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毀 hǔi (V) to destroy

傷 shang (V) to wound, injure; (N) a wound

始 shǐ (N) a beginning; (V) to begin

立 lì (Trans. V) to set up, to establish; (Intran. V) to stand

揚 yáng (V) to raise up

後 hòu (Adj) later; (Adv) later on

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

顯 xǐan (V) to make brilliant; (SV) brilliant

事 shì *(V) to serve

親 qin (N) parent(s), father, those close to one; (V) to become close to

中 zhong *(V) to reach a central stage; (N) center; (SV) central

雅 yă (SV) elegant, “The Elegantiae” (sections of the Book of Poetry)

大雅 Dàyă: a section of the Book of Poetry

無 wú *(Paricle) meaningless metrical word in archaic poetry. [Some
interpreters take this to reflect an archaic Old Chinese verb prefix,
*m- or *mə- (ə, or “shwa,” represents the short vowel in unstressed
syllables like “blossom” [‘blā-səm]). Thus 無念 would be a full
phonetic representation of a verb, 念, which was pronounced
bisyllabically as *mə-nems, the 無 element serving a purely
phonetic function.]

念 nìan (V) to think about, to recall

爾 ĕr (Pronoun) you, your

祖 zǔ (N) forbears

云 yún (V) to say [often used for indirect quotations]; (Particle) “end quote”