臣子 chénzǐ
chénzǐ
noun
an official in feudal court; a subject
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially used by an official to modestly refer himself (CC-CEDICT '臣子'; Guoyu '臣子'; Mathews 1931 '臣子', p. 40)
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- 卷二百零 列傳第一百二十五 儒學下 Volume 200 Biographies 125: Confucian Scholars 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
- 卷四 王道第六 Scroll 4 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 5
- 卷一百〇一 列傳第五十一: 李乂 薛登 韋湊 韓思復 張廷珪 王求禮 辛替否 Volume 101 Biographies 51: Li Yi, Xue Deng, Wei Cou, Han Sifu, Zhang Tinggui, Wang Qiuli, Xin Tifou Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
- 卷一百六十七 列傳第五十五 曹鼐 鄺埜 王佐 孫祥 袁彬 Volume 167 Biographies 55: Cao Nai, Kuang Ye, Wang Zuo, Sun Xiang, Yuan Bin History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
- 卷四百十七 列傳第一百七十六 喬行簡 范鍾 游似 趙葵 謝方叔 Volume 417 Biographies 176: Qiao Xingjian, Fan Zhong, You Si, Zhao Kui, Xie Fangshu History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 4
- 卷七十一 列傳第四十一 孫惠 熊遠 王鑒 陳頵 高崧 Volume 71 Biographies 41: Sun Hui; Xiong Yuan; Wang Jian; Chen Yun; Gao Song Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 4
- 卷三百七十三 列傳第一百三十二 朱弁 鄭望之 張邵 洪皓 Volume 373 Biographies 132: Zhu Bian, Zheng Wangzhi, Zhang Shao, Hong Hao History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷108之三 禮志四之三 Volume 108c Treatise 4: Rituals 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 4
- 卷七十 志第四十六 選舉二 Volume 70 Treatises 46: Selection of Officials 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
Collocations
- 臣子一 (臣子一) 臣子一例 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《書‧禮書》 Treatises - Rites — count: 8
- 臣子弟 (臣子弟) 而諸臣子弟無宮中之交 — Guanzi 管子, 君臣下第三十一 Chapter 31: A Ruler and his Ministers II — count: 6
- 失臣子 (失臣子) 不失臣子之禮 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十五 蒯伍江息夫傳 Volume 45: Kuai , Wu, Jiang and Xifu — count: 3
- 诚臣子 (誠臣子) 誠臣子至願 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十 杜周傳 Volume 60: Du Zhou — count: 3
- 为人臣子 (為人臣子) 為人臣子而不通於春秋之義者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《太史公自序》 Autobiographical Afterword of the Grand Historian — count: 3
- 缘臣子 (緣臣子) 頃者有司緣臣子之義 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九 元帝紀 Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan — count: 3
- 臣子大 (臣子大) 臣子大受命 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 卑臣子 (卑臣子) 卑臣子 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十六 鄭范陳賈張列傳 Volume 36: Biographies of Zheng, Fan, Chen, Jia, Zhang — count: 2
- 在臣子 (在臣子) 及在臣子 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two — count: 2
- 知臣子 (知臣子) 知臣子之道 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷四 王道第六 Scroll 4 — count: 2