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Confucianism -> Liji -> Fang Ji -> 31

子云：	The Master said,
“孝以事君，	'Filial duty may be transferred to the service of the ruler,
弟以事长”，	and brotherly submission to the service of elders
示民不贰也，	- showing the people that they ought not to be double-minded.
故君子有君不谋仕，	Hence a superior man, while his ruler is alive, should not take counsel about taking office (in another state).
唯卜之日称二君。	It is only on the day of his consulting the tortoise-shell (about such a thing) that he will mention two rulers.'
丧父三年，	The mourning for a father lasts for three years,
丧君三年，	and that for a ruler the same time
示民不疑也。	- showing the people that they must not doubt (about the duty which they owe to their ruler).
父母在，	While his parents are alive,
不敢有其身，	a son should not dare to consider his wealth as his own,
不敢私其财，	nor to hold any of it as for his own private use
示民有上下也。	- showing the people how they should look on the relation between high and low.
故天子四海之内无客礼，	Hence the son of Heaven cannot be received with the ceremonies of a guest anywhere within the four seas,
莫敢为主焉。	and no one can presume to be his host.
故君适其臣，	Hence, also, when a ruler goes to a minister's (mansion)
升自阼阶，	he goes up to the hall by the (host's) steps on the east
即位于堂，	and proceeds to the place (of honour) in the hall:
示民不敢有其室也。	showing the people that they should not dare to consider their houses their own.
父母在，	While his parents are alive,
馈献不及车马，	the gifts presented to a son should not extend to a carriage and its team
示民不敢专也。	- showing the people that they should not dare to monopolise (any honours).
以此坊民，	All these usages were intended to keep the people from transgressing their proper bounds;
民犹忘其亲而贰其君。	and yet there are those who forget their parents, and are double-minded to their ruler.'

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
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
云	二+2	员云	yún ㄩㄣˊ	(2) 说。 Say, speak.	v1,p0384#02	p.86#08	p.63r6c02
孝	子+4		xiào ㄒㄧㄠˋ	filial piety, obedience; mourning	v2,p1011#04	p.278#11	p.398r5c03
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
事	亅+7	亊叓𠭏	shì ㄕˋ	Office, duty. / Job, career. / Things, affairs. / Accident, incident. / Engage (in), pursue. / Serve.	v1,p0023#03	p.85#24	p.58r3c02
君	口+4	𠱩𠱭	jūn ㄐㄩㄣ	The son of heaven. / The ruler of a state. / Dafu (title). / To be ruler. / To rule, to govern.	v1,p0595#06	p.177#07	p.256r6c08
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.
长	长+0	镸𨱗𠤐𠑷𠔊𠑻𠑿𡕣长	cháng zhǎng zhàng ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄓㄤˋ	long; length; excel in; leader	v6,p4050#01	p.1328#07	p.1399r3c04
示	示+0	𥘅礻	shì qī zhì shí ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄓˋ ㄕˊ	show, manifest; demonstrate	v4,p2385#01	p.839#20	p.975r3c08
民	氏+1	𠘽	mín ㄇㄧㄣˊ	people, subjects, citizens	v3,p2131#01	p.598#01	p.750r3c01
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.
贰	贝+5	二弍贰	èr ㄦˋ	number two	v6,p3629#02	p.1206#14	p.1271r5c03
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
故	攴+5		gù ㄍㄨˋ	Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus.	v2,p1453#05	p.469#25	p.601r5c01
君子	口+4 子+0	𠱩𠱭㜽𢀈𢀉𡐫𣕓只	jūnzǐ ㄐㄩㄣㄗˇ	(2) 有道德的人。 A moral man.	v1,p0595#06 v2,p1006#06	p.177#07 p.277#01	p.256r6c08 p.395r1c01
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.
谋	言+9	𠰔𧦥谋	móu ㄇㄡˊ	plan, scheme; strategem	v6,p3993#19	p.1173#07	p.1251r5c01
仕	人+3		shì ㄕˋ	official; serve government	v1,p0112#03	p.92#07	p.85r2c02
唯	口+8		wéi ㄨㄟˊ	Only, exclusively. / Connective: although, even though. / Connective: because. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence to express hope or desire. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence to express confirmation. / Particle, no meaning.	v1,p0642#05	p.193#17	p.277r1c02
			wěi ㄨㄟˇ	Sound of affirmation. / Affirm.
