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+ 白行簡 白行简 [Bai2 Xing2 jian3] /Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易, Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传/

+ 李娃傳 李娃传 [Li3 Wa2 zhuan4] /Tale of courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简 along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot/

+ 名妓 名妓 [ming2 ji4] /famous courtesan/

+ 督促 督促 [du1 cu4] /to urge sb to complete a task/

+ 波瀾老成 波澜老成 [bo1 lan2 lao3 cheng2] /splendid and powerful (of story)/majestic/awesome/

+ 波瀾 波澜 [bo1 lan2] /billows/great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)/

+ 翰林 翰林 [Han4 lin2] /refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院/

+ 翰林學士 翰林学士 [Han4 lin2 xue2 shi4] /members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards/

+ 永貞內禪 永贞内禅 [Yong3 zhen1 nei4 shan4] /Yongzhen abdication of 805/

+ 波瀾起伏 波澜起伏 [bo1 lan2 qi3 fu2] /one climax follows another (of thrilling story)/

+ 範仲淹 范仲淹 [Fan4 Zhong4 yan1] /Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043/also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记/

+ 慶曆新政 庆历新政 [Qing4 li4 xin1 zheng4] /failed reform of Northern Song government in 1043/

+ 岳陽樓記 岳阳楼记 [Yue4 yang2 lou2 ji4] /On Yueyang Tower by Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹|范仲淹/

+ 纏綿悱惻 缠绵悱恻 [chan2 mian2 fei3 ce4] /too sad for words (成语 saw)/exceedingly sentimental/a real tear-jerker/

+ 王叔文 王叔文 [Wang2 shu1 wen2] /Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805/

+ 永貞革新 永贞革新 [Yong3 zhen1 ge2 xin1] /Yongzhen reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文|王叔文/

+ 王伾 王伾 [Wang2 pi1] /Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805/