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| 婀荷甘與神農同學於老龍吉。 | A-he Gan and Shen Nong studied together under Lao-long Ji. |
| 神農隱几闔戶晝瞑， | Shen Nong was leaning forward on his stool, having shut the door and gone to sleep in the day time. |
| 婀荷甘日中奓戶而入， | At midday A-he Gan pushed open the door and entered, |
| 曰： | saying, |
| 「老龍死矣！」 | 'Lao-long is dead.' |
| 神農隱几擁杖而起， | Shen Nong leant forward on his stool, laid hold of his staff and rose. |
| 嚗然放杖而笑，曰： | Then he laid the staff aside with a clash, laughed and said, |
| 「天知予僻陋慢訑， | 'That Heaven knew how cramped and mean, how arrogant and assuming I was, |
| 故棄予而死。 | and therefore he has cast me off, |
| 已矣！ | and is dead. |
| 夫子無所發予之狂言而死矣夫！」 | Now that there is no Master to correct my heedless words, it is simply for me to die!' |
| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 婀 | 女+8 | 娿 | ē ㄜ | be beautiful, be graceful | v2,p1054#08 | p.263#47 | p.388r5c04 |
| 荷 | 艸+7 | hé hè kē hē ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄎㄜ ㄏㄜ | lotus, water lily, holland | v5,p3220#04 | p.1032#13 | p.1139r2c06 | |
| 甘 | 甘+0 | 𠙸 𠙿 | gān ㄍㄢ | sweetness; sweet, tasty | v4,p2413#01 | p.753#19 | p.905r3c03 |
| 與 | 臼+8 | 与 𢌱 𦦲 𠔔 | yǔ ㄩˇ | Give. / Follow, go along with. / Comrade, ally. / Association, contact. / Oppose. / Engage [an enemy]. / Approve, consent to. / Help. / Wait. / Preposition indicating passive tense. / Preposition: to, with. / Preposition: with. / Preposition: as. / Preposition: in, on. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: with its ... / Connective: or. | v1,p0251#04 | p.1004#13 | p.1113r2c03 |
| yù ㄩˋ | Participate, take part in. | ||||||
| yǔ ㄩˇ | Interfere in. | ||||||
| yú ㄩˊ | Auxiliary word: used at the end of a sentence to express questioning , exclamation, or a rhetorical question. / Auxiliary word: used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. | ||||||
| 神農 | 示+5 辰+6 | 神 𥛠 莀 䢉 𦦥 辳 𨑇 𣊤 𨑋 𨑆 𦦤 农 | shén nóng ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˊ | [人名] [Name of a person] | v4,p2392#01 v6,p3607#03 | p.842#03 p.1252#24 | p.1311r1c02 |
| 同 | 口+3 | 仝 衕 | tóng tòng ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ | same, similar; together with | v1,p0578#01 | p.175#06 | p.252r1c01 |
| 學 | 子+13 | 𢻯 斈 学 | xué ㄒㄩㄝˊ | Study, learn. / Doctrine, teaching. / School of thought. / School, place of learning. / Account, state. | v2,p1019#11 | p.280#28 | p.403r3c05 |
| xiào ㄒㄧㄠˋ | Instruct, teach. | ||||||
| 於 | 方+4 | 烏 𣱏 𤕘 于 亏 扵 | yú ㄩˊ | Be (copula). / Be, exist. / Preposition: in. / Preposition: from or to. / Preposition: compared to. / Preposition: to, for, towards. / Preposition: by (indicating passive tense). / Preposition: with, using. / Preposition: due to, because of. / Preposition: by, according to. / Connective: just as. / Auxiliary word, no meaning. | v3,p2175#02 | p.481#11 | p.622r2c03 |
| 老 | 老+0 | 耂 𠄰 | lǎo ㄌㄠˇ | old, aged; experienced | v4,p2778#01 | p.960#25 | p.1077r3c03 |
| 龍 | 龍+0 | 竜 𦱉 𢅛 𠊋 㰍 𥫈 龒 䰱 龙 | lóng ㄌㄨㄥˊ | Dragon, mythical creature which could control the clouds and rain. / The emperor. / An outstanding man. / A large and tall horse. / Name of a constellation: the Canglong (Azure Dragon) constellation. / Name of a star: (now known to be a planet) Jupiter. / Favour, affection. / A city in the state of Lu, south-east of Tai-an in present-day Shandong. | v7,p4803#01 | p.1536#33 | p.1572r6c01 |
| lǒng ㄌㄨㄥˇ | See 龍斷. | ||||||
| máng ㄇㄤˊ | Multi-coloured. | ||||||
| 吉 | 口+3 | jí ㄐㄧˊ | lucky, propitious, good | v1,p0576#06 | p.175#02 | p.250r6c01 | |
