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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen; An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong -> 31.1

時操在易州，按兵不動。夏侯惇、張遼入稟曰：「如不下遼東，可回許都；恐劉表生心。」操曰：「待二袁首級至，即便回兵。」眾皆暗笑。忽報遼東公孫康遣人送袁熙、袁尚首級至，眾皆大驚。使者呈上書信。操大笑曰：「果不出奉孝之料！」重賞來使，封公孫康為襄平侯左將軍。眾官問曰；「何為不出奉孝之所料？」操遂出郭嘉書以示之。書略曰：

All this time Cao Cao had been calmly waiting. His impatient officers had petitioned in a body, saying, "Let's march to the capital to ward off Liu Biao's threat if we are not going to attack the east." Cao Cao said, "I am waiting for the heads of the enemy. We will go as soon as the heads arrive." In their secret hearts they laughed. But then, surely enough, messenger soon came from Liaodong bringing the heads. Then they were greatly surprised. And when the messenger presented Gongsun Kang's letters, Cao Cao cried, "Just as Guo Jia said!" He amply rewarded the messenger, and the Governor of Liaodong was made Lord of Xiangping and General of the Left Army. When the officers asked what had happened, Cao Cao told them what the late adviser had predicted. He read to them the dead officer's testament, which ran something like this:

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
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
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
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
易	日+4	易	yì ㄧˋ	change; easy	v2,p1494#01	p.492#03	p.633r6c01
州	巛+3	𠄓𠃕𠛏𣧓	zhōu ㄓㄡ	administrative division, state	v1,p0046#03	p.324#01	p.462r3c02
按	手+6	搵	àn ㄢˋ	put hand on, press down with hand	v3,p1876#01	p.429#26	p.574r5c01
兵	八+5	𠈯𠡿	bīng ㄅㄧㄥ	soldier, troops	v1,p0244#04	p.127#10	p.162r1c02
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.
動	力+9	㣫𨔝动	dòng ㄉㄨㄥˋ	move, happen; movement, action	v1,p0375#06	p.148#14	p.196r4c02
夏侯惇	夊+7 人+7 心+8	𡔰𠍺昰𡕾𥎦𥫉敦惇	xià hóu dūn ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣ	[人名] [Name of a person]	v2,p0869#10 v1,p0167#01 v4,p2318#04	p.245#12 p.103#07 p.390#01	p.335r1c08 p.104r3c06 p.534r2c02
張遼	弓+8 辵+12	弡张遼辽	zhāng liáo ㄓㄤㄌㄧㄠˊ	[人名] [Name of a person]	v2,p0997#05 v6,p3881#05	p.359#19 p.1265#24	p.502r2c02 p.1333r2c02
入	入+0		rù ㄖㄨˋ	Enter, go into. / Put in, bring in. / Pay, offer. / Income, gains. / Inside, within.	v1,p0102#01	p.125#32	p.141r1c03
稟	禾+8	廪禀	bǐng lǐn ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧㄣˇ	report to, petition	v4,p2615#08	p.855#16	p.993r4c02
曰	曰+0		yuē ㄩㄝ	Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle.	v2,p1482#02	p.502#01	p.648r3c03
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
下	一+2	丅厥𠄟	xià ㄒㄧㄚˋ	under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down	v1,p0007#01	p.76#10	p.28r1c01
遼東	辵+12 木+4	遼辽东	liáo dōng ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥ	[地名] [Name of a place]	v6,p3881#05 v2,p1165#04	p.1265#24 p.513#12	p.1333r2c02 p.675r6c02
