trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
social structure; social organization; fabric of society
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
to play a leading role; to play a central part
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
head; leader; prime minister
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
becoming the objective; setting as a goal
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
organizational theory; organization theory
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
Xiang Yu (aka Kou U) (232 BC-202 BC), general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo