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自诩 to pose as; to flaunt oneself as / to boast of; to brag
自序 author's preface / autobiographical notes as introduction to a book
伍子胥 Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.
吴市吹箫 shì chuī xiāo (idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3ji4])
伍奢 Shē Wu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3xu1], official of the state of Chu, executed after being falsely accused by King Ping of Chu


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