微臣 (weichen) – Literally ‘your humble subject’. A self-effacing way for male officials to refer to themselves before the emperor and empress, just as women might say chennü (‘your female subject’).
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微臣 (weichen) – Literally ‘your humble subject’. A self-effacing way for male officials to refer to themselves before the emperor and empress, just as women might say chennü (‘your female subject’).
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