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本 bĕn (N) a root, a root cause; (Adv) at root, initially, basically, essentially [5];
(N) edition of a text [11]

立 lì (TV) to set up, to establish; (IV) to stand [5]

世 shì (N) generation [the graph is a variant of 30 (years)], social world [5]

平 píng (SV) to be at peace, to be level, flat, equal; (V) to make even, peaceful,
level [5]

申 shen (V) to extend [6]

去 qù (SV) to be distant; (IV) to depart; (TV) to depart from; to keep a distance
from [7]

且 qǐe (Conjunction) also, moreover [qǐe links two verb or SV phrases] [7]; (Adv)
to be about to (equivalent in this sense to jiang 將) [12]

白 bái (Adj/SV) white [also read bó] [7]

令 lìng (CV) to cause [something to Verb / be SV] [7]

加 jia (V) to add, to increase [in some cases, as in our text, jia loosely denotes
activity that yields some sort of accrued result]; (SV adjunct) when jia
precedes an SV, it gives the SV a verbal force: 加高 to become tall/taller;
加白 to become white/whiter [7]

石 shí (N) stone, a rock [7]

玉 yù (N) jade [8]

皮 pí (N) skin, pelts [8]

失 shi (V) to lose [8]

市 shì (N) a market place [8]; (V) to buy at market [12]

凶 xiong (N) ill fortune; (Adj/SV) inauspicious, baleful, evil [8]

司 si (V) to supervise [8]

代 dài (N) era; (V) to substitute for; to alternate [8]