254q. | 權 | 奄 | 肆 | The hold on the people was relaxed, | |
Ch'üan2 | yen1 | ssŭ4 | |||
Power | extend | loose |
Ch'üan is composed of 木 mu tree or wood as radical, with an obsolete word meaning small goblet and pronounced kuan as phonetic.
Yen is composed of 大 ta great as radical, with 申 shên to extend as phonetic. One of its original meanings was to open out.
Ssŭ is composed of 長 ch'ang long as radical, with 隶 tai (line 235), here read shih, as phonetic. [The Rev. J. Doolittle gave the following translation of this line:—"The crafty eunuchs caused a revolt." But 奄 and 閹 do not appear to have been used interchangeably, each having a separate entry in the Shuo Wên.]
254r. | 寇 | 如 | 林 | and rebels sprang up thick as forests. | |
K'ou4 | ju2 | lin2 | |||
Rebels | like | forests |
K'ou is composed of 攴 p'u to tap as radical, and 完 wan to finish. It originally meant violent, and has been explained as referring to the completion of a gang or force previous to issuing forth. It is now classed under radical 宀 mien shelter, roof.
Ju see line 133.
Lin is composed of two 木 mu trees, and is an obvious ideogram.
254s. | 至 | 李 | 闖 | Then came Li Ch'uang, | |
Chih4 | li2 | ch'uang3 | |||
Reach | li | ch'uang |
Chih see line 94.
Li is composed of 木 mu tree as radical over 子 tzŭ child as phonetic. It means plum, but is here a surname.
Ch'uang is composed of 門 men a, door as radical, and 馬 ma a horse, q.d. a horse rushing out, bursting forth, etc., but is here a