卜	卜+0	𠁡卜	bǔ ㄅㄨˇ	fortune telling; prophesy	v1,p0091#11	p.157#25	p.223r3c02
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
日	日+0	𡆸	rì mì ㄖˋ ㄇㄧˋ	sun; day; daytime	v2,p1482#01	p.489#01	p.627r1c01
称	禾+9	偁穪秤称	chēng chèng chèn ㄔㄥㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄣˋ	call; name, brand; address; say	v4,p2619#02	p.856#24	p.994r2c02
二	二+0	贰弍贰	èr ㄦˋ	two; twice	v1,p0002#01	p.86#01	p.58r6c01
丧	口+9	𡂤𡴧𡂧𦦦𡚏丧	sàng ㄙㄤˋ	Lose, cease to have. / Die. / Destroy, lose.	v1,p0650#03	p.200#12	p.286r5c02
			sāng ㄙㄤ	Funeral rites, mourning. / Dismayed, dispirited. / Remains, body in a coffin.
父	父+0		fù fǔ ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ	father; KangXi radical 88	v3,p2039#01	p.690#01	p.864r1c01
三	一+2	叁弎	sān sàn ㄙㄢㄙㄢˋ	three	v1,p0004#03	p.76#05	p.11r2c01
年	干+3	秊𠫺	nián ㄋㄧㄢˊ	year; new-years; person's age	v1,p0037#06	p.340#01	p.483r6c01
疑	疋+9	𦬦	yí nǐ níng ㄧˊ ㄋㄧˇ ㄋㄧㄥˊ	doubt, question, suspect	v4,p2751#04	p.768#03	p.919r1c02
母	毋+1		mǔ mú wǔ wú ㄇㄨˇ ㄇㄨˊ ㄨˇ ㄨˊ	mother; female elders; female	v4,p2380#03	p.588#25	p.745r1c03
在	土+3		zài ㄗㄞˋ	(1) 存在，在世。 Exist, be alive.	v1,p0418#07	p.223#10	p.312r2c07
敢	攴+8	𠭖𢽤𣪏	gǎn ㄍㄢˇ	to dare, venture; bold, brave	v2,p1463#09	p.472#26	p.605r4c02
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.
身	身+0		shēn ㄕㄣ	Pregnant. / The body (of a person or animal). / Itself. / I, myself. / Personally, directly. / Personally experience or carry out. / Life. / One's own moral character, ability, etc. / A world in buddhist doctrine.	v6,p3807#01	p.1237#01	p.1295r6c01
			yuān ㄩㄢ	Same as “身毒” yuān dú ㄩㄢㄉㄨˊ: India.
私	禾+2	厶	sī ㄙ	private, personal; secret	v4,p2589#06	p.849#05	p.987r3c01
财	贝+3	㒲才财	cái ㄘㄞˊ	wealth, valuables, riches	v6,p3624#07	p.1204#11	p.1269r5c02
上	一+2	丄𠄞	shàng ㄕㄤˋ	top; superior, highest; go up, send up	v1,p0005#04	p.76#07	p.24r2c01
下	一+2	丅厥𠄟	xià ㄒㄧㄚˋ	under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down	v1,p0007#01	p.76#10	p.28r1c01
天子	大+1 子+0	𠀡𠀘𦴞兲靝𠕹㜽𢀈𢀉𡐫𣕓只	tiān zǐ ㄊㄧㄢㄗˇ	对最高统治者的尊称。 Son of Heaven, title of the supreme ruler.	v1,p0522#01 v2,p1006#06	p.248#04 p.277#01	p.358r4c01 p.395r1c01
四	囗+2	𦉭肆	sì ㄙˋ	four	v1,p0710#16	p.216#22	p.294r6c01
海	水+7		hǎi ㄏㄞˇ	sea, ocean; maritime	v3,p1627#01	p.625#14	p.795r4c04
内	入+2	𡗠内	nèi nà ㄋㄟˋ ㄋㄚˋ	inside, interior; domestic	v1,p0097#02	p.125#35	p.141r5c02
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
客	宀+6		kè ㄎㄜˋ	guest, traveller; customer	v2,p0927#13	p.284#12	p.416r4c04
礼	示+13	禮礼𠃞𤔑礼	lǐ ㄌㄧˇ	social custom; manners; courtesy; rites	v4,p2409#14	p.847#07	p.985r2c04
莫	草+7	𦮅䒬𦱴	mò mù ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ	do not, is not, can not; negative	v5,p3217#15	p.1035#13	p.1141r3c03
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.
主	丶+4	丶宔	zhǔ ㄓㄨˇ	master, chief owner; host; lord	v1,p0044#03	p.80#20	p.45r2c01
焉	火+7		yān ㄧㄢ	Same as “之(2)” zhī ㄓ: Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Same as “之(3)” zhī ㄓ: Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Demonstrative pronoun and modal particle: than this. / Interrogative pronoun: how, where. / Interrogative pronoun: what. / Connective: and, then. / Preposition: in. / Modal particle. / Adjectival or adverbal suffix.	v3,p2206#14	p.672#21	p.847r5c01
适	辵+11	适	shì ㄕˋ	Go to. / Be married off. / Suitable. / Alter to make suitable. / Satisfied. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Just, recently. / By chance. / Connective: by supposing.	v6,p3877#08	p.1263#34	p.1330r4c01
			dí ㄉㄧˊ	Official wife. / Son of ones official wife. / Center on, focus on. / Well matched, equal.
			zhé ㄓㄜˊ	Condemn, punish.
			tì ㄊㄧˋ	Scared, afraid.
臣	臣+0	𢘑	chén ㄔㄣˊ	minister, statesman, official	v4,p2801#01	p.999#13	p.1106r2c02
升	十+2	升	shēng ㄕㄥ	Unit of volume equivalent to one tenth of one dou. / Unit of measurement of alcohol. / Unit of fabric equivalent to 80 lu. / Ascend, go up. / Mature, ripe. / Offer as tribute.	v1,p0033#05	p.156#03	p.214r1c03
自	自+0	𦣹鼻	zì ㄗˋ	Oneself. / Begin, beginning. / From. / Originally. / Natural, naturally. / Supposing, if. / Even, even if.	v5,p3046#01	p.1000#07	p.1108r3c01
阼	阜+5		zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ	the steps leading to the eastern door	v6,p4121#06	p.1348#01	p.1415r5c01
阶	阜+9	堦阶	jiē ㄐㄧㄝ	stairs, steps; rank, degree	v6,p4143#04	p.1357#09	p.1432r4c02
即	卩+5	卽	jí ㄐㄧˊ	promptly, quickly, immediately	v1,p0314#02	p.159#18	p.226r6c02
位	人+5		wèi ㄨㄟˋ	throne; position, post; rank, status; seat	v1,p0138#03	p.98#07	p.96r1c04
于	方+4	乌𣱏𤕘于亏扵	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
堂	土+8	坣㙶	táng ㄊㄤˊ	hall; government office	v1,p0452#14	p.231#23	p.322r6c01
室	宀+6		shì ㄕˋ	room, home, house, chamber	v2,p0925#03	p.285#02	p.416r6c01
馈	食+12	馈匮柜𠩸馈	kuì tuí ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄟˊ	offer food superior; send gift	v7,p4474#08	p.1425#19	p.1494r2c07
献	犬+16	献	xiàn suō xī ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛㄒㄧ	offer, present; show, display	v2,p1376#09	p.721#09	p.881r2c03
及	又+2	𢎜𨕤	jí ㄐㄧˊ	Catch up to. / Retrieve, recover. / Attain, rival. / To. / Touch. / Relate to. / Continue, succeed. / Preposition: until ... (a time). / Connective: and.	v1,p0035#01	p.165#03	p.233r4c06
车	车+0	𠦴车	chē jū ㄔㄜㄐㄩ	cart, vehicle; carry in cart	v5,p3511#01	p.1239#01	p.1296r2c04
马	马+0	𢒠𩡬𢒗马	mǎ ㄇㄚˇ	horse; surname; KangXi radical 187	v7,p4539#01	p.1433#01	p.1499r1c01
专	寸+8	专𠧡𠧢𡴁专	zhuān ㄓㄨㄢ	monopolize, take sole possession	v1,p0507#01	p.295#01	p.434r6c01
此	止+2		cǐ ㄘˇ	This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then.	v2,p1438#03	p.574#10	p.735r4c01
坊	土+4		fāng fáng ㄈㄤㄈㄤˊ	neighborhood, urban subdivision; (J) priest's residence; (Buddhist) priest; boy	v1,p0427#01	p.225#07	p.316r3c02
犹	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.
忘	心+3		wàng wáng ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄤˊ	forget; neglect; miss, omit	v4,p2270#09	p.376#24
亲	见+9	𢈥寴𡩁亲	qīn ㄑㄧㄣ	Parents. / Relatives. / Love, favour. / Close, intimate. / Contact, touch. / Personally. / Do oneself.	v6,p3671#12	p.1136#12	p.1230r5c04
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.

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