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漢高祖

(LiuBang, the first Han Emperor, r. BCE 206-195. Gaozu is his posthumous title)

Hàn Gāozǔ

as, in the capacity of

(administrative unit of 10 square li, villages)

tíng

亭長

head of a ting

tíng zhǎng

district

xiàn

to escape

wáng

to calculate [c.f. dù, to measure]

dùo

by the time that; compare

to stop

zhǐ

解縱

to release

jiě zòng

you (polite)

gōng

[pronoun and noun suffix indicating plural]

děng

to depart

shì

壯士

able-bodied men

zhuàng shì

願 (愿)

to be willing to

yuàn

被酒

under the influence of drink

bèi jiǔ

徑 (径)

to take a short cut; footpath

jìng

當 (当)

to occupy

dāng

I suggest

yuàn

劍 (剑)

sword

jiàn

to strike

斬 (斩)

to behead

zhǎn

to divide

fēn

to become

wéi

開 (开)

open

kāi

嫗 (妪)

old woman

見 (见)

[verb prefix indicating passive]

jiàn

to change, to transform

huà

red

chì

to be about to

to flog

chī

覺 (觉)

to wake up

jué

負 (负)

to rely on

自負

self-confident; self assured; self-possessed

zì fù

從者

follower

cóng zhě

daily, by the day

increasingly

史記

The 史記 Historical Records (aka Records of the Grand Historian) is the first comprehensive history of China, written during the second century BCE by Sima Qian 司馬遷. This passage is taken from the biography of the first emperor of the Han Dynasty; at the time he was a lowly commoner serving in a series of minor posts.

shǐ jì