to decline to pay; to refuse payment
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
Wang Mang (45 BCE - 23 CE), Chinese emperor
speech; tongue; talk; dialect; brogue; accent
Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people
(dyed-in-the-wool) party member; party man; party woman
subordinate official; government clerk
selection for high office; selecting of fit (talented) persons for higher positions
Xianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia)
false; punish; crime; law; ruler
deworming medicine; anthelmintic
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
Yellow Turban Rebellion (China; 184 CE)
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
government service; government employ
Qiang (Chinese ethnic group)
abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir); smooth transference of power (responsibility, etc.)
Luoyang (China); Kyoto (alternative name)
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
Minister of Works (Zhou-dynasty China)
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
imperial bridal party's entry into the court
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
measure to win somebody over to one's side
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker