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radical, and 人 jen man, and is explained as to seize the man ahead, hence to come up to. Here = and.

Lao see line 24.

Chuang is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, and 壯 chuang strong as phonetic. (The latter, composed of 士 shih a soldier as its old radical, with 爿 ch'iang or ch'uang a bedstead as phonetic, was the original character.) It is here the surname of a philosopher of the 4th cent. B.C., who wrote on the teachings of Lao Tzŭ.

175.

When the Classics and the Philosophers are mastered,
Ching1

tzŭ3

t'ung1

Classic philosopher pierce

Ching see title and line 167.

Tzŭ see line 11.

T'ung see line 131.

176.

the various histories should be read,
Tu2

chu1

shih3

Read all historian

Tu see line 134.

Chu is composed of 言 yen words and 者 chê (line 49). It is not necessary always to translate it rigorously; sometimes it is a mere sign of the plural. It also has various prepositional values, such as at, on, in, to, etc.

Shih was composed, under its old form, of 又 yu hand (line 18) grasping 中 chung the middle (line 64), sc. impartiality. It is defined as one who records events, and was applied in early ages to the Grand Astrologer of the Court.

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