可	口+2	歌厥	kě kè ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˋ	may, can, -able; possibly	v1,p0567#07	p.172#12	p.244r1c02
回	囗+3	囬囘廻	huí ㄏㄨㄟˊ	Rotate, move in a circle. / Turn around. / Return. / Change, alter. / Violate (a rule). / Evil, wicked. / Distrust and favouritism.	v1,p0712#02	p.216#26	p.300r2c02
許	言+4	许	xǔ hǔ ㄒㄩˇ ㄏㄨˇ	allow, permit; promise; betroth	v6,p3946#09	p.1151#14	p.1239r4c02
都	邑+9	都𨛷	dū dōu ㄉㄨㄉㄡ	metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined	v6,p3776#07	p.1274#09
恐	心+6	𢖶𢙢	kǒng ㄎㄨㄥˇ	fear; fearful, apprehensive	v4,p2289#08	p.384#08	p.529r3c03
劉表	刀+13 衣+3	鎦𠭱刘𧘝𧞧𧜫錶	liú biǎo ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄠˇ	[人名] [Name of a person]	v1,p0359#04 v1,p0021#12	p.144#39 p.1111#13	p.188r5c03 p.1209r2c03
生	生+0	𤯓	shēng ㄕㄥ	life, living, lifetime; birth	v4,p2575#01	p.754#26	p.906r5c03
心	心+0	㣺忄	xīn ㄒㄧㄣ	heart; mind, intelligence; soul	v4,p2267#01	p.375#01	p.521r1c01
待	彳+6		dài dāi ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄞ	treat, entertain, receive; wait	v2,p0818#07	p.366#05	p.510r3c04
二	二+0	贰弍貳	èr ㄦˋ	two; twice	v1,p0002#01	p.86#01	p.58r6c01
袁	衣+4		yuán ㄩㄢˊ	robe; surname	v1,p0444#11	p.1113#08	p.1210r4c01
首	首+0	𩠐𥃻	shǒu ㄕㄡˇ	head; first; leader, chief; a poem	v7,p4500#01	p.1427#32	p.1495r2c04
級	糸+4	𨸚级	jí ㄐㄧˊ	level, rank, class; grade	v5,p3366#02	p.918#05	p.1034r2c01
至	至+0	𦤳𦤴𦤵𡊏	zhì dié ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ	reach, arrive; extremely, very	v4,p2814#01	p.1001#11	p.1111r3c04
即	卩+5	卽	jí ㄐㄧˊ	promptly, quickly, immediately	v1,p0314#02	p.159#18	p.226r6c02
便	人+7	便	biàn pián ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ	convenience, ease; expedient	v1,p0157#03	p.103#32	p.105r2c05
眾	目+6	衆𠂝𥅫𠱧众	zhòng ㄓㄨㄥˋ	masses, people, multitude, crowd	v4,p2917#04	p.807#15	p.951r1c02
皆	白+4		jiē ㄐㄧㄝ	all, every, everybody	v4,p2647#01	p.786#12	p.735r5c01
暗	日+9	晻	àn ㄢˋ	dark; obscure; in secret, covert	v2,p1526#06	p.498#27	p.645r3c01
笑	竹+4	咲㗛𠇄	xiào ㄒㄧㄠˋ	smile, laugh, giggle; snicker	v5,p2950#10	p.879#03	p.1008r5c02
忽	心+4		hū ㄏㄨ	suddenly, abruptly; neglect	v4,p2274#09	p.378#34	p.525r2c02
報	土+9	报	bào ㄅㄠˋ	report, tell, announce	v1,p0466#04	p.234#05	p.324r4c01
公孫康	八+2 子+7 广+8	㒶孙𠭳	gōng sūn kāng ㄍㄨㄥㄙㄨㄣㄎㄤ	[人名] [Name of a person]	v1,p0242#01 v2,p1016#05 v2,p0891#01	p.126#28 p.279#23 p.347#27	p.151r3c01 p.401r6c02 p.490r1c01
遣	辵+10		qiǎn qiàn ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˋ	send, dispatch; send off, exile	v6,p3871#07	p.1263#19	p.1330r2c03
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
送	辵+6	𨕪𨕩	sòng ㄙㄨㄥˋ	see off, send off; dispatch, give	v6,p3832#06	p.1256#21	p.1314r6c02
袁熙	衣+4 火+10	煕熈	yuán xī ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧ	[人名] [Name of a person]	v1,p0444#11 v3,p2226#06	p.1113#08 p.680#10	p.1210r4c01 p.855r1c11
袁尚	衣+4 小+5	尙	yuán shàng ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ	[人名] [Name of a person]	v1,p0444#11 v1,p0563#05	p.1113#08 p.297#11	p.1210r4c01
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.
