之，夫作書者、上書奏記之文也。記謂之造作，上書上書奏記是作也？

In their reports to the throne and their memorials the memorialists use to propose useful measures. There is always the desire to help the government. Now the creators of classical works are like those memorialists. Their words proceed from the innermost heart, and it is their hand which reduces them to writing. Both cases are identical. In regard to those who address the emperor one speaks of memorialising, whereas for those records another word has been adopted viz. writing. During the first years of Chien-chu, there was a great dearth in Chung-chou. The people from Yin-chuan and Ju-nan had to leave their homes, and were scattered in all directions. His Holy Majesty felt very much distressed, and many edicts were issued. The writer of the Lun-heng presented a report to the prefect, urging that all dissipations and extravagancies should be prohibited in order to provide for the time of need. His suggestions were not accepted however. He went home and entitled the draft of his report "Provisions for Times of Want." When the grain is used for the destillation of wine, robbery is rampant, and as long as there is much drunkeness, robberies never cease. In a memorial sent to the prefect the writer proposed that the use of spirits should be interdicted, and afterwards gave to this report the name "Prohibition of Spirits." From this it may be seen that the writing of the classical authors is like that of memorialists. Those reports are regarded as independent creations presented to the emperor. Reports and memorials to the throne are always creations.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
上	一+2	丄𠄞	shàng ㄕㄤˋ	top; superior, highest; go up, send up	v1,p0005#04	p.76#07	p.24r2c01
書	曰+6	书	shū ㄕㄨ	book, letter, document; writings	v2,p1509#09	p.502#12	p.650r3c02
奏	大+6	𡙹𡲯𡴨𢽥	zòu ㄗㄡˋ	memorialize emperor; report	v1,p0537#01	p.251#15	p.372r6c02
記	言+3	记	jì ㄐㄧˋ	record; keep in mind, remember	v6,p3943#03	p.1149#02	p.1238r3c01
陳	阜+8	𨸬軙敶陣陈	chén zhèn ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄣˋ	exhibit, display; plead; surname	v6,p4136#01	p.1353#19	p.1424r5c01
列	刀+4	列𠜺	liè ㄌㄧㄝˋ	a line; to arrange in order, classify	v1,p0325#05	p.137#26	p.177r5c03
便	人+7	便	biàn pián ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ	convenience, ease; expedient	v1,p0157#03	p.103#32	p.105r2c05
宜	宀+5	冝𡪀𡨆𠣨宐	yí ㄧˊ	suitable, right, fitting, proper	v2,p0920#06	p.284#03	p.416r1c01
皆	白+4		jiē ㄐㄧㄝ	all, every, everybody	v4,p2647#01	p.786#12	p.735r5c01
欲	欠+7	慾	yù ㄩˋ	desire, want, long for; intend	v3,p2140#07	p.567#36	p.729r4c02
輔	車+7	辅	fǔ ㄈㄨˇ	cheek bone; protective; assist	v5,p3533#03	p.1244#05	p.1301r4c01
政	攴+4		zhèng zhēng ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄥ	government, political affairs	v2,p1453#03	p.469#06	p.601r2c01
今	人+2		jīn ㄐㄧㄣ	now, today, modern era	v1,p0105#05	p.91#18	p.83r5c02
作	人+5	胙𢓓	zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ	Arise, stand up. / Grow, flourish. / Begin. / Create, make. / Work, effort. / Serve as, work as. / When, at such time as.	v1,p0134#06	p.99#07	p.99r3c01
者	老+4		zhě ㄓㄜˇ	Pronoun used after verbs, adjectives, etc. in place of a person or thing. / Pronoun used after numbers in place of a thing. / Pronoun used after time or negation to express "when" or "if". / Expressive particle used in a declarative sentence after the subject. / Expressive particle used in a sentence after the subject to express cause or explanation.	v4,p2780#05	p.961#01	p.1080r1c01
			zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ	In, located in.
