A Thousand Years of Huizhou

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Confucian Wind Renowned Across the Land

S1E4 · 第4集 儒风称天下 dì jí rú fēng chèn tiānxià

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功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism represented by Confucius and Mencius, Daoism by Laozi and Zhuangzi, Mohism by Moz ∼HSK 6
天理 天理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law; the natural order of things ∼HSK 6
江畔 江畔 jiāng pàn riverbank ∼HSK 6
地理学 地理學 dì lǐ xué geography ∼HSK 6
迷雾 迷霧 mí wù dense fog; fig. completely misleading ∼HSK 6
格物 格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning; word for Western natural sciences during late Qing ∼HSK 6
考据 考據 kǎo jù textual criticism ∼HSK 6
理学家 理學家 lǐ xué jiā scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism ∼HSK 6
谱系 譜係 pǔ xì variant of ∼HSK 6
峭壁 峭壁 qiào bì cliff; steep; precipice ∼HSK 6
宛如 宛如 wǎn rú to be just like ∼HSK 6
播撒 播撒 bō sǎ to sow; to scatter ∼HSK 6
聪颖 聰穎 cōng yǐng smart; intelligent ∼HSK 6
明理 明理 míng lǐ sensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning ∼HSK 6
负重 負重 fù zhòng (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load; to carry a heavy burden ∼HSK 6
宅院 宅院 zhái yuàn house; house with a courtyard ∼HSK 6
以求 以求 yǐ qiú in order to ∼HSK 6
消灾 消災 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities ∼HSK 6
隐没 隱沒 yǐn mò to vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out ∼HSK 6
以此为 以此為 yǐ cǐ wéi to regard as; to treat as ∼HSK 6
抚慰 撫慰 fǔ wèi to console; to comfort; to soothe ∼HSK 6
存续 存續 cún xù to continue to exist ∼HSK 6
滋养 滋養 zī yǎng to nourish ∼HSK 6
清高 清高 qīng gāo noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits ∼HSK 6
赐予 賜予 cì yǔ to grant; to bestow ∼HSK 6
暗藏 暗藏 àn cáng to hide; to conceal ∼HSK 6
奠基 奠基 diàn jī to lay a foundation ∼HSK 6
宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity ∼HSK 6
福泽 福澤 fú zé good fortune ∼HSK 6
敬畏 敬畏 jìng wèi to revere ∼HSK 6
祖宅 祖宅 zǔ zhái ancestral house ∼HSK 6
异象 異象 yì xiàng (religion) a vision; strange phenomenon ∼HSK 6
祥瑞 祥瑞 xiáng ruì auspicious sign ∼HSK 6
未尝 未嘗 wèi cháng not ever; not necessarily ∼HSK 6
父母之邦 父母之邦 fù mǔ zhī bāng one's native land; fatherland (idiom) ∼HSK 6
伏笔 伏筆 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) ∼HSK 6
劝解 勸解 quàn jiě conciliation; mediation; to mollify; to propitiate; to reconcile ∼HSK 6
敬仰 敬仰 jìng yǎng to revere; highly esteemed ∼HSK 6
阐释 闡釋 chǎn shì to explain; to expound; to interpret; elucidation ∼HSK 6
集注 集註 jí zhù to focus; to concentrate on ∼HSK 6
别样 別樣 bié yàng different kind of; another sort of; special; unusual ∼HSK 6
偏安 偏安 piān ān content to hold a small part of the territory; fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground; forced to move away ∼HSK 6
六分之一 六分之一 liù fēn zhī yī one sixth ∼HSK 6
乾坤 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe ∼HSK 6
沉浮 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes ∼HSK 6
经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels; meridian (TCM); (dialect) trick; tactic ∼HSK 6
守望 守望 shǒu wàng to keep watch ∼HSK 6
险要 險要 xiǎn yào strategically situated and easy to defend; strategic location ∼HSK 6
以天下为己任 以天下為己任 yǐ tiān xià wéi jǐ rèn to take the affairs of the world as one's own responsibility (idiom); to be devoted to the public good ∼HSK 6