Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
dust; dirt; dreary world; petty affairs of everyday life
in terms of; from the point of view of
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
income; receipts; revenue
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
being absorbed in reading
military science; strategy; tactics
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
undergoing training; learning
rice grown on dry land; dry land rice plant
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
collection of books; (personal) library
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
one large ...; a great ...
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
villager; village folk; countryfolk
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
hand net; dip net; scoop net
the same place; that place
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
study; pursuit of knowledge
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight