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Vocabulary

孝 xìao (N) filiality; (SV) to be filial

經 jing (N) a “classic” (a canonical text), a moral norm, the warp of woven
fabric; (V) to traverse, to extend across

仲 zhòng (N) a common element in personal names; second born son

尼 ní (N) name of a mountain is the state of Lǔ (Níqiu 尼丘), where
Confucius was born (qiu 丘: (N) a flat topped hill)

仲尼 Zhòngní: A name for Confucius

居 ju (V) to dwell, to be home at liesure

曾 zeng (N) surname

曾子 Zengzǐ: Master Zeng (Zeng Shen 曾參, a disciple of Confucius)

先 xian (Adj) former

至 zhì *(Adj) utmost; (IV) to reach [to an endpoint]

德 dé (N) virtue, power, character

要 yào *(Adj) pivotal, controlling

順 shùn (V) to follow along with, to comply, to make compliant

下 xìa (Prep) below; (N) one in a subordinate position, the lower

天下 tianxìa: (N) all that is beneath heaven: the world, the empire

民 mín (N) people, the people [of a state], the mass of commoners

用 yòng (V) to use; (CV) functionally equivalent to yǐ 以; (Adv) thereby

和 hé (SV) to be harmonious; (V) to bring into harmony; (N) harmony

睦 mù (SV) to be friendly, loving

和睦 hémù: (SV) to be in harmonious cooperation