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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> 玄德进位汉中王，云长攻拔襄阳郡 -> 8

今臣群僚，以为在昔虞书，敦叙九族，庶明励冀，帝王相传，此道不废。周监二代，并建诸姬，实赖普、郑夹辅之力。高祖龙兴，尊王之弟，大启九国，卒斩诸吕，以安大宗。今操恶直丑正，实繁有徒，包藏祸心，篡盗已显；既宗室微弱，帝族无位，斟酌古式，依假权宜：上臣为大司马汉中王。

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
今	人+2		jīn ㄐㄧㄣ	now, today, modern era	v1,p0105#05	p.91#18	p.83r5c02
臣	臣+0	𢘑	chén ㄔㄣˊ	minister, statesman, official	v4,p2801#01	p.999#13	p.1106r2c02
群	羊+7	羣	qún ㄑㄩㄣˊ	(same as U+7FA3 羣) group, crowd, multitude, mob	v5,p3134#12	p.952#26	p.1072r5c02
僚	人+12	僚	liáo ㄌㄧㄠˊ	companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face	v1,p0218#03	p.116#25	p.125r5c02
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
为	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.
在	土+3		zài ㄗㄞˋ	Exist, be alive. / Be in a certain place. / Inquire after, pay one's respects to. / Preposition: due to, being that. / Preposition: specifies location or time of an action - in, at.	v1,p0418#07	p.223#10	p.312r2c07
昔	日+4		xī cuò xí ㄒㄧㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧˊ	formerly; ancient; in beginning	v2,p1488#11	p.492#05	p.634r5c01
虞	虍+7	𠈌吴虞𩦢	yú ㄩˊ	concerned about, anxious, worried	v4,p2827#02	p.1074#24	p.1184r5c02
书	曰+6	书	shū ㄕㄨ	book, letter, document; writings	v2,p1509#09	p.502#12	p.650r3c02
敦	攴+8	𢼪𠧉敦	dūn duì diāo duī tuán tún ㄉㄨㄣㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄠㄉㄨㄟㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄣˊ	esteem; honest, candid, sincere	v2,p1468#01	p.473#08	p.606r2c02
叙	攴+7	敍叙	xù ㄒㄩˋ	express, state, relate, narrate	v2,p1463#03	p.472#05
九	乙+1	玖	jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ	nine	v1,p0048#05	p.83#19	p.48r6c01
族	方+7	㞺𥎩𥎼𥏁	zú zòu còu ㄗㄨˊ ㄗㄡˋ ㄘㄡˋ	a family clan, ethnic group, tribe	v3,p2181#01	p.484#03	p.625r2c01
庶	广+8	庻𤈲𠦜𠪌𠩽𠪛	shù ㄕㄨˋ	numerous, various; multitude	v2,p0886#15	p.347#20	p.489r5c01
明	日+4	朙	míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ	Bright, brilliant. / Daytime. / Clear, obvious. / Clarify, make clear. / Understand. / Straightforwardly, clearly. / Clear, clean. / Wise. / Make wise. / Spirit, god. / Respect. / Eyesight. / Good eyesight. / See clearly. / The following (day, month, year, etc.).	v2,p1491#08	p.491#12	p.631r3c01
励	力+15	劢励	lì ㄌㄧˋ	strive; encourage	v1,p0381#17	p.149#44	p.200r1c01
冀	八+14		jì ㄐㄧˋ	hope for; wish; Hebei province	v1,p0253#08	p.128#24	p.164r1c02
帝	巾+6	𢂇𠫦	dì ㄉㄧˋ	supreme ruler, emperor; god	v1,p0738#02	p.330#14	p.474r5c07
王	玉+0		wáng ㄨㄤˊ	King, title of supreme ruler of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. / Ruler of a vassal state in the warring states period. / Highest title in feudal China. / Meet with the emperor. / Respectful term for one's paternal grandparents.	v2,p1099#10	p.727#02	p.888r1c02
			wàng ㄨㄤˋ	Rule as king, control all under heaven. / Enfeoff as king. / Flourish, abound.
			wǎng ㄨㄤˇ	To, go to.
相	目+4		xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ	Mutual. / In succession. / Together.	v4,p2470#13	p.800#18	p.945r1c01
			xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ	Watch. / Appearance. / Fortune-telling by appearance. / Help, assist. / Guide for the blind. / Prime minister, most senior minister. / Ceremonial officer.
传	人+11	传	chuán zhuàn ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˋ	summon; propagate, transmit	v1,p0208#09	p.114#23	p.122r2c01
此	止+2		cǐ ㄘˇ	This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then.	v2,p1438#03	p.574#10	p.735r4c01
道	辵+9	𨕥衟𡬹	dào ㄉㄠˋ	Road, path. / Journey. / Method. / Law, reason. / Doctrine, claim. / Skill, technique. / Principle, right way. / The Dao, the origin of all things in Daoism. / Speak, talk. / Take a course of action. / Take a course of action. / Rites paid to the spirit of roads. / Ancient administrative unit. / Daoism.	v6,p3864#01	p.1262#06	p.1326r3c02
			dǎo ㄉㄠˇ	Lead. / Flow smoothly.
