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Definition
* 意外的事情。 事～。变～。～障。 * 原因。 缘～。原～。 * 有心，存心。 ～意。～杀（有意谋杀）。明知～犯。 * 老，旧，过去的，原来的。 ～事（a。旧事，成例；b。有连贯性的比较完整的事情，比较适合于口头讲述，"事"读轻声）。～人。～乡。～土（故乡）。～园（故乡）。～居。～国（故乡，亦指祖国）。～纸堆（泛指旧而多的文籍）。革～鼎新（"革"，除去；"鼎"，更新；破除旧的，建立新的）。～步自封（"故步"，原来的步子；"封"，限制；喻安于现状，不求进取。亦作"固步自封"）。 * 朋友，友情。 亲～。沾亲带～。 * 死亡（指人） ～去。病～。 * 所以，因此。 ～此。～而。 * 古同"顾"，反而
ancient, old; reason, because
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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