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326. and was appointed a Corrector of Texts.
Tso4 chêng4 tzŭ4
Do correct word


Tso see line 123. It here means to do the duties of, to act as.

Chêng is composed of 止 chih to stop as radical, and 一 i one. It is explained as stopping at the boundary; hence right, proper, not awry, etc.

Tzŭ see title. [Corrector of Texts was an office in the Han-lin College or National Academy of leading scholars.]


327. He, although a child,
Pi3 sui2 yu4
He although young


Pi see line 273.

Sui see line 285. Also read sui1.

Yu see line 23.


328. was already in an official post.
Shên1 i3 shih4
Body already official


Shên see line 90.

I is classed under radical 己 chi self, from which it differs almost imperceptibly, and means to cease, done, finished, very, excessively, etc. The Shuo Wên has no record of its development.

Shih see line 273.


329. You young learners
Erh2 yu4 hsüeh2
You young learn


Erh see line 297.

Yu see line 23.

Hsüeh see line 11.