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| 帝舜薦禹於天， | The Emperor Shun presented Yu to Heaven |
| 為嗣。 | as his heir, |
| 十七年而帝舜崩。 | and 17 years afterwards the Emperor Shun died. |
| 三年喪畢， | The three years' mourning being over, |
| 禹辭辟舜之子商均於陽城。 | Yu retired before Shun's son Shangjun to the town of Yang, |
| 天下諸侯皆去商均而朝禹。 | but the princes of the empire all left Shangjun, and went to Yu's court, |
| 禹於是遂即天子位， | and Yu accordingly occupied the Imperial throne. |
| 南面朝天下， | Facing the south he gave audience to the nation. |
| 國號曰夏后， | His dynastic appellation was (Xia hou) Prince of Xia, |
| 姓姒氏。 | and his surname Si. |
| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 帝舜 | 巾+6 舛+6 | 𢂇 𠫦 𡐩 𡳈 𡳉 | dì shùn ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄣˋ | Same as 「舜」 shùn ㄕㄨㄣˋ: 帝舜，古代聖王之一。 Shun, a legendary sage king. | v1,p0738#02 v3,p2035#02 | p.330#14 p.1008#10 | p.474r5c07 p.1116r5c02 |
| 薦 | 艸+13 | 𧲛 荐 | jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ | offer, present; recommend | v5,p3305#11 | p.1062#02 | p.1169r3c01 |
| 禹 | 禸+4 | 𢁰 𥜼 | yǔ ㄩˇ | legendary hsia dynasty founder | v1,p0039#11 | p.848#02 | p.986r2c06 |
| 於 | 方+4 | 烏 𣱏 𤕘 于 亏 扵 | yú ㄩˊ | Be (copula). / Be, exist. / Preposition: in. / Preposition: from or to. / Preposition: compared to. / Preposition: to, for, towards. / Preposition: by (indicating passive tense). / Preposition: with, using. / Preposition: due to, because of. / Preposition: by, according to. / Connective: just as. / Auxiliary word, no meaning. | v3,p2175#02 | p.481#11 | p.622r2c03 |
| 天 | 大+1 | 𠀡 𠀘 𦴞 兲 靝 𠕹 | tiān ㄊㄧㄢ | sky, heaven; god, celestial | v1,p0522#01 | p.248#04 | p.358r4c01 |
| 為 | 火+5 | 爲 为 | wéi ㄨㄟˊ | Create, make. / Build, construct. / Do. / Plant, grow. / Govern. / Research, study. / Serve as. / Change into, become. / As, in the role of. / Count as, be considered as. / Called, named. / Expresses judgement: is. / Make, cause (to). / Have. / Take part in. / Write, author. / Connective: if. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to move forward the object. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express a rhetorical question. | v3,p2198#11 | p.669#10 | p.844r4c03 |
| wèi ㄨㄟˋ | Help, assist. / Preposition: for, on behalf of. / Preposition: by (passive). / Preposition: because of, due to. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: because. / Say. / False, fake. | ||||||
| 嗣 | 口+10 | 台 孠 | sì ㄙˋ | to connect, inherit; descendants, heirs | v1,p0667#11 | p.203#30 | p.287r6c03 |
| 十 | 十+0 | 拾 拾 | shí ㄕˊ | ten, tenth; complete; perfect | v1,p0058#09 | p.155#17 | p.207r5c02 |
| 七 | 一+1 | 柒 | qī ㄑㄧ | seven | v1,p0003#03 | p.75#07 | p.7r4c02 |
| 年 | 干+3 | 秊 𠫺 | nián ㄋㄧㄢˊ | year; new-years; person's age | v1,p0037#06 | p.340#01 | p.483r6c01 |
| 而 | 而+0 | ér ㄦˊ | Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle. | v4,p2810#01 | p.961#18 | p.1080r2c03 | |
| néng ㄋㄥˊ | Same as 「能(3)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「能(2.1)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent. | ||||||
| 崩 | 山+8 | 𨹹 | bēng ㄅㄥ | rupture, split apart, collapse | v1,p0781#14 | p.315#06 | p.459r4c05 |
| 三 | 一+2 | 叁 弎 | sān sàn ㄙㄢ ㄙㄢˋ | three | v1,p0004#03 | p.76#05 | p.11r2c01 |
| 喪 | 口+9 | 𡂤 𡴧 𡂧 𦦦 𡚏 丧 | sāng ㄙㄤ | (4) 喪禮，喪事。 Funeral rites, mourning. | v1,p0650#03 | p.200#12 | p.286r5c02 |
| 畢 | 田+6 | 毕 | bì ㄅㄧˋ | end, finish, conclude; completed | v4,p2535#09 | p.761#21 | p.913r5c01 |
| 辭 | 辛+12 | 辞 辤 𤔧 | cí ㄘˊ | Confession. / Speech, phrase, language. / Excuse, reason. / Tell, explain. / Refuse, not accept. / Dispatch, expel. / Bid farewell. / A form of writing in ancient China. | v6,p4043#13 | p.1252#08 | p.1310r3c02 |
| 辟 | 辛+6 | 避 𠈳 𠊸 | pì pī bì mǐ ㄆㄧˋ ㄆㄧ ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄧˇ | law, rule; open up, develop | v6,p4037#08 | p.1251#06 | p.1309r1c02 |
| 舜 | 舛+6 | 𡐩 𡳈 𡳉 | shùn ㄕㄨㄣˋ | legendary ruler | v3,p2035#02 | p.1008#10 | p.1116r5c02 |