猶	犬+9	犹	yóu ㄧㄡˊ	A species of monkey / Same, similar. / Similarly, in the same way. / Like, similar to. / Can, able to. / Fitting, suitable. / Still, nevertheless. / Additionally, furthermore. / Connective expression concession: although, despite. / Connective expression supposition: if. / Stratagem, plot. / Method, way. / Scheme, conspire. / Road, path. / Criticize, fault. / Relaxed, at ease. / Same as 「由(1.1)」 yóu ㄧㄡˊ: Do, carry out. / Same as 「由(5.2)」 yóu ㄧㄡˊ: Preposition: from. / Same as 「由(5.1)」 yóu ㄧㄡˊ: Preposition: due to, because of. / Name of a river in modern Shaanxi, flowing into the Yellow River. / Same as 「已(7.3)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely.	v2,p1359#09	p.715#20	p.878r1c06
			yáo ㄧㄠˊ	Tremble, shake.
			yōu ㄧㄡ	Good, superior.
說	言+7	説说	shuō ㄕㄨㄛ	Explain. / Tell. / Advocate. / Oath. / A type of writing expounding upon a canon.	v6,p3979#03	p.1164#08	p.1246r4c02
			shuì ㄕㄨㄟˋ	Recommend, persuade. / Stop.
			yuè ㄩㄝˋ	Same as 「悅(1)」 yuè ㄩㄝˋ: Happy, pleased, like. / To please.
發	癶+7	発发	fā fà bō ㄈㄚㄈㄚˋ ㄅㄛ	issue, dispatch, send out, emit	v4,p2761#04	p.784#10	p.925r2c01
胸	肉+6	胷匈	xiōng ㄒㄩㄥ	breast, bosom, chest; thorax	v3,p2070#01	p.981#05	p.1095r3c01
臆	肉+13		yì yǐ ㄧˋ ㄧˇ	chest, breast, bosom; thought	v3,p2118#03	p.996#14	p.1105r1c03
文	文+0	㒚穩	wén ㄨㄣˊ	Mixture of colours. / Decorative design. / Portray in words or pictures. / Adornment, embellishment. / External appearance. / Characters, words. / Books, works. / Confucian doctrine. / Civilian, non-military. / Drum (musical instrument). / Measure word for money.	v3,p2169#01	p.477#01	p.608r4c02
			wèn ㄨㄣˋ	Adorn, embellish. / Conceal, gloss over.
成	戈+2	𢦩	chéng ㄔㄥˊ	completed, finished, fixed	v2,p1399#01	p.411#11
手	手+0	扌𠂿	shǒu ㄕㄡˇ	hand	v3,p1824#01	p.416#28	p.557r3c03
中	丨+3	𠁧𠁩塚	zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥㄓㄨㄥˋ	central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain	v1,p0028#10	p.79#03	p.37r4c02
其	八+6	丌亓	qí ㄑㄧˊ	Third-person possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their. / Demonstrative pronoun: that, those. / Adverb expressing estimation or guess. / Adverb expressing imperative. / Adverb expressing rhetorical question. / Adverb expressing future tense. / Connective expressing hypothesis: if, supposing. / Connective expressing choice: or. / Connective expressing concession: even if. / Particle used after an adjective. / Particle: of. / Particle used for emphasis after single-character adjectives or onomatopoeia. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to alter the tempo.	v1,p0245#01	p.127#18	p.162r5c01
			jì ㄐㄧˋ	Particle used after bi and he.
			jī ㄐㄧ	Modal particle expressing interrogative tone. / A year.
實	宀+11	実宲𡾍寔实	shí ㄕˊ	Prosperous, wealthy. / Wealth, possessions. / Goods, supplies. / Full. / Fit into, stuff into. / Fruit, seed. / Result. / Real thing, actual content. / Fact, thing which happened. / True, honest. / Firm, unwavering. / In fact, actually. / Prove, show to be true. / Carry out, implement. / Term in arithmetic for a multiplicand or dividend. / Really, indeed so. / This. / Particle used in a sentence after moving forward the object.	v2,p0952#03	p.291#04	p.427r6c01
一	一+0	弌壹	yī ㄧ	one; a, an; alone	v1,p0001#01	p.75#01	p.1r1c01
也	乙+2	𠃟匜	yě ㄧㄝˇ	Modal particle used at the end of a sentence, expressing assertion and affirmation. / Modal particle used at the end of a question for emphasis. / Modal particle used at the end of a cause-effect sentence to express explanation. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause.	v1,p0050#05	p.84#04	p.55r1c01
夫	大+1		fū ㄈㄨ	General term for adult men. / Adult labourers in particular. / Soldier. / Respectful term for a man. / Husband. / Unit of area equal to one hundred mu.	v1,p0521#01	p.248#11	p.367r2c01
			fú ㄈㄨˊ	Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Modal particle used at the start of a sentence for emphasis or to indicate an assertion. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to soften the tone. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express exclamation.
