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公 gong *(Pronoun) an honorific form of address: you, Sir (may be
modified by a surname; “Féng Gong” would be similar to “you, Sir,
Mr. Féng”)

給 jǐ (V) to provide, to provide for [N.B. pronunciation differs from MC
(gĕi)]

出 chu *(V) to take out, to bring out

習 xí (V) to practice, to rehearse; (Adv) be practiced in

計 jì (V) to calculate, to plan, to determine; (N) a calculation, a plan

會 kùai (N) a calculation (an extended meaning of cognate hùi: to come
together, probably in the sense of making accounts “match up”)

計會 jikùai: (V-O) to keep accounts; (N) accounting

文 wén The personal name of Mèngcháng Jun (Tían Wén 田文) [one’s
personal name was a form of humble first-person pronoun (as a
second-person pronoun, it reflects intimacy and informality)]

收 shou (V) to collect, to harvest

責 zhài (N) a debt

薛 xue (N) a place in Shantung Province, an old state absorbed by Qí
where the estate lands of Lord Mèngcháng were located

署 shù (V) to write one’s name (this indicates the lord’s question was
conveyed to his retainers and written responses requested)

怪 gùai (Adj/SV) extraordinary, strange; (V) to take as
strange; (N) a strange event

負 fù (V) to carry on the back, to turn one’s back on, to ignore

謝 xìe (V) to apologize, to make excuses, to decline [N.B. generally not
“to thank”]

憒 kùi (SV) anxious, fretted

憂 you (N) cares, worries; (V) to be anxious over, to worry