乞骸骨的折子
“memorial requesting retirement,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
范川
“As for Fan Chuan's”
乞骸骨 的折子
“memorial requesting retirement,”
陛下已经准了
“His Majesty has already approved it.”
“Regarding your request to step down from office...”
Literally asking the emperor to 'return one's old bones' to be buried in one's homeland, this formulaic ritual allowed officials to gracefully exit political life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to request retirement due to old age (historical court idiom)
Literally 'begging for one's bones'; a formal classical phrase used by senior imperial ministers requesting honorable discharge.
memorial to the throne; folded official petition
Historical term specifically designating folded manuscript reports submitted to the emperor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“is hardly cold,”
“But these remains were already highly skeletonized.”
“Then it's highly probable that the remains belong to County Mayor Duojie.”