驚	馬+13	惊	jīng ㄐㄧㄥ	frighten, surprise, startle	v7,p4576#06	p.1446#04	p.1510r5c05
使	人+6	𡥐𠭆	shǐ ㄕˇ	Order, send (on a mission). / Cause, make. / Allocate, use. / Indulge in.. / Send as an envoy. / Envoy, messenger. / Connective: if, supposing.	v1,p0145#02	p.101#05	p.101r3c03
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.
呈	口+4	㞷	chéng ㄔㄥˊ	submit, show; appear; petition	v1,p0585#01	p.181#17	p.263r3c10
上	一+2	丄𠄞	shàng ㄕㄤˋ	top; superior, highest; go up, send up	v1,p0005#04	p.76#07	p.24r2c01
書	曰+6	书	shū ㄕㄨ	book, letter, document; writings	v2,p1509#09	p.502#12	p.650r3c02
信	人+7	伩㐰䚱	xìn ㄒㄧㄣˋ	True, words fitting the truth. / As expected. / Really, actually. / Trust, trustworthy. / Reliable, orderly. / Believe, have confidence in. / Clarify, determine. / Clear, clear-cut. / Certificate, (object of) proof. / Sealed letter, written proof. / Envoy, messenger. / Freely, as one wishes. / Stay for two nights in succession.	v1,p0165#01	p.105#25	p.109r2c01
			shēn ㄕㄣ	Straight, linear. / Uphold, promote.
果	木+4	菓	guǒ kè luǒ wǒ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄛˇ	fruit; result	v2,p1168#11	p.516#11	p.682r6c01
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
奉	大+5	𠬻𢱵	fèng ㄈㄥˋ	offer; receive; serve; respect	v1,p0531#05	p.251#02	p.370r3c01
孝	子+4		xiào ㄒㄧㄠˋ	filial piety, obedience; mourning	v2,p1011#04	p.278#11	p.398r5c03
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
料	斗+6		liào liáo ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ	consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients	v3,p2253#04	p.478#09	p.612r6c01
重	里+2	𡍴	zhòng ㄓㄨㄥˋ	Heavy. / Important, significant. / Valuable, noble. / Solemn, dignified. / Respect, attach importance to. / Difficult. / Addition, also. / Supplies for an army. / Extreme.	v6,p3680#02	p.1291#03	p.1357r6c01
			chóng ㄔㄨㄥˊ	Repeat, duplicate. / Layer, level. / Start afresh, do again.
賞	貝+8	赏	shǎng ㄕㄤˇ	reward, grant, bestow; appreciate	v6,p3647#07	p.1209#19	p.1276r4c01
來	人+6	來来徠耒	lái ㄌㄞˊ	Wheat. / Come, approach, draw near. / Return. / Incur, lead to. / Will, in the future. / Since, from some time until now. / Approximate number. / Particle: used when the object of a sentence is moved forward to emphasize the object. / Particle used to alter tempo. / Modal particle expressing suggestion or encouragement.	v1,p0141#08	p.101#16	p.102r1c01
			lài ㄌㄞˋ	See 勞來.
封	寸+6	𡉘𡊽	fēng ㄈㄥ	letter, envelope; feudal	v1,p0504#14	p.294#07	p.432r4c04
為	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.
