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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