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王夫之

Wáng Fū zhīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

王夫之 王夫之 [Wang2 Fu1 zhi1] /Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition/

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  • 王
    wáng

    king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

    wàng

    (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)

    Wáng

    surname Wang

  • 夫
    fū

    husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

    fú

    (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

  • 之
    zhī

    (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it

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