襄	衣+11	㐮𡣿𠆝𧞜	xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ	aid, help, assist; undress	v5,p3109#12	p.1123#31	p.1219r6c01
平	干+2	𤔁𠀭	píng ㄆㄧㄥˊ	flat, level, even; peaceful	v1,p0407#01	p.339#03	p.480r4c02
侯	人+7	𥎦	hóu hòu ㄏㄡˊ ㄏㄡˋ	marquis, lord; target in archery	v1,p0167#01	p.103#07	p.104r3c06
左	工+2		zuǒ ㄗㄨㄛˇ	left; east; unorthodox, improper	v1,p0411#05	p.325#08	p.464r2c01
將	寸+8	𤕭𢪇将畺	jiāng ㄐㄧㄤ	Take. / Use. / Push forward. / Drive. / Help, support. / Help financially. / Advance, go forward. / Carry out, execute. / Follow. / Comply, submit. / Do, carry out. / Accompany, see off. / Transmit. / Express. / Offer (as a sacrifice). / Look after, raise. / Protect. / Strong, robust. / Long time. / Carry, lead. / Side, beside. / Will, about to. / Close to, almost. / How? / Preposition: with. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: or, otherwise. / Connective: if, supposing. / Particle used after a verb. / A kind of insect.	v4,p2375#10	p.294#16	p.434r1c03
			jiàng ㄐㄧㄤˋ	Command troops. / Military commander. / Appoint as military commander.
			qiāng ㄑㄧㄤ	Please, humbly request. / [Onomatopoeia]
			zāng ㄗㄤ	Female sheep.
軍	車+2	𡗽军	jūn ㄐㄩㄣ	army, military; soldiers, troops	v5,p3513#02	p.1239#11	p.1297r3c01
官	宀+5	𠕍	guān ㄍㄨㄢ	official, public servant	v2,p0921#04	p.283#15	p.413r2c01
問	口+8	𠳅问	wèn ㄨㄣˋ	Ask, inquire. / Investigate, look into. / Inquire after, give regards to. / Interrogate, question. / Visit (another states). / Research, investigate. / Give, present with. / Tell. / Sound. / Same as 「聞(7)」 wèn ㄨㄣˋ: Reputation, fame.	v7,p4284#03	p.195#10	p.279r3c03
何	人+5		hé ㄏㄜˊ	Ask, enquire. / What. / Who, which one. / How, in what way. / Why, for what reason. / Where, in what place. / How much, to what extent.	v1,p0130#04	p.98#15	p.97r2c04
			hē ㄏㄜ	Criticize, condemn.
			hè ㄏㄜˋ	Carry on one's back. / Bear, carry a burden.
所	戶+4	𢨷	suǒ ㄙㄨㄛˇ	Place. / Location. / A suitable place or location. / Measure word, used for counting buldings. / Used before a verb, creates a noun-like phrase. / If. Mainly used in oaths and curses. / Used together with 為 to indicate the passive tense. / Indicates an approximate number. / Number, number of times. / Meaning.	v3,p2259#01	p.415#16	p.556r1c01
遂	辵+9	𨒉𨔱𨓸𨔲	suì ㄙㄨㄟˋ	Ditch between fields. / Waterway. / Pass through. / Succeed, go well. / Finished, past. / Grow up, bring up. / Favourable, as hoped. / Follow. / Not interfere with. / Advance. / Item used in archery. / Distant suburbs. / Adverb: finally, at last. / Adverb: and then, thereupon. / Part of a clock. / Distant, far off. / Name of a state in ancient China.	v6,p3862#03	p.1260#32	p.1328r5c01
			zhuì ㄓㄨㄟˋ	Fall.
郭嘉	邑+8 口+11	𨟍	guō jiā ㄍㄨㄛㄐㄧㄚ	[人名] [Name of a person]	v6,p3780#07 v1,p0672#11	p.1273#13 p.205#07	p.1340r5c01 p.288r3c03
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
示	示+0	𥘅礻	shì qī zhì shí ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄓˋ ㄕˊ	show, manifest; demonstrate	v4,p2385#01	p.839#20	p.975r3c08
略	田+6	畧	lüè ㄌㄩㄝˋ	approximately, roughly; outline	v4,p2541#11	p.762#09	p.914r3c02

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