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先王

xiān wáng

Definitions

  • former kings
  • former emperors
  • in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[yáo], Shun 舜[shùn], Yu 禹[yǔ], Tang 湯|汤[tāng] and the kings of Zhou

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