K'uei

At the close of this remark, she also desired K'uei Kuan to sing the play: 'Hui Ming sends a letter.'

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

Ma K'uei, duke of Chih Kuo, by inheritance general of the third rank with the prefix of majesty afar; Hou Hsiao-keng, an hereditary viscount of the first degree, grandson of the duke of Hsiu Kuo, Hou Hsiao-ming by name; while the death of the consort of the duke of Shan Kuo had obliged his grandson Shih Kuang-chu to go into mourning so that he could not be present.

Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

By the end of the fourth century B.C. a large body of criminal law existed, supposedly collected by Li K'uei, which became the foundation of all later Chinese law.

A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

[131] 132 B.C. 6.1 Cf. Glossary, sub Wang K'uei; SC 110: 43, 44 = HS 94 A: 16a, b = de Groot,

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1944

The three principal stars of K'uei were then in 344°, 343° and 347°

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1944

[733] 1B: 18b to establish his son, [Liu] K'uei, as the King of Liang,

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1938

In the time of the Han Emperor Ming (58-75 A.D.), Chia K'uei petitioned the throne saying, "The five classics offer no proof or prophecy showing that the Liu family is the descendant of Yao; only Tso has any definite statement."

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1938

Chia K'uei; in 78 B.C. Kuei Hung [omission: Chinese characters] (HS 75: 1b) memorialized the throne, saying, "The house of Han carries on the line of Yao," so that in his time the Tso-chuan may have already contained this sentence.

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1938

Chia K'uei (A.D. 30-101) was known as the "Universal Scholar."

Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921

K'uei ascended to Heaven and became arbiter of the destinies of men of letters.

Myths and Legends of China 1909