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耆老 qílăo (N) elders

養 yăng (V) to nurture

On the phrase beginning 君子不以, see Grammar 8.3

二三子 èrsanzǐ (Pronoun) a plural second person form of middling formality

患 hùan (V) to be alarmed or worried

乎 hu *(Prep) with regard to (as a preposition, 乎 seems to be a “dialect”
variant of yú 於, and can perform similarly plastic functions with
varied English equivalents)

踰 yú (V) to cross

梁 líang (N) a bridge

梁山 Líangshan: a mountain range in modern Shănxi 陜西

邑 yì (N) a town, a walled settlement, a city; (V) to establish a town or city

岐山 qíshan (N) the name of a mountain in Shănxi

失 shi (V) to lose

市 shì (N) a market place

守 shǒu (V) to guard, to protect, to hold on to (as property)

能 néng (Auxiliary Verb) to be able to

效 xìao (V) to imitate, to devote

勿 wù (Imperative Adverb) do not; 勿 frequently functions as a fusion of
wú 毋 + zhi 之; hence: 勿 V: “don’t Verb it.”

請 qǐng (V) to request; (Adv) please

擇 zé (V) to choose, to select

斯 si (Pronoun) demonstrative pronoun: “this, these” (equivalent to cǐ 此)

On the closing phrases, see Grammar 8.4 below.