| 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 |
| 子 | 子+0 | 㜽 𢀈 𢀉 𡐫 𣕓 只 | zǐ ㄗˇ | Child, heir. Refers to both sons and daughters. / Love, charity. / Respectful term for a man. / People in general. / Fourth of the five levels of nobility. / First of the twelve earthly branches of the zodiac. | v2,p1006#06 | p.277#01 | p.395r1c01 |
| 商均 | 口+8 土+4 | 𡅟 𠾃 𡂦 𠿧 𡃬 𡄚 𠹧 𧶜 韻 | shāng jūn ㄕㄤ ㄐㄩㄣ | [人名] [Name of a person] | v1,p0288#06 v1,p0425#06 | p.194#32 p.224#31 | p.278r1c03 p.316r1c04 |
| 陽 | 阜+9 | 昜 阦 氜 阳 𨹈 𨼘 𨽐 𣆄 | yáng ㄧㄤˊ | 'male' principle; light; sun | v6,p4144#03 | p.1355#15 | p.1429r3c02 |
| 城 | 土+6 | chéng ㄔㄥˊ | castle; city, town; municipality | v1,p0438#07 | p.229#32 | p.320r1c02 | |
| 天下 | 大+1 一+2 | 𠀡 𠀘 𦴞 兲 靝 𠕹 丅 厥 𠄟 | tiān xià ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ | 世界。 "All under heaven", the world. | v1,p0522#01 v1,p0007#01 | p.248#04 p.76#10 | p.358r4c01 p.28r1c01 |
| 諸侯 | 言+9 人+7 | 𢒕 诸 𥎦 | zhū hóu ㄓㄨ ㄏㄡˊ | 古代帝王分封的各國國君，規定要服從王命，定期朝貢述職。 Ruler of a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty. | v6,p3982#03 v1,p0167#01 | p.1172#04 p.103#07 | p.104r3c06 |
| 皆 | 白+4 | jiē ㄐㄧㄝ | all, every, everybody | v4,p2647#01 | p.786#12 | p.735r5c01 | |
| 去 | 厶+3 | qù ㄑㄩˋ | Leave, go away from. / Send away. / Remove, get rid of. / Banish, discard. / Lose, cease to possess. / Distance, separation. / Previous, past. / Later, after. | v1,p0384#08 | p.164#10 | p.232r1c04 | |
| jǔ ㄐㄩˇ | Collect, keep. | ||||||
| qū ㄑㄩ | Expel. | ||||||
| 朝 | 月+8 | 晁 | zhāo ㄓㄠ | Morning. / Beginning. | v3,p2084#08 | p.506#03 | p.661r1c01 |
| cháo ㄔㄠˊ | Meet in court. / Call the ministers to court. / Court, place where ministers meet with the ruler. / Visit, go to see. / Meet together, gather. | ||||||
| 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 |
| 遂 | 辵+9 | 𨒉 𨔱 𨓸 𨔲 | suì ㄙㄨㄟˋ | Ditch between fields. / Waterway. / Pass through. / Succeed, go well. / Finished, past. / Grow up, bring up. / Favourable, as hoped. / Follow. / Not interfere with. / Advance. / Item used in archery. / Distant suburbs. / Adverb: finally, at last. / Adverb: and then, thereupon. / Part of a clock. / Distant, far off. / Name of a state in ancient China. | v6,p3862#03 | p.1260#32 | p.1328r5c01 |
| zhuì ㄓㄨㄟˋ | Fall. | ||||||
| 即 | 卩+5 | 卽 | jí ㄐㄧˊ | promptly, quickly, immediately | v1,p0314#02 | p.159#18 | p.226r6c02 |
| 天子 | 大+1 子+0 | 𠀡 𠀘 𦴞 兲 靝 𠕹 㜽 𢀈 𢀉 𡐫 𣕓 只 | tiān zǐ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ | 對最高統治者的尊稱。 Son of Heaven, title of the supreme ruler. | v1,p0522#01 v2,p1006#06 | p.248#04 p.277#01 | p.358r4c01 p.395r1c01 |
| 位 | 人+5 | wèi ㄨㄟˋ | throne; position, post; rank, status; seat | v1,p0138#03 | p.98#07 | p.96r1c04 | |
| 南 | 十+7 | 𡴖 𡴟 | nán nā ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄚ | south; southern part; southward | v1,p0065#02 | p.157#05 | p.217r3c01 |
| 面 | 面+0 | 麵 | miàn ㄇㄧㄢˋ | face; surface; plane; side, dimension | v7,p4398#01 | p.1383#07 | p.1465r2c01 |
| 國 | 囗+8 | 圀 國 囗 囶 𢧌 䆐 囯 国 | guó ㄍㄨㄛˊ | nation, country, nation-state | v1,p0720#09 | p.219#16 | p.303r4c02 |
| 號 | 虍+7 | 号 | hào háo ㄏㄠˋ ㄏㄠˊ | mark, sign; symbol; number | v4,p2824#04 | p.1074#29 | p.1185r4c01 |
| 曰 | 曰+0 | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 | |
| 夏 | 夊+7 | 𡔰 𠍺 昰 𡕾 | xià jiǎ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ | summer; great, grand, big | v2,p0869#10 | p.245#12 | p.335r1c08 |
| 后 | 口+3 | 后 後 | hòu ㄏㄡˋ | queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after | v1,p0580#01 | p.176#01 | p.255r4c01 |
| 姓 | 女+5 | 𤯧 𤯣 | xìng ㄒㄧㄥˋ | one's family name; clan, people | v2,p1037#12 | p.259#05 | p.381r6c02 |
| 姒 | 女+5 | 㚶 | sì ㄙˋ | wife of elder brother | v2,p1034#03 | p.259#03 | p.381r6c01 |
| 氏 | 氏+0 | 厥 | shì zhī jīng ㄕˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄥ | clan, family; mister | v3,p2130#01 | p.597#18 | p.750r2c01 |
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