| 宗圣侯 | zong1 sheng4 hou2 | hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants |
| 宗圣公 | zong1 sheng4 gong1 | hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants |
| 尚书经 | shang4 shu1 jing1 | Book of History |
| 曲阜孔庙 | qu1 fu4 kong3 miao4 | temple to Confucius in his home town Qufu |
| 爱莫大于心死 | ai4 mo4 da4 yu2 xin1 si3 | nothing more sad than a withered heart |
| 衍圣公府 | yan3 sheng4 gong1 fu3 | the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong |
| 诸子十家 | zhu1 zi3 shi2 jia1 | various sages and ten schools of thought |
| 钻坚仰高 | zuan4 jian1 yang3 gao1 | meticulous and diligent study |
| 鲁国人 | lu3 guo2 ren2 | person from Shandong |
| 曾子 | zeng1 zi3 | Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大å¸å¤§å¦[Da4 xue2] |
| 三十而立 | san1 shi2 er2 li4 | thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius) |
| 国家汉办 | guo2 jia1 han4 ban4 | abbr. to 漢辦汉办[Han4 ban4] |
| 孔圣人 | kong3 sheng4 ren2 | the Sage Confucius |