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Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen); calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period

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to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

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upper body

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from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

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direct descent; direct line

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Han period (China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han era

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stone carving or engraving

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man among men; man's man

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continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

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general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)

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stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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Greek art

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decay; ruination

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to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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Gupta dynasty (of India, approx. 320-600 CE)

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large-scale

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history

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to become inverted; to become reversed

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specimen; sample; (classic) example; type; sample

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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steel; sword steel; sword

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thin board; veneer; thin sheet of steel (3 mm or less); thin cloth; square wooden vase stand

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curve; bend; crook

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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clear; distinct

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implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

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rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

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adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity

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to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

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though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as

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rather than; more ... than ...

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something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

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subject; theme; motif

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through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

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to hang; to dangle

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stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)

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to eat into

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to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

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to become clear; to be made public

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)

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characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-

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thought; idea; ideology

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