謂	言+9	谓	wèi ㄨㄟˋ	To (when speaking to someone). / Say, speak. / Call, name. / Meaning, what is meant. / Discuss, comment on (a person). / How? / Same as 「為(21.3)」 wèi ㄨㄟˋ: Preposition: because of, due to.	v6,p3997#06	p.1173#12	p.1251r6c01
			wéi ㄨㄟˊ	Same as 「為(10)」 wéi ㄨㄟˊ: Count as, be considered as.
之	丿+3	㞢	zhī ㄓ	Towards; go to. / Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Auxiliary word: of. / Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning.	v1,p0043#01	p.82#04	p.47r2c02
轉	車+11	転转	zhuǎn zhuàn ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˋ	shift, move, turn	v5,p3552#04	p.1248#17	p.1306r5c01
易	日+4	易	yì ㄧˋ	change; easy	v2,p1494#01	p.492#03	p.633r6c01
名	口+3		míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ	Name. / Writing. / To name, give a name to. / Call, refer to as. / Title, name of. / Title, status. / Fame, recognition. / Famous, well-known. / Large. / Between the eyebrows and eyelashes. / The School of Names.	v1,p0582#06	p.175#09	p.254r2c01
建	廴+6		jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ	build, establish, erect, found	v1,p0404#10	p.353#04	p.496r6c01
初	刀+5	䥚	chū ㄔㄨ	Begin, start. / Originally, formerly. / Adverb: just, only just.	v1,p0327#22	p.137#33	p.178r4c05
孟	子+5		mèng ㄇㄥˋ	first in series; great, eminent	v2,p1013#03	p.278#16	p.399r3c02
年	干+3	秊𠫺	nián ㄋㄧㄢˊ	year; new-years; person's age	v1,p0037#06	p.340#01	p.483r6c01
州	巛+3	𠄓𠃕𠛏𣧓	zhōu ㄓㄡ	administrative division, state	v1,p0046#03	p.324#01	p.462r3c02
頗	頁+5	颇	pō pǒ pò pí ㄆㄛㄆㄛˇ ㄆㄛˋ ㄆㄧˊ	lean one side; very, rather	v7,p4366#10	p.1402#18	p.1477r1c02
歉	欠+10	欠	qiàn ㄑㄧㄢˋ	deficient, lacking, insufficient	v3,p2148#11	p.570#30	p.731r2c03
頴	頁+7	穎颕	yǐng ㄧㄥˇ	rice tassel; sharp point; clever	v7,p4375#15	p.1405#05
川	巛+0	巛	chuān ㄔㄨㄢ	stream, river; flow; boil	v1,p0032#02	p.323#23	p.462r2c02
汝	水+3		rǔ ㄖㄨˇ	The Ru, a river. / Second person pronoun: you.	v3,p1555#04	p.606#02	p.764r6c01
南	十+7	𡴖𡴟	nán nā ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄚ	south; southern part; southward	v1,p0065#02	p.157#05	p.217r3c01
民	氏+1	𠘽	mín ㄇㄧㄣˊ	people, subjects, citizens	v3,p2131#01	p.598#01	p.750r3c01
流	水+6	流㳅	liú ㄌㄧㄡˊ	flow, circulate, drift; class	v3,p1631#12	p.623#04	p.791r1c02
四	囗+2	𦉭肆	sì ㄙˋ	four	v1,p0710#16	p.216#22	p.294r6c01
散	攴+8	枚	sàn sǎn ㄙㄢˋ ㄙㄢˇ	scatter, disperse, break up	v2,p1465#15	p.472#34	p.605r4c03
聖	耳+7	堊𦕡𠄵圣	shèng ㄕㄥˋ	holy, sacred; sage	v4,p2789#06	p.967#22	p.1082r6c06
主	丶+4	丶宔	zhǔ ㄓㄨˇ	master, chief owner; host; lord	v1,p0044#03	p.80#20	p.45r2c01
憂	心+11	𠪍𨗫懮忧	yōu ㄧㄡ	sad, grieved; grief, melancholy	v4,p2341#14	p.401#26	p.543r1c06
懷	心+16	怀怌褱	huái ㄏㄨㄞˊ	bosom, breast; carry in bosom	v4,p2369#10	p.408#17	p.548r1c06
詔	言+5	诏	zhào zhāo ㄓㄠˋ ㄓㄠ	decree, proclaim; imperial decree	v6,p3959#05	p.1155#03	p.1241r3c01
