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夏后氏尚黑；	Under the sovereigns of Xia they preferred what was black.
大事敛用昏，	On great occasions (of mourning), for preparing the body and putting it into the coffin, they used the dusk;
戎事乘骊，	for the business of war, they used black horses in their chariots;
牲用玄。	and the victims which they used were black.
殷人尚白；	Under the Yin dynasty they preferred what was white.
大事敛用日中，	On occasions of mourning, for coffining the body, they used the midday;
戎事乘翰，	for the business of war they used white horses;
牲用白。	and their victims were white.
周人尚赤；	Under the Zhou dynasty they preferred what was red.
大事敛用日出，	On occasions of mourning, they coffined the body at sunrise;
戎事乘騵，	for the business of war they used red horses, with black manes and tails;
牲用騂。	and their victims were red.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
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	后后	hòu ㄏㄡˋ	queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 后) behind, rear, after	v1,p0580#01	p.176#01	p.255r4c01
氏	氏+0	厥	shì zhī jīng ㄕˋ ㄓㄐㄧㄥ	clan, family; mister	v3,p2130#01	p.597#18	p.750r2c01
尚	小+5	尙	shàng cháng ㄕㄤˋ ㄔㄤˊ	still, yet; even; fairly, rather	v1,p0563#05	p.297#11
黑	黑+0	黒	hēi hè ㄏㄟㄏㄜˋ	black; dark; evil, sinister	v7,p4743#01	p.1518#36	p.1560r3c03
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.
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
敛	攴+13	敛	liǎn lián liàn ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ	draw back, fold back; collect	v2,p1478#07	p.476#02	p.608r2c02
用	用+0	𤰆𠛁	yòng ㄩㄥˋ	use, employ, apply, operate; use	v1,p0097#05	p.755#24	p.908r6c02
昏	日+4	𣄾𣄼昬	hūn mǐn ㄏㄨㄣㄇㄧㄣˇ	dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark	v2,p1492#03	p.491#14	p.633r4c01
戎	戈+2		róng ㄖㄨㄥˊ	arms, armaments; military affair	v2,p1397#08	p.411#08	p.550r4c03
乘	丿+9	乗𠅞𠓸𨍱	chéng ㄔㄥˊ	Drive. / Ride. / Rule, govern. / Wear, put on. / Ascend, go up. / Defend. / Adjust to, take advantage of. / Depend on, rely on. / Trample. / Bully and humiliate. / Conquer, overcome in battle. / Launch an attack on, chase. / Inherit, carry on the wishes of. / Calculate. / Multiply (arithmetic).	v1,p0040#01	p.83#09	p.47r5c01
			shèng ㄕㄥˋ	Chariot, fighting vehicle with four horses. / Chariot-riding soldiers. / Chariot horse. / Measure word, used for counting vehicles, horses, boats, etc. / Measure word. Unit of area equal to four qiu. / Four. / Pair up. / Name of a book of the state of Jin.
骊	马+19	骊	lí chí ㄌㄧˊ ㄔˊ	a pure black horse; a pair of horses	v7,p4585#04	p.1447#18	p.1511r6c04
牲	牛+5		shēng ㄕㄥ	sacrificial animal; animal	v3,p1807#07	p.700#03	p.870r4c05
玄	玄+0	𤣥伭	xuán xuàn ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄢˋ	deep, profound, abstruse; KangXi radical 95	v1,p0280#03	p.725#01	p.883r1c01
殷	殳+6		yīn yān yǐn ㄧㄣㄧㄢㄧㄣˇ	many, great; abundant, flourishing	v3,p2156#04	p.585#02	p.742r6c03
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
白	白+0	𦣺𤼽	bái bó ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄛˊ	white; pure, unblemished; bright	v4,p2642#01	p.785#01	p.927r1c01
日	日+0	𡆸	rì mì ㄖˋ ㄇㄧˋ	sun; day; daytime	v2,p1482#01	p.489#01	p.627r1c01
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
翰	羽+10		hàn ㄏㄢˋ	writing brush, pen, pencil	v5,p3353#08	p.958#43	p.1076r2c01
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
赤	赤+0	𤆍烾	chì ㄔˋ	red; communist, 'red'; bare	v5,p3506#01	p.1213#22	p.1280r2c02
出	凵+3	岀	chū ㄔㄨ	Go out, exit. / Outside, without. / Take up a post. / Exile, banish. / Abandon (one's wife). / Free, release. / Give out, hand over. / Give, offer. / Send out, distribute. / Exceed. / Appear, emerge. / Create, make. / Produce, cause to grow. / Bear, give birth. / Origin, place of birth. / Part of an object which extends outwards. / Measure word: times, occurrences. / Measure word: section.	v1,p0307#08	p.135#11	p.172r1c01
騵	马+10		yuán ㄩㄢˊ	bay	v7,p4570#03	p.1443#09	p.1509r5c03
騂	马+7	骍	xīng ㄒㄧㄥ	red, brown, bay; neat, harmonious	v7,p4558#13	p.1439#30	p.1507r3c01

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