Along the River (29 page)
Authors: Adeline Yen Mah
Tags: #China - History - Song dynasty; 960-1279, #Psychology, #Hypnotism, #Reincarnation, #Body; Mind & Spirit, #Juvenile Fiction, #Asia, #Fiction, #Historical, #People & Places
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 |
| Ah Wang  | Mei Lan’s father’s number-one manservant |
| An Kai  | Lady An Kai was the Emperor’s favorite concubine, and was the niece of Commissioner Ye Di |
| baba  T§T§ | father |
| Caijing  | Prime Minister to Emperor Huizong ( |
| Gang Bu Lang Zfiong  | Director of the Granary Bureau |
| Chun Lei  | “Spring Thunder”; name given by Lei Wei to a zither that he made |
| Confucius  | Chinese philosopher ( |
| Da Bi Zi  | “Big Nose” |
| da ren  | magistrate (literally “big person”) |
| Da Si Yue  | musician-in-chief |
| DaTueLing  | music officer |
before Emperor Huizong bestows upon him the royal surname of Zhao