(literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service; (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]); (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4])

penal law; variant of 闢|辟[pi4]

to recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime)

(literary) death sentence; decapitation

to stand off; to make way

clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis); incisive; insightful

profound, thorough and moving

penetrating; incisive

see 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4]

Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by General Zhang Xun 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne