shì gù
accident
CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]
shì gu
sophisticated
worldly-wise
shì gù
therefore
so
consequently
Hàn Shū
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 [Èr shí xì Shǐ], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Bān Gù] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
shī gǔ
following the ways of old
in imitation of ancient style
Qián Hàn Shū
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí xì Shǐ], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Bān Gù] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls