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    朝夕思之。……故有五行之官,是謂五官,……木正曰芒,火正曰祝融,金正曰蓐收,水正曰玄冥,土正曰后土。……少皞氏有四叔,曰重、曰該、曰修、曰熙,實能金、木及水。使重為芒,該為蓐收,修及熙為玄冥,……此其三祀也。顓頊氏有子曰犁,為祝融;共工氏有子曰龍,為后土,……」. Translation by...
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  • Makoto Raiku (redirect from )
    born 23 August 1974 in Gifu, Japan), known by the pen name Makoto Raiku (雷誠, Raiku Makoto), is a manga artist known for creating the Zatch Bell! franchise...
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  • Jueju (redirect from )
    Jueju (traditional Chinese: 絕句; simplified Chinese: 绝; pinyin: juéjù), or Chinese quatrain, is a type of jintishi ("modern form poetry") that grew popular...
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    committed suicide by decapitating themselves. However, in the passage, "越王踐使死士挑戰,三行,至吳陳,呼而自剄。", the literal translation of "死士" is "soldiers (who are)...
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    Autumn period, outside the Zhou cultural sphere. It was also known as Gouwu (吳) or Gongwu (工/攻吳) from the pronunciation of the local language. Wu was located...
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    人五十國,西服衆夷六十六國,渡平海北九十五國,王道融泰,廓土遐畿,累葉朝宗,不愆于歳。臣雖下愚,忝胤先緒,驅率所統,歸崇天極,道逕百濟,裝治船舫,而驪無道,圖欲見吞,掠抄邊隸,虔劉不已,毎致稽滯,以失良風。雖曰進路,或通或不。臣亡考濟實忿寇讎,壅塞天路,控弦百萬,義聲感激,方欲大舉,奄喪父兄,使...
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  • genre of Japanese collaborative poetry in which alternating stanzas, or ku (), of 5-7-5 and 7-7 mora (sound units, not to be confused with syllables) per...
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  • (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-03-07. Kim Bu-sik, 《Samguk sagi》, 〈髙麗本紀 第四〉: 十三年, 夏四月, 聚衆攻王都. 王徴幾校勘 013内兵馬平之, 遂下令日校勘 014, "近者官以寵授, 位非徳進, 毒流百姓,...
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    words such as 路/lù (road) and 怒/nù (anger). Words such as 玉/yù (jade) or /jù (sentence) are pronounced with [y], but are not spelled with "Ü", although...
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    ancient China". 《清稗类钞》:“潮州嘉应曲部中,半皆蜑户女郎……生女,则视貌之妍媸,或自留抚蓄,或卖之邻舟,父母兄弟,仍时相过问。稍长,辄眉敷纷,押管调丝,盖习俗相沿,有不能不为娼之势”。 孙棨·《北里志》:“诸女自幼丐,有或佣其下里贫家。常有不调之徒,潜为渔猎,亦有良家子为其家聘之,以转求厚赂。误陷其中,则无以自脱。”...
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