Chinese Text Project Dictionary

Ancient Classics -> Shang Shu -> Zhou Shu -> Announcement to the Prince of Kang -> 10

不率大戛，	'Those who are disobedient (to natural principles) are to be thus subjected to the laws;
矧惟外庶子、訓人惟厥正人越小臣、諸節。	how much more the officers employed in your state as the instructors of the youth, the heads of the official departments, and the smaller officers charged with their several commissions,
乃別播敷，	when they propagate other lessons,
造民大譽，	seeking the praise of the people,
弗念弗庸，	not thinking (of their duty), nor using (the rules for their offices),
瘝厥君，	but distressing their ruler!
時乃引惡，	These lead on (the people) to wickedness,
惟朕憝。	and are an abomination to me.
已！	Shall they be let alone?
汝乃其速由茲義率殺。	Do you speedily, according to what is right, put them to death.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
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.
率	玄+6	率卛	shuài ㄕㄨㄞˋ	Net for catching birds. / Along, in the same direction as. / Follow, go along with. / Command, lead. / Model. / Create a model for something. / Do, engage in. / Fast, quickly. / Frank, direct. / Because of, due to. / Similar. / Similar things. / Adverb: in general, mostly. / Adverb: all. / Same as 「帥(2.1)」 shuài ㄕㄨㄞˋ: Commander of an army. / Same as 「帥(2.2)」 shuài ㄕㄨㄞˋ: Thing which plays a leading role.	v1,p0289#03	p.725#05	p.884r3c03
			lǜ ㄌㄩˋ	A fixed standard or ratio. / Same as 「鋝」 lüè ㄌㄩㄝˋ: Unit of weight, approximately 6 liang.
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.
戛	戈+7	戞	jiá ㄐㄧㄚˊ	lance; tap or strike lightly	v2,p1406#07	p.413#04	p.553r1c01
矧	矢+4	訠	shěn ㄕㄣˇ	much more, still more; the gums	v4,p2582#11	p.824#06	p.956r3c01
惟	心+8	𢛧	wéi ㄨㄟˊ	but, however, nevertheless; only	v4,p2316#03	p.391#17	p.534r6c02
外	夕+2	𡖄舀	wài ㄨㄞˋ	out, outside, external; foreign	v2,p0860#01	p.246#02	p.336r4c02
庶	广+8	庻𤈲𠦜𠪌𠩽𠪛	shù ㄕㄨˋ	numerous, various; multitude	v2,p0886#15	p.347#20	p.489r5c01
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
訓	言+3	𧥥馴训	xùn ㄒㄩㄣˋ	teach, instruct; exegesis	v6,p3942#02	p.1148#06	p.1237r6c04
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
厥	厂+10	氒〈氏下可〉𨈑𨈐𣅞	jué ㄐㄩㄝˊ	personal pronoun he, she, it	v1,p0076#13	p.162#22	p.231r1c03
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.
越	走+5	𦈭𧻂	yuè huó ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ	exceed, go beyond; the more ...	v5,p3480#02	p.1216#28	p.1285r3c02
小	小+0		xiǎo ㄒㄧㄠˇ	Small. / Make small. / View as small. / Thin. / Insufficient. / Short (time), fleeting. / Young. / Slightly, somewhat. / Low level. / A person of low rank. / A person of bad moral character. / Humble term for oneself.	v1,p0560#12	p.296#18	p.438r2c01
臣	臣+0	𢘑	chén ㄔㄣˊ	minister, statesman, official	v4,p2801#01	p.999#13	p.1106r2c02
諸	言+9	𢒕诸	zhū ㄓㄨ	The many, every. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Contraction of "之於": "It in". / Contraction of "之乎": "Is it?" / Modal particle.	v6,p3982#03	p.1172#04
節	竹+7	罇卩节	jié jiē ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝ	knot, node, joint; section	v5,p2976#04	p.891#24	p.1018r1c03
