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文章 wén zhāng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
著作 zhù zuò to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:部[bu4]
文笔 wén bǐ writings / writing style
着作 zhù zuò literary work / writings / to write
大典 dà diǎn ceremony / collection of classical writings
管子 Guǎn zǐ Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 / (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 / of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school
作 zuò to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works
荀子 Xún zǐ Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher / the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
白话文 bái huà wén writings in the vernacular
红宝书 Hóng bǎo shū the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席語錄|毛主席语录[Mao2 Zhu3 xi2 Yu3 lu4])
骚 sāo trouble / disturbance / rumpus / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / literary writings / smell of urine / foul smell / male (animal) (dialect)
钻故纸堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers
外典写作 wài diǎn xiě zuò apocryphal writings
吠陀 fèi tuó Vedas (Hindu sacred writings or legends)
文苑英华 Wén yuàn Yīng huá Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[Xu2 Xuan4], Song Bai 宋白[Song4 Bai2] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[Su1 Yi4 jian3], 1000 scrolls
方册 fāng cè ancient books and volumes / classical writings
法律着作  legal writings
天趣 tiān qù natural charm (of writings, works of art etc)
三不朽 sān bù xiǔ the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])
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