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.
废	广+12	廃废	fèi ㄈㄟˋ	abrogate, terminate, discard	v2,p0903#10	p.351#02	p.493r3c02
周	口+5	周𠱬𠄗	zhōu ㄓㄡ	Surround. / Cyclicly, repeatedly. / (Travel) widely. / Careful, detailed. / Firm, unshaken. / Measure word: number of times. / Friendly, approachable. / Suitable, appropriate (for). / Turning place, corner. / Most (superlative). / Assist financially. / The Zhou dynasty.	v1,p0606#03	p.181#36
监	皿+9	𧨭𧩾譼监	jiān jiàn kàn ㄐㄧㄢㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ	supervise, control, direct	v4,p2566#03	p.796#02	p.940r5c01
二	二+0	贰弍贰	èr ㄦˋ	two; twice	v1,p0002#01	p.86#01	p.58r6c01
代	人+3		dài ㄉㄞˋ	replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation	v1,p0113#05	p.93#11	p.86r2c03
并	一+7	幷并竝	bìng bàng ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄤˋ	equal to; side by side; also, what is more; both	v1,p0246#02	p.78#14	p.37r2c05
建	廴+6		jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ	build, establish, erect, found	v1,p0404#10	p.353#04	p.496r6c01
诸	言+9	𢒕诸	zhū ㄓㄨ	The many, every. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Contraction of "之于": "It in". / Contraction of "之乎": "Is it?" / Modal particle.	v6,p3982#03	p.1172#04
姬	女+7	姫㚦	jī ㄐㄧ	beauty; imperial concubine	v2,p1049#15	p.260#23	p.386r2c07
实	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
赖	贝+9	𩓃頼赖	lài ㄌㄞˋ	rely, depend on; accuse falsely	v6,p3651#11	p.1210#31	p.1278r3c02
普	日+8		pǔ ㄆㄨˇ	universal, general, widespread	v2,p1521#02	p.496#29	p.642r2c04
郑	邑+12	郑	zhèng ㄓㄥˋ	state in today's Henan; surname	v6,p3798#01	p.1277#30	p.1346r5c03
夹	大+4	夹	jiā jiá ㄐㄧㄚㄐㄧㄚˊ	be wedged or inserted between	v1,p0529#18	p.250#10	p.369r6c01
辅	车+7	辅	fǔ ㄈㄨˇ	cheek bone; protective; assist	v5,p3533#03	p.1244#05	p.1301r4c01
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
力	力+0	力𠠲	lì ㄌㄧˋ	power, capability, influence	v1,p0364#04	p.146#05	p.191r4c03
高	高+0	髙	gāo gào ㄍㄠㄍㄠˋ	high, tall; lofty, elevated	v7,p4593#01	p.1451#26	p.1514r4c03
祖	示+5	𥘲	zǔ jiē ㄗㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝ	ancestor, forefather; grandfather	v4,p2391#04	p.841#18
龙	龙+0	竜𦱉𢅛𠊋㰍𥫈龒䰱龙	lóng ㄌㄨㄥˊ	Dragon, mythical creature which could control the clouds and rain. / The emperor. / An outstanding man. / A large and tall horse. / Name of a constellation: the Canglong (Azure Dragon) constellation. / Name of a star: (now known to be a planet) Jupiter. / Favour, affection. / A city in the state of Lu, south-east of Tai-an in present-day Shandong.	v7,p4803#01	p.1536#33	p.1572r6c01
			lǒng ㄌㄨㄥˇ	See 龙断.
			máng ㄇㄤˊ	Multi-coloured.
兴	臼+9	㒷兴	xīng ㄒㄧㄥ	Get up, arise. / Rise up, appear. / Create. / Establish, set up. / Advocate. / Move, start moving, raise (an army). / Do. / Select, pick out. / Collect. / Flourish, prosper.	v1,p0253#09	p.1005#05	p.1113r4c01
			xìng ㄒㄧㄥˋ	Like, appreciate. / Metaphor. / One of the six literary styles in the Book of Poetry.
尊	寸+9		zūn ㄗㄨㄣ	respect, revere, venerate; honor	v1,p0509#06	p.295#10	p.435r4c01
弟	弓+4	𠂖𢦢	dì ㄉㄧˋ	Sequence, order. / Younger brother. / Younger sister. / Late. / But, only.	v1,p0244#10	p.357#17	p.501r1c02
			tì ㄊㄧˋ	Respect one's elders.
			tuí ㄊㄨㄟˊ	See 弟靡.
