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classic Confucian writings

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treatment; service; handling; management

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to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

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body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop

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politics

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import; importation; introduction; afferent

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biography

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lecture room; lecture

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around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

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Shiji; Shih-chi; The Historical Records (ancient Chinese historical record)

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Chinese book; book written in Chinese

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ancient wise men

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academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study

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inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering

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The Five Classics (of Confucianism)

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writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

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(arch.) to annotate; to write down

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existing manuscript; extant copy; manuscript handed down from the past

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respect; esteem; regard

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to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for

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official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

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national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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ocean transportation; importation

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number of years

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substitution; assignment

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very much; fully; never

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top; summit; vertex

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entry into a country

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cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship

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Japanization; Japanisation

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government or official circles; official quarters

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Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

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traces; footprints; whereabouts

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total; sum

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self-satisfaction; rejoicing

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contract; commitment

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ten years; decade

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rather than

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law and order; discipline

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volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk

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to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

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Eastern Jin dynasty (of China; 317-420 CE); Eastern Chin dynasty

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fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

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originally; by nature; from the start

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governing; administering

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central government

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Saifu

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merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation

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palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination

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bright person; talented student; prodigy

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