Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
Xianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia)
round bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
righteous army (esp. in Korea); member of a righteous army; irregular militia
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (14th century novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong)
Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 57 BCE-668 CE)
one's wife and mistress(es)
moral character or consciousness
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
loss of spirit; dejection
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
each prefecture; all prefectures
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
leather-soled sandals (geta)
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
work; labor; labour; toil
800,000; eight hundred thousand