乃	丿+1	廼𢏩𢎧迺𠄎𠧤	nǎi ㄋㄞˇ	Second person pronoun: you. / Demonstrative pronoun: like this, thus. / Adverb: expresses affirmation. / Adverb: expresses limiting of scope: only, just. / Adverb: and then. / Adverb: just. / Adverb: expresses two contradictory or contrasting states of affairs. / Adverb: expresses beginning, origin. / Connective: hence / Adverb: regarding, as for. / Connective: if. / Particle, no meaning.	v1,p0031#05	p.81#12	p.46r6c01
別	刀+5	𠔁别	bié ㄅㄧㄝˊ	separate, other; do not	v1,p0328#13	p.138#12	p.179r4c01
播	手+12	𢿥𨤏	bō bò bǒ ㄅㄛㄅㄛˋ ㄅㄛˇ	sow, spread; broadcast; case away, reject	v3,p1960#12	p.456#15	p.593r1c02
敷	攴+11	旉尃	fū ㄈㄨ	spread, diffuse; apply, paint	v2,p1473#07	p.474#53	p.607r2c03
造	辵+7	艁𨕡	zào cào cāo ㄗㄠˋ ㄘㄠˋ ㄘㄠ	construct, build, make, begin; prepare	v6,p3841#06	p.1258#12	p.1319r4c01
民	氏+1	𠘽	mín ㄇㄧㄣˊ	people, subjects, citizens	v3,p2131#01	p.598#01	p.750r3c01
譽	言+14	𣁎域誉	yù ㄩˋ	fame, reputation; praise	v6,p4024#12	p.1185#07	p.1257r2c03
弗	弓+2		fú ㄈㄨˊ	not, negative	v2,p0990#09	p.356#16	p.500r5c01
念	心+4	念	niàn ㄋㄧㄢˋ	think of, recall, study	v4,p2274#04	p.378#21	p.524r5c03
庸	广+8	㐯𠆌	yōng yóng ㄩㄥㄩㄥˊ	usual, common, ordinary, mediocre	v2,p0890#05	p.347#30	p.490r6c01
瘝	疒+10		guān ㄍㄨㄢ	illness; pain; neglect; useless	v4,p2689#01	p.778#01	p.922r5c09
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
時	日+6	旹时	shí ㄕˊ	Season. / Unit of time equal to two hours. / [The passage of] time. / Time, times. / Age, period, epoch. / Occasion, opportune moment. / On time. / Then, at that time. / Always, constantly. / Same as 「伺(1)」 sì ㄙˋ: Wait until, wait for (a chance).	v2,p1505#05	p.494#22	p.639r3c04
引	弓+1	𢪉㧈	yǐn ㄧㄣˇ	to pull, draw out, attract; to stretch	v2,p0988#05	p.356#08	p.499r6c01
惡	心+8	惡亞僫恶	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.
朕	月+6	𦩎	zhèn ㄓㄣˋ	First person pronoun: I, we. / From the era of Qin Shi Huang onwards, used by the emperor to refer to himself. / Sign, omen.	v3,p2071#05	p.505#19	p.659r6c01
憝	心+12	譈懟𢥲	duì ㄉㄨㄟˋ	to dislike, to abhor, to hate	v4,p2351#05	p.403#05	p.544r4c04
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
汝	水+3		rǔ ㄖㄨˇ	The Ru, a river. / Second person pronoun: you.	v3,p1555#04	p.606#02	p.764r6c01
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.
速	辵+7	𧫣跡	sù ㄙㄨˋ	quick, prompt, speedy	v6,p3838#01	p.1258#10	p.1319r2c03
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.
茲	艸+6	玆兹𦱳茊	zī cī ㄗㄘ	now, here; this; time, year	v5,p3212#16	p.1028#29	p.1135r4c01
義	羊+7	义	yì ㄧˋ	right conduct, righteousness	v5,p3133#02	p.952#32	p.1071r3c01
殺	殳+7	殺煞𢁛𢽅𢿹𢽆𢼡𢿔𧤿杀	shā ㄕㄚ	Kill. / Corrupt, ruin. / Die. / Fight, kill each other.	v3,p2157#01	p.585#11	p.743r4c02
			shài ㄕㄞˋ	Wither, decline. / Decrease, reduce us of. / Decline, fall.
			sà ㄙㄚˋ	Dim, gloomy appearance.

Enjoy this site? Please help.

Site design and content copyright 2006-2024. When quoting or citing information from this site, please link to the corresponding page or to https://ctext.org. Please note that the use of automatic download software on this site is strictly prohibited, and that users of such software are automatically banned without warning to save bandwidth. 沪ICP备09015720号-3

Comments? Suggestions? Please raise them here.