沛公
沛公
Pèi gōng
Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1])
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- Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1])
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公(gōng)— public
→项庄舞剑，意在沛公(Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi gōng)— lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at Feast at Hongmen 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 Yan4]
→五等爵位(wǔ děng jué wèi)— five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
→介之推(Jiè Zhī tuī)— Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明 (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
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