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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> Lie Yu-kou -> 12

正考父一命而伛，	When Kao-fu, the Correct, received the first grade of official rank, he walked with head bowed down;
再命而偻，	on receiving the second, with bent back;
三命而俯，	on receiving the third, with body stooping,
循墙而走，	he ran and hurried along the wall:
孰敢不轨！	who would presume not to take him as a model?
如而夫者，	But one of those ordinary men,
一命而吕钜，	on receiving his first appointment, goes along with a haughty stride;
再命而于车上舞，	on receiving his second, he looks quite elated in his chariot;
三命而名诸父，	and on receiving the third, he calls his uncles by their personal names
孰协唐、许！	- how very different from Xu (You) in the time (of Yao of) Tang!

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
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.
考	老+0	考𦒱	kǎo ㄎㄠˇ	examine, test; investigate	v4,p2779#02	p.960#27	p.1079r1c01
父	父+0		fù fǔ ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ	father; KangXi radical 88	v3,p2039#01	p.690#01	p.864r1c01
一	一+0	弌壹	yī ㄧ	one; a, an; alone	v1,p0001#01	p.75#01	p.1r1c01
命	口+5		mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ	Order, command. / Written order, commandment. / Send (on a mission), dispatch. / A (diplomatic) mission. / Force, make do. / Instruct, tell. / Gift given by a ruler to his ministers by rank. / Will of heaven. / Fate. / Life, lifespan. / Call, name, assign a name to. / Know for certain.	v1,p0604#11	p.183#18	p.266r6c01
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.
伛	人+11	伛	yǔ ㄩˇ	humpback; stoop	v1,p0209#04	p.114#24	p.123r4c01
再	冂+4		zài ㄗㄞˋ	again, twice, re-	v1,p0018#01	p.129#08	p.164r5c05
偻	人+11	偻	lǚ lóu ㄌㄩˇ ㄌㄡˊ	humpback; surname	v1,p0210#18	p.115#17	p.124r5c01
三	一+2	叁弎	sān sàn ㄙㄢㄙㄢˋ	three	v1,p0004#03	p.76#05	p.11r2c01
俯	人+8	俯	fǔ ㄈㄨˇ	bow down, face down, look down	v1,p0182#09	p.106#06	p.110r6c01
循	彳+9		xún ㄒㄩㄣˊ	obey, comply with, follow	v2,p0835#04	p.369#28	p.516r6c01
墙	爿+13	墙廧𤖧墙	qiáng ㄑㄧㄤˊ	wall	v4,p2378#22	p.692#29	p.865r3c03
走	走+0	赱㞫	zǒu ㄗㄡˇ	walk, go on foot; run; leave	v5,p3473#01	p.1215#01	p.1283r6c02
孰	子+8	塾	shú ㄕㄨˊ	who? which? what? which one?	v2,p1016#14	p.280#05	p.403r1c03
敢	攴+8	𠭖𢽤𣪏	gǎn ㄍㄢˇ	to dare, venture; bold, brave	v2,p1463#09	p.472#26	p.605r4c02
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.
轨	车+2	𨑍𧗝轨	guǐ ㄍㄨㄟˇ	track, rut, path	v5,p3512#04	p.1239#06	p.1297r2c01
如	女+3		rú ㄖㄨˊ	Go to. / According to, in accordance with. / Like, similar to. / As good as, comparable to. / Should. / Or, alternatively. / If, should it be the case. / As for, as regards. / Adjectival suffix.	v2,p1025#09	p.255#21	p.378r5c02
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.
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.
吕	口+4	呂吕	lǚ ㄌㄩˇ	surname; a musical note	v1,p0577#12	p.181#03	p.261r4c01
钜	金+5	巨钜	jù ㄐㄩˋ	steel, iron; great	v6,p4174#18	p.1300#15	p.1374r1c01
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
车	车+0	𠦴车	chē jū ㄔㄜㄐㄩ	cart, vehicle; carry in cart	v5,p3511#01	p.1239#01	p.1296r2c04
上	一+2	丄𠄞	shàng ㄕㄤˋ	top; superior, highest; go up, send up	v1,p0005#04	p.76#07	p.24r2c01
舞	舛+8	𦐀	wǔ ㄨˇ	dance, posture, prance; brandish	v2,p0865#10	p.1008#16	p.1116r6c02
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
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
协	十+6	恊旪勰协	xié ㄒㄧㄝˊ	be united; cooperate	v1,p0064#03	p.156#34	p.217r1c01
唐	口+7	啺𣉺𡃯	táng ㄊㄤˊ	Tang dynasty; Chinese	v1,p0633#05	p.192#12	p.273r3c01
许	言+4	许	xǔ hǔ ㄒㄩˇ ㄏㄨˇ	allow, permit; promise; betroth	v6,p3946#09	p.1151#14	p.1239r4c02

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