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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)

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human society

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place

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diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium

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Suuen

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agricultural technology; farming techniques

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farmer; farming family; farmhouse

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Kyokou

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(study of) logic

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distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert

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descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild

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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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this sort of

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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Qin Shi Huang (259 BCE-210 BCE), first emperor of unified China; Shihuangdi

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from the beginning

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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fool; idiot; simpleton

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important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

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coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

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(vehicle) wheel

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width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

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round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money

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seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters); seal script

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bureaucracy

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government worker; public servant; civil servant

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

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execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks

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to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

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centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

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the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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great wall (of China); long wall

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Great Wall of China

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burying alive

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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prime minister (in ancient China)

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pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

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cabinet minister

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constitutionalism; rule of law; legalism

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to burn up

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book burning

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hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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