Vocabulary

free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help

giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice

enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism)

announcing the succession to another's stage name

considering (a matter) carefully and silently; being lost in silent contemplation

reading carefully with appreciation

small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state)

worrying oneself (about); being anxious (about); fidgeting (about)

smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle

one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic

(being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions

earnest prayers being answered; realization of one's earnest wishes

very cautious person; very prudent person; very discreet person

replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new

deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply laid plan

entire human body; every inch of one's body

complete change in public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel

winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment

journey of life

personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character

quick and decisive; fast and daring

one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose

common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody

rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)

(two sides) being evenly matched in influence or power

being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)

concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)

concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)

purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

assiduousness; attending diligently to one's study or duties

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

eternally unchanging

everlasting; unchangeable; immortal

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality