Guan shen, Guān shēn: 3 definitions

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官身 [guān shēn] [guan shen]—
1. A person holding public office (公職 [gong zhi]). Song (宋 [song]) Dynasty. Yan Jidao's (晏幾道 [yan ji dao]) ci poem "Sheng Cha Zi: How Many Days Does an Official Body Have Leisure?" (生查子 [sheng cha zi]．幾日閒 [ji ri xian]): "How many days does an official body have leisure? When will worldly affairs (世事 [shi shi]) ever be enough?"
2. In the Yuan (元 [yuan]) and Ming (明 [ming]) Dynasties, prostitutes (妓女 [ji nu]) who, by custom, had to be registered with the government (官府 [guan fu]) and were ready to be summoned for service (徵調 [zheng diao]) at any time, were called "" (guān shēn). From Volume 25 of "The First Collection of Tales to Strike the Table and Amaze the World" (初刻拍案驚奇 [chu ke pai an jing qi]): "At this time, although the scholar (太學 [tai xue]) had passed the imperial examination (得第 [de di]), Pan Nu (盼奴 [pan nu]) was still a '' (guān shēn), and thus could not be married."

guān shēn:1. shēn rèn gōng zhí de rén. sòng． yàn jǐ dào 〈shēng chá zi． guān shēn jǐ rì xián〉 cí: “guān shēn jǐ rì xián, shì shì hé shí zú?”
2. yuán míng shí dài de jì nǚ, àn lì xū liè míng yú guān fǔ, suí shí tīng hòu zhēng diào, chēng wèi “guān shēn” . < chū kè pāi àn jīng qí> juǎn èr wǔ: “cǐ shí tài xué gù rán dé dì, pàn nú hái shì gè guān shēn, què jiù qǔ tā bù dé.”

guan shen:1. shen ren gong zhi de ren. song. yan ji dao ci: "guan shen ji ri xian, shi shi he shi zu?"
2. yuan ming shi dai de ji nu, an li xu lie ming yu guan fu, sui shi ting hou zheng diao, cheng wei "guan shen" . < chu ke pai an jing qi> juan er wu: "ci shi tai xue gu ran de di, pan nu hai shi ge guan shen, que jiu qu ta bu de."

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官紳 [guān shēn] [guan shen]—
Officials (官吏 [guan li]) and local gentry (地方紳士 [de fang shen shi]). From "Fuhui Quanshu (福惠全書 [fu hui quan shu]), Volume 8, Miscellaneous Taxes Section, School Rent (學租 [xue zu])": "The so-called school rent (學租 [xue zu]), as well as lands for ancestral halls for former worthies (先賢祠堂 [xian xian ci tang]) and academies (書院 [shu yuan]), were all purchased by officials and gentry through donations of their salaries (俸 [feng]) and wealth (貲 [zi])."

guān shēn: guān lì hé de fāng shēn shì. < fú huì quán shū． juǎn bā． zá kè bù． xué zū>: “suǒ wèi xué zū, jí xiān xián cí táng shū yuàn děng de, jiē guān shēn juān fèng zī suǒ gòu.”

guan shen: guan li he de fang shen shi. < fu hui quan shu. juan ba. za ke bu. xue zu>: "suo wei xue zu, ji xian xian ci tang shu yuan deng de, jie guan shen juan feng zi suo gou."