數	攴+11	数	shù shǔ cù shuò ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ ㄘㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄛˋ	number; several; count; fate	v2,p1474#01	p.475#04	p.607r4c01
至	至+0	𦤳𦤴𦤵𡊏	zhì dié ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ	reach, arrive; extremely, very	v4,p2814#01	p.1001#11	p.1111r3c04
論	言+8	論论	lùn lún ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ	debate; discuss; discourse	v6,p3988#03	p.1168#13	p.1249r3c02
衡	行+10	𡘻𡙉	héng ㄏㄥˊ	measure, weigh, judge, consider	v2,p0846#04	p.1110#11	p.1208r2c01
人	人+0	𠔽亻	rén ㄖㄣˊ	Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence.	v1,p0101#10	p.91#01	p.80r2c01
郡	邑+7		jùn ㄐㄩㄣˋ	administrative division	v6,p3775#06	p.1272#07	p.1339r3c02
守	宀+3	𡬮𡬴	shǒu shòu ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄡˋ	defend, protect, guard, conserve	v2,p0912#03	p.282#05	p.405r4c01
禁	示+8		jìn jīn ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ	restrict, prohibit, forbid	v4,p2400#04	p.844#10	p.982r5c01
奢	大+9		shē ㄕㄜ	extravagant, wasteful; exaggerate	v1,p0542#06	p.253#09
侈	人+6	𠈎	chǐ ㄔˇ	luxurious, extravagant	v1,p0151#08	p.101#19	p.102r6c02
以	人+3	㠯	yǐ ㄧˇ	Use. / Believe. / Command. / Lead. / Connect, implicate. / Have. / Cause, reason. / Preposition: because. / Preposition: from, in. / Preposition: at [some time]. / Preposition: using. / Preposition: in accordance with. / Preposition: relying upon. / Preposition: in the capacity of. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: indicates the following action is the objective of the preceding one. / Connective: used between adverbial clause and verb to express modification. / Connective: and. / Connective: but. / Connective: and so, thus. / Particle: used together with some words expressing direction and time. / Modal particle. / Same as 「已(1)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Stop, discontinue. / Same as 「已(7.2)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: already. / Same as 「已(7.3)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely.	v1,p0105#07	p.94#01	p.87r6c01
備	人+10	𠈍俻备	bèi ㄅㄟˋ	prepare, ready, perfect	v1,p0200#08	p.113#21	p.121r3c02
困	囗+4	𣏔睏	kùn ㄎㄨㄣˋ	to surround, beseige; to be surrounded; difficult	v1,p0714#07	p.217#20	p.302r3c03
乏	丿+4	𠓟	fá ㄈㄚˊ	lack; poor	v1,p0034#03	p.82#10	p.47r3c04
言	言+0	訁𢍗𢍬	yán ㄧㄢˊ	Speak, say. / Discuss, debate. / Tell. / Doctrine, theory, words. / One word. / Sentence. / Particle, no meaning.	v6,p3936#01	p.1146#01	p.1236r5c03
不	一+3	不𠀚𠙐	bù ㄅㄨˋ	Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...?	v1,p0011#06	p.76#15	p.30r1c01
			fǒu ㄈㄡˇ	Same as 「否(1.2)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as 「否(1.3)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question.
			fū ㄈㄨ	Sepal of a flower.
			pī ㄆㄧ	Same as 「丕(1)」 pī ㄆㄧ: Large.
			bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	Show disdain for.
