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孔子 Kǒngzǐ
[Kǒng fū zǐ]
生平簡介 shēngpíngjiǎnjiè biographic sketch
叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shú]
紇 hé tassels
紇 gē knot
丘 qiū mound / hillock / grave / classifier for fields / variant of 丘[qiū] / hillock
二十 èrshí twenty / 20
鯉 lǐ carp
伯 bà variant of 霸[bà]
father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful
伯 bó
form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
分為 fēnwéi to divide sth into (parts) / to subdivide
七十 qīshí seventy / 70
溘然 kèrán suddenly
恕 shù to forgive
禹 Yǔ Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods / surname Yu
太祖 tàizǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
中庸 Zhōngyōng the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]
聖賢 shèngxián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine