太子 薨了
“His Highness has passed away.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
太后
“Empress Dowager!”
太 子 薨 了
“His Highness has passed away.”
我的儿啊 是朕害了我的彻儿 朕不该对他如此严苛
“My son! I am to blame for Che's death. I shouldn't have been so harsh on him, nor should I have let him flee the palace.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Traditional Chinese possessed strict feudal classifications for death: an emperor died via '崩', crown princes and feudal nobility via '薨', and commoners via '死'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
passed away (reserved for feudal lords or imperial princes)
A strict historical honorific term applied exclusively to the death of royalty or high-ranking nobility in pre-modern China.
Indicates the completion of an event and the sudden realization of a tragic new state of affairs.