納	糸+4	纳	nà ㄋㄚˋ	admit, take, receive, accept	v5,p3373#08	p.916#18	p.1032r2c04
用	用+0	𤰆𠛁	yòng ㄩㄥˋ	use, employ, apply, operate; use	v1,p0097#05	p.755#24	p.908r6c02
退	辵+6	𨓆𨑧𢓴𢓇𨔫	tuì ㄊㄨㄟˋ	step back, retreat, withdraw	v6,p3834#04	p.1256#14	p.1314r4c01
題	頁+9	题	tí dì ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄧˋ	forehead; title, headline; theme	v7,p4381#04	p.1406#38	p.1479r6c01
草	艸+6	艸艹屮	cǎo zào ㄘㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋ	grass, straw, thatch, herbs	v5,p3203#04	p.1030#17	p.1136r6c01
曰	曰+0		yuē ㄩㄝ	Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle.	v2,p1482#02	p.502#01	p.648r3c03
酒	酉+3		jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ	wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage	v6,p3574#02	p.1281#03	p.1349r6c03
縻	糸+11		mí ㄇㄧˊ	halter for ox; tie up, harness	v5,p3447#04	p.936#17	p.1057r5c02
五	二+2	伍𠄡㐅	wǔ ㄨˇ	five; surname	v1,p0011#03	p.86#11	p.64r3c01
穀	禾+10	糓谷	gǔ ㄍㄨˇ	Crops and grain. / Government wages. / Raise, bring up. / Alive. / Good. / Inform of a death. / Boy, young man. / Breastfeed an infant.	v3,p2164#11	p.858#05	p.995r1c02
生	生+0	𤯓	shēng ㄕㄥ	life, living, lifetime; birth	v4,p2575#01	p.754#26	p.906r5c03
起	走+3	𨑓𡆡𨑔	qǐ ㄑㄧˇ	rise, stand up; go up; begin	v5,p3476#02	p.1215#15	p.1284r2c03
盜	皿+7	𠪁𠉭𤋆𨹇盗	dào ㄉㄠˋ	rob, steal; thief, bandit	v4,p2564#13	p.794#21	p.940r1c01
賊	貝+6	戝贼	zéi zé ㄗㄟˊ ㄗㄜˊ	thief, traitor	v6,p3637#01	p.1208#14	p.1275r4c01
沉	水+4	瀋沈	chén ㄔㄣˊ	sink, submerge; addicted to	v3,p1574#01	p.610#07	p.773r5c04
湎	水+9		miǎn ㄇㄧㄢˇ	flushed with drink, drunk	v3,p1672#03	p.636#26	p.815r1c07
飲	食+4	飮饮	yǐn yìn ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˋ	drink; swallow; kind of drink	v7,p4445#07	p.1417#33
絕	糸+6	𢇍𠤉绝	jué ㄐㄩㄝˊ	cut, sever, break off, terminate	v5,p3396#04	p.922#04	p.1041r6c02
由	田+0		yóu ㄧㄡˊ	Do, carry out. / Cause to happen. / Unite. / Complete, realize. / Go through, pass. / Carry out orders, do as asked. / Follow. / Accord with. / Cause. / Preposition: due to, because of. / Preposition: from. / Preposition: to, with. / Appoint, employ. / Rely on, make use of. / Evidence, proof. / Go along with, listen to. / New growth of a tree around dead wood. / Recovery, revival. / Like, similar to. / Still, yet. / Naturally, by itself.	v4,p2524#02	p.757#01	p.910r2c01
			dí ㄉㄧˊ	Road. / Method, way.
此	止+2		cǐ ㄘˇ	This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then.	v2,p1438#03	p.574#10	p.735r4c01
造	辵+7	艁𨕡	zào cào cāo ㄗㄠˋ ㄘㄠˋ ㄘㄠ	construct, build, make, begin; prepare	v6,p3841#06	p.1258#12	p.1319r4c01
是	日+5	昰𣆞	shì ㄕˋ	Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object.	v2,p1497#05	p.493#26	p.639r1c01

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