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Vocabulary

序 xù (N) a preface; (V) to put in order, to write a preface

雜 zá (Adj/SV) miscellaneous, mixed

篇 pian (N) a chapter in a text

漢 hàn (N) the name of a river and region of ancient China, borrowed as the
name of a dynastic house that ruled 202 B.C. - A.D. 8 and A.D. 25-
220 (later borrowed to denote the majority ethnic group of China)

劉 líu (N) a surname

向 xìang (V) to face towards; (Adv) in the past, just now [here, a personal
name]

魏 wèi (N) The name of a large patrician state during the Warring States
period (453-221 B.C.), located in the Shanxi 山西 region.

文 wén (Adj) cultivated, patterned; (N) pattern, culture, written script, text

侯 hóu (N) a patrician rank conventionally translated as “Marquis.”
During the Eastern Zhou era (771-211 B.C.), 侯 denoted the ruler
of a major independent state. In the Imperial era after 221 B.C., the
designation was awarded as an Imperial honor, and nobility did not
imply political control of a territory.

魏文侯 Wèi Wén-hóu: Marquis Wén of Wèi

與 yǔ (Conj) together with, and; used for linking nouns only (remember,
to link verbs, use ér 而).

士 shì (N) a member of the lower patrician ranks, sometimes translated as
“knight” or “scholar”

士大夫 shìdàfu: (N) members of the patrician court

坐 zùo (V) to be seated

寡 gǔa (SV) few; (N) widow

寡人 gǔarén (Pronoun) First person pronoun reserved for rulers