mǎn táng
whole audience
a sell-out (capacity audience)
jam-packed
Wèi Chí gōng
General Wei Chigong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
shǐ sī míng
Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安禄山, eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 Anshi rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱 against the Tang dynasty
rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
Yù chí Gōng
General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
Shǐ Sī míng
Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] against the Tang dynasty