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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
韩愈 Hán Yù	韩愈 \| 韩愈* \| *韩愈	Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動｜古文运动 and neoclassical 復古｜复古 movements	韓愈

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
原道 yuándào	原道 \| 原道* \| *原道	original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈


人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 rénfēishēng'érzhīzhīzhě, shúnéngwúhuò	人非…无惑 \| 人非…无惑* \| *人非…无惑	Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈)	人非生而知之者，孰能無惑


唐宋八大家 Táng Sòngbādàjiā	唐宋八大家 \| 唐宋八大家* \| *唐宋八大家	Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動｜古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修, the Three Su father and sons 三蘇｜三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏｜曾巩


李翱 Lǐ Áo	李翱 \| 李翱* \| *李翱	Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈 in promoting classical writing 古文運動｜古文运动


道之所存，师之所存 dàozhīsuǒcún, shīzhīsuǒcún	道之…所存 \| 道之…所存* \| *道之…所存	If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈). / We should learn from one who knows the way.	道之所存，師之所存


道所存者，乃师所存者 dàosuǒcúnzhě, nǎishīsuǒcúnzhě	道所…存者 \| 道所…存者* \| *道所…存者	If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈). / We should learn from one who knows the way.	道所存者，乃師所存者


郡望 jùnwàng	郡望 \| 郡望* \| *郡望	choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a choronym-surname combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈 is also known as 韓昌黎｜韩昌黎, where 韓｜韩 is his surname and 昌黎 is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡.)

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