| 资治通鉴 |
Zī zhì Tōng jiàn |
A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls |
| 资 |
zī |
resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense |
| 治 |
zhì |
to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 鉴 |
jiàn |
variant of 鉴 |
| 鉴 |
jiàn |
old variant of 鉴 |
| 鉴 |
jiàn |
bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize |
| 鉴 |
jiàn |
variant of 鉴 |