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Vocabulary

策 cè (N) a bamboo strip with text, a record, a volume of a book; a plot,
intrigue; (V) to plot

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戰國策 Zhàngúo cè: The title of a book compiled ca. 3 century
B.C. The text presents its tales state by state; this story is from the
section on Qí

馮 féng (N) a surname

諼 xuan (V) to deceive

馮諼 Féng Xuan: name of a retainer to Lord Mèngcháng

貧 pín (Adj/SV) poor, destitute

乏 fá (Adj/SV) to be lacking (in something, in things); (N) a lack

屬 shǔ *(V) to attach, to be attached, to be a subordinate to

孟嘗君 Mèngcháng Jun: Lord Mèngcháng; Tían Wén 田文, a high
patrician and prime minister of the state of Qí

寄 jì (V) to entrust, to depend on

寄食 jìshí: (V-O) to depend on for food, live at the expense of

門 mén (N) gate (may refer to a leader’s establishment, a scholar’s
teaching tradition, etc.)

門下 ménxìa: (Noun-complement) at one’s gate; (N) retainer,
student

好 hăo *(V) to be skilled (at something) [distinguish hào: (V) to like]

受 shòu *(V) to receive as a dependent or student

諾 nùo (Exclamatory adjective) OK (indicates tepid approval)

左 zǔo (N) left

右 yòu (N) right