大	大+0	𠘲	dà ㄉㄚˋ	Large, great. / Exceed, be greater than. / Venerate, treat as being great. / Many. / Thick, coarse. / Elder. / Respectful term of address. / Adverb expressing high level or broad range.	v1,p0520#01	p.248#01	p.342r3c03
			tài ㄊㄞˋ	Most (superlative). / Too much. / Peaceful, tranquil.
启	攴+7	啓启	qǐ ㄑㄧˇ	open; begin	v2,p1463#08	p.196#26	p.280r1c01
国	囗+8	圀国囗囶𢧌䆐囯国	guó ㄍㄨㄛˊ	nation, country, nation-state	v1,p0720#09	p.219#16	p.303r4c02
卒	十+6	卆䘚	zú ㄗㄨˊ	Footsoldier. / Unit of one hundred soldiers. / A [military] unit. / Unit of 30 states. / Unit of 300 families. / Labourer. / End, finish. / Die. / Adverb: finally. / Same as “崒(1)” zú ㄗㄨˊ: High peaks.	v1,p0063#02	p.156#28	p.216r4c01
			cù ㄘㄨˋ	Same as “猝(2)” cù ㄘㄨˋ: Adverb: suddenly. / Same as “倅(1.2)” cuì ㄘㄨㄟˋ: Assistant.
斩	斤+7	斩	zhǎn ㄓㄢˇ	cut, chop, sever; behead	v3,p2024#10	p.479#18	p.614r4c01
吕	口+4	呂吕	lǚ ㄌㄩˇ	surname; a musical note	v1,p0577#12	p.181#03	p.261r4c01
安	宀+3		ān ㄢ	Stable, steady. / Peaceful, tranquil. / Safe. / Accustomed to do, habitually do. / Not worry about, be relaxed about. / Comfort, ease. / Stop, cease. / Unhurried. / Place, put. / Interrogative pronoun: how. / Interrogative pronoun: where. / Interrogative pronoun: what. / Interrogative pronoun: who. / Connective: so, thereupon.	v2,p0913#09	p.282#08	p.406r2c01
宗	宀+5		zōng ㄗㄨㄥ	lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan	v2,p0917#11	p.283#14	p.411r6c01
操	手+13		cāo ㄘㄠ	Hold, holding. / Control, drive. / Carry, bring with. / Serve as, do. / Integrity, moral character. / Cao, name of a piece of zither music. / Play (on the zither).	v3,p1969#03	p.458#15	p.594r3c01
恶	心+8	惡亚僫恶	è ㄜˋ	Evil. / Bad, not good. / Bad person. / Harm. / Vicious. / Turgid, fierce. / Ugly. / A poor harvest. / Disease, illness. / Uncomfortable, unhappy. / Dirt. / Excrement.	v4,p2307#12	p.391#25	p.535r4c01
			wù ㄨˋ	Hate. / Shame. / Avoid. / Slander, attack.
			wū ㄨ	Interrogative pronoun: how, what. / Exclamation.
直	目+3	𣓟𣖴	zhí ㄓˊ	straight, erect, vertical	v1,p0061#07	p.800#05
丑	酉+10	愧𥆞丑	chǒu ㄔㄡˇ	ugly looking, homely; disgraceful	v6,p3590#06	p.1286#09	p.1354r5c02
正	止+1	㱏𣥔𤴓𧾸	zhèng ㄓㄥˋ	Straight, not at an angle. / Appropriate. / Normal. / Decent, upstanding. / Fix, determine. / Govern, rule. / Set punishments. / Formal, primary. / Pure, unadulterated. / Son by one's official wife. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Expresses continuation of an action or state. / Officer. / Only. / Government, state affairs. / Prove, verify.	v2,p1436#01	p.574#02	p.732r5c02
			zhēng ㄓㄥ	First month in the Chinese calander. / Centre of a target. / Attack, punitive expedition.
繁	糸+11	緐	fán pó pán ㄈㄢˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄢˊ	complicated, complex, difficult	v5,p3444#03	p.937#01	p.1058r4c04
有	月+2		yǒu ㄧㄡˇ	Have, possess. / Store, collect. / Occupy. / Hold on to, retain. / Have in abundance. / Good harvest. / Obtain. / Only. / Be, exist. / Occur, happen. / Make. / Particle used before a noun with no meaning. / Particle used before a monosyllabic adjective with no meaning. / Particle used before a verb with no meaning. / Still, yet. / Some people. / Region.	v3,p2041#05	p.504#20	p.656r5c01
			yòu ㄧㄡˋ	Help, assist. / Same as “又(3)” yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover.
徒	彳+7	𨑒𠫠	tú ㄊㄨˊ	disciple, follower; go on foot	v2,p0823#03	p.367#22	p.513r4c01
包	勹+3	勹	bāo ㄅㄠ	wrap, pack, bundle; package	v1,p0257#06	p.150#27	p.200r5c04
藏	草+14	蔵匨	cáng zàng zāng ㄘㄤˊ ㄗㄤˋ ㄗㄤ	hide, conceal; hoard, store up	v5,p3311#11	p.1064#22	p.1173r5c01
祸	示+9	旤𥚍𣨷𥙯祸	huò ㄏㄨㄛˋ	misfortune, calamity, disaster	v4,p2402#04	p.844#31
心	心+0	㣺忄	xīn ㄒㄧㄣ	heart; mind, intelligence; soul	v4,p2267#01	p.375#01	p.521r1c01
篡	竹+10	簒	cuàn ㄘㄨㄢˋ	usurp	v5,p3000#05	p.894#15	p.1019r5c04
盗	皿+7	𠪁𠉭𤋆𨹇盗	dào ㄉㄠˋ	rob, steal; thief, bandit	v4,p2564#13	p.794#21	p.940r1c01
已	己+0		yǐ ㄧˇ	Stop, discontinue. / Complete / The past. / Recover, be cured. / Leave [a post], retire. / Value and carry out. / Adverb: shortly, before long. / Adverb: already. / Adverb: extremely. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence. / Interjection. / Same as “以(1)” yǐ ㄧˇ: Use. / Same as “以(9)” yǐ ㄧˇ: Particle: used together with some words expressing direction and time.	v2,p0984#01	p.326#11	p.467r3c01
显	页+14	顕㬎显	xiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ	manifest, display; evident, clear	v7,p4395#06	p.1410#21	p.1483r2c01
既	无+5	旣	jì xì ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ	already; de facto; since; then	v2,p1148#01	p.485#27	p.626r3c02
室	宀+6		shì ㄕˋ	room, home, house, chamber	v2,p0925#03	p.285#02	p.416r6c01
微	彳+10		wēi wéi ㄨㄟㄨㄟˊ	small, prefix micro-, trifling	v2,p0837#10	p.370#12	p.517r2c04
弱	弓+7		ruò ㄖㄨㄛˋ	weak; fragile, delicate	v2,p0996#16	p.358#24	p.502r1c02
无	火+8	𣟒𣚨𠘩无无	wú ㄨˊ	Not have. / Philosophical category referring to absence, non-existence, or vacuity. / Adverb expressing negation: not. / Adverb expressing questioning: or not. / Connective: regardless of. / Connective: even if. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence, no meaning. / Do not. / Barren, uncultivated.	v3,p2211#15	p.673#26	p.848r2c04
位	人+5		wèi ㄨㄟˋ	throne; position, post; rank, status; seat	v1,p0138#03	p.98#07	p.96r1c04
斟	斗+9		zhēn ㄓㄣ	to pour wine or tea into a cup; to gauge	v3,p2255#02	p.478#19	p.613r5c01
酌	酉+3		zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ	serve wine; feast; deliberate	v6,p3573#09	p.1280#07	p.1349r2c02
古	口+2	𠖠𡇣	gǔ ㄍㄨˇ	old, classic, ancient	v1,p0568#03	p.171#08	p.240r1c02
式	弋+3		shì ㄕˋ	style, system, formula, rule	v1,p0558#07	p.355#06	p.499r2c02
依	人+6		yī yǐ ㄧㄧˇ	rely on, be set in; consent, obey a wish	v1,p0152#08	p.102#18	p.103r6c02
假	人+9	仮	jiǎ jià xiá ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˊ	falsehood, deception; vacation	v1,p0196#02	p.110#03	p.116r1c02
权	木+18	権权	quán ㄑㄩㄢˊ	power, right, authority	v2,p1319#06	p.563#19	p.727r4c03
宜	宀+5	冝𡪀𡨆𠣨宐	yí ㄧˊ	suitable, right, fitting, proper	v2,p0920#06	p.284#03	p.416r1c01
上	一+2	丄𠄞	shàng ㄕㄤˋ	top; superior, highest; go up, send up	v1,p0005#04	p.76#07	p.24r2c01
司	口+2	𤔲	sī ㄙ	take charge of, control, manage; officer	v1,p0572#08	p.174#03	p.246r4c03
马	马+0	𢒠𩡬𢒗马	mǎ ㄇㄚˇ	horse; surname; KangXi radical 187	v7,p4539#01	p.1433#01	p.1499r1c01
汉	水+11	㵄𣶔汉	hàn tān ㄏㄢˋ ㄊㄢ	the Chinese people, Chinese language	v3,p1713#09	p.646#17	p.826r5c01
中	丨+3	𠁧𠁩冢	zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥㄓㄨㄥˋ	central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain	v1,p0028#10	p.79#03	p.37r4c02

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