| 隱 | 阜+14 | 𤔌 乚 隐 | yǐn yìn ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˋ | hide, conceal; hidden, secret | v6,p4162#09 | p.1362#15 | p.1435r1c01 |
| 几 | 几+0 | 幾 | jī jǐ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧˇ | small table | v1,p0275#19 | p.133#57 | p.170r4c01 |
| 闔 | 門+10 | 閤 阖 | hé gé ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄜˊ | close; whole, entire; all; leaf | v7,p4312#01 | p.1340#02 | p.1411r5c04 |
| 戶 | 戶+0 | 戸 㦿 𣥘 户 | hù ㄏㄨˋ | door; family, household | v3,p2257#01 | p.414#32 | p.555r1c02 |
| 晝 | 日+7 | 昼 | zhòu ㄓㄡˋ | daytime, daylight | v2,p1515#02 | p.495#43 | p.641r4c03 |
| 瞑 | 目+10 | míng mǐng mián miàn méng ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄥˊ | close eyes | v4,p2508#02 | p.815#08 | p.953r3c05 | |
| 日 | 日+0 | 𡆸 | rì mì ㄖˋ ㄇㄧˋ | sun; day; daytime | v2,p1482#01 | p.489#01 | p.627r1c01 |
| 中 | 丨+3 | 𠁧 𠁩 塚 | zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain | v1,p0028#10 | p.79#03 | p.37r4c02 |
| 奓 | 大+6 | shē chǐ zhà zhā ㄕㄜ ㄔˇ ㄓㄚˋ ㄓㄚ | extravagant | v1,p0539#10 | p.252#02 | p.372r1c01 | |
| 而 | 而+0 | ér ㄦˊ | Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle. | v4,p2810#01 | p.961#18 | p.1080r2c03 | |
| néng ㄋㄥˊ | Same as 「能(3)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「能(2.1)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent. | ||||||
| 入 | 入+0 | rù ㄖㄨˋ | Enter, go into. / Put in, bring in. / Pay, offer. / Income, gains. / Inside, within. | v1,p0102#01 | p.125#32 | p.141r1c03 | |
| 曰 | 曰+0 | yuē ㄩㄝ | (1) 說。 Say, speak. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 | |
| 死 | 歹+2 | 𠑾 𣥴 | sǐ ㄙˇ | die; dead; death | v2,p1380#06 | p.578#22 | p.740r6c06 |
| 矣 | 矢+2 | 𠤘 | yǐ ㄧˇ | Modal particle used to express declaration. / Modal particle used to express exclamation. / Modal particle used to express an order or request. | v4,p2580#04 | p.823#37 | p.955r5c01 |
| 擁 | 手+13 | 拥 | yōng yǒng ㄩㄥ ㄩㄥˇ | embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd | v3,p1972#01 | p.457#26 | p.593r6c09 |
| 杖 | 木+3 | zhàng ㄓㄤˋ | cane, walking stick | v2,p1159#02 | p.512#01 | p.673r2c03 | |
| 起 | 走+3 | 𨑓 𡆡 𨑔 | qǐ ㄑㄧˇ | rise, stand up; go up; begin | v5,p3476#02 | p.1215#15 | p.1284r2c03 |
| 嚗 | 口+15 | bó ㄅㄛˊ | v1,p0699#17 | p.212#37 | p.292r6c08 | ||
| 然 | 火+8 | 燃 𤓉 | rán ㄖㄢˊ | Burn. / Demonstrative pronoun: like this, like that. / Expresses affirmation: true, indeed so. / Believe correct, affirm. / Adverb: actually, thus. / Connective: but, however, yet. / Particle used at the end of a sentence to express comparison. Like, as if. / Particle used after an adjective or adverb to express state. / Particle used at the end of a sentence to express affirmative mode. | v3,p2213#05 | p.675#12 | p.852r5c01 |
| 放 | 攴+4 | 匸 | fàng fǎng ㄈㄤˋ ㄈㄤˇ | put, release, free, liberate | v2,p1451#11 | p.469#03 | p.600r3c03 |
| 笑 | 竹+4 | 咲 㗛 𠇄 | xiào ㄒㄧㄠˋ | smile, laugh, giggle; snicker | v5,p2950#10 | p.879#03 | p.1008r5c02 |
| 天 | 大+1 | 𠀡 𠀘 𦴞 兲 靝 𠕹 | tiān ㄊㄧㄢ | sky, heaven; god, celestial | v1,p0522#01 | p.248#04 | p.358r4c01 |
| 知 | 矢+3 | 𢇻 𥎿 | zhī ㄓ | Know, understand. / Perception. / Recognize. / Knowledge. / Know about, make sense of. / Be friendly with. / Control, get on top of. | v4,p2581#02 | p.824#01 | p.955r5c02 |
| zhì ㄓˋ | Wisdom. | ||||||
| 予 | 亅+3 | 豫 余 | yǔ ㄩˇ | Give, bestow. / Praise, admire. / Preposition: with. | v1,p0052#02 | p.85#16 | p.58r2c03 |
| yú ㄩˊ | First-person pronoun: I, me. | ||||||
| 僻 | 人+13 | pì ㄆㄧˋ | out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox | v1,p0229#05 | p.118#14 | p.127r5c01 | |
| 陋 | 阜+6 | 陋 | lòu ㄌㄡˋ | narrow; crude, coarse; ugly | v6,p4125#03 | p.1349#08 | p.1421r1c03 |
| 慢 | 心+11 | màn ㄇㄢˋ | slow(ly), leisurely, sluggish | v4,p2346#01 | p.399#12 | p.542r1c04 | |
| 訑 | 言+3 | yí dàn ㄧˊ ㄉㄢˋ | deceive, cheat; arrogant | v6,p3944#02 | p.1148#02 | p.1237r6c02 | |
| 故 | 攴+5 | gù ㄍㄨˋ | Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus. | v2,p1453#05 | p.469#25 | p.601r5c01 | |
| 棄 | 木+8 | 弃 𢍞 𨓋 | qì ㄑㄧˋ | reject, abandon, discard | v2,p1237#07 | p.531#15 | p.702r4c01 |
| 已 | 己+0 | yǐ ㄧˇ | Stop, discontinue. / Complete / The past. / Recover, be cured. / Leave [a post], retire. / Value and carry out. / Adverb: shortly, before long. / Adverb: already. / Adverb: extremely. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence. / Interjection. / Same as 「以(1)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Use. / Same as 「以(9)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Particle: used together with some words expressing direction and time. | v2,p0984#01 | p.326#11 | p.467r3c01 | |
| 夫 | 大+1 | fū ㄈㄨ | General term for adult men. / Adult labourers in particular. / Soldier. / Respectful term for a man. / Husband. / Unit of area equal to one hundred mu. | v1,p0521#01 | p.248#11 | p.367r2c01 | |
| fú ㄈㄨˊ | Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Modal particle used at the start of a sentence for emphasis or to indicate an assertion. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to soften the tone. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express exclamation. | ||||||
| 子 | 子+0 | 㜽 𢀈 𢀉 𡐫 𣕓 只 | zǐ ㄗˇ | Child, heir. Refers to both sons and daughters. / Love, charity. / Respectful term for a man. / People in general. / Fourth of the five levels of nobility. / First of the twelve earthly branches of the zodiac. | v2,p1006#06 | p.277#01 | p.395r1c01 |
| 無 | 火+8 | 𣟒 𣚨 𠘩 无 橆 | wú ㄨˊ | Not have. / Philosophical category referring to absence, non-existence, or vacuity. / Adverb expressing negation: not. / Adverb expressing questioning: or not. / Connective: regardless of. / Connective: even if. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence, no meaning. / Do not. / Barren, uncultivated. | v3,p2211#15 | p.673#26 | p.848r2c04 |
| 所 | 戶+4 | 𢨷 | suǒ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | Place. / Location. / A suitable place or location. / Measure word, used for counting buldings. / Used before a verb, creates a noun-like phrase. / If. Mainly used in oaths and curses. / Used together with 為 to indicate the passive tense. / Indicates an approximate number. / Number, number of times. / Meaning. | v3,p2259#01 | p.415#16 | p.556r1c01 |
| 發 | 癶+7 | 発 发 | fā fà bō ㄈㄚ ㄈㄚˋ ㄅㄛ | issue, dispatch, send out, emit | v4,p2761#04 | p.784#10 | p.925r2c01 |
| 之 | 丿+3 | 㞢 | zhī ㄓ | Towards; go to. / Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Auxiliary word: of. / Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning. | v1,p0043#01 | p.82#04 | p.47r2c02 |
| 狂 | 犬+4 | 𢚇 | kuáng jué ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | insane, mad; violent; wild | v2,p1334#04 | p.707#20 | p.873r6c02 |
| 言 | 言+0 | 訁 𢍗 𢍬 | yán ㄧㄢˊ | Speak, say. / Discuss, debate. / Tell. / Doctrine, theory, words. / One word. / Sentence. / Particle, no meaning. | v6,p3936#01 | p.1146#01 | p.1236r5c03 |
| 夫 | 大+1 | fú ㄈㄨˊ | (6.3) 語氣詞：用於句尾，表示感嘆。 Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express exclamation. | v1,p0521#01 | p.248#11 | p.367r2c01 |
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