The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting (29 page)

Authors: Adeline Yen Mah

BOOK: The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting

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For numbers 11 to 19, join the word for 10 with the unit number, so 11 is
shi yi
, 12 is
shi er
and so on.

Family, names and people:

Ah	a prefix to a name
Ah Li	the original name of Ah Zhao before Emperor Huizong bestows upon him the royal surname of Zhao
Ah Wang	Mei Lan’s father’s number-one manservant
An Kai	Lady An Kai was the Emperor’s favourite concubine, and was the niece of Commissioner Ye Di
Baba	father
Cai Jing	Prime Minister to Emperor Huizong ( AD 1047–1126)
Cang Bu Lang Zhong	Director of the Granary Bureau
Chun Lei	‘spring thunder’; name given by Lei Wei to a zither that he made
Confucius	Chinese philosopher ( c. 551–547 BC )
Da Bi Zi	‘big nose’
Da Ren	magistrate (literally ‘big person’)
Da Si Yue	Musician-in-Chief
Da Yue Ling	Music Officer