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Vocabulary

天 tian (N) heaven; (Adj) divine, natural

爵 jué (N) rank

者 zhĕ (Particle) a nominalizing particle; it is bound to the preceding word
and either reinforces that word’s nominal character or transforms it
into a noun; it carries no independent meaning

[N.B. In traditional orthography, zhĕ has nine strokes (note the
dot): 者. This is helpful to recall when looking up this element in
stroke count contexts.]

忠 zhong (N) loyalty; (Adj/SV) loyal

信 xìn (N) trust, faithfulness; (Adj/SV) trustworthy; (V) to trust

樂 lè (V) to take joy in; (N) joy [Distinguish the 破音 reading yùe: (N)
music]

善 shàn (N) goodness; (Adj/SV) good; (V) to be good at; take to be good

倦 juàn (SV) to be tired

此 cǐ (Pronoun) this, these

公 gong (N) a patrician title, often rendered “duke”; an honorific form of
address, “You, My Lord.”

卿 qing (N) court rank denoting a high patrician advisor; high minister.

大 dà (Adj/SV) great

夫 fu (N) man; husband. When used as a noun, fu rarely occurs alone; it
is usually the first or second element of a binome.

大夫 dàfu (N) court rank denoting favored patrician status; a grandee
[N.B. In WYW this term is not pronounced dàifu, as it is in
colloquial Mandarin.]

古 gǔ (N) antiquity; (Adv) of old; (Adj/SV) ancient

脩 xiu (V) to cultivate (a trait or ability in oneself) [also written 修]