particle final particle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: In Literary Chinese, 矣 is analagous to 了 in modern Chinese in being placed after a verb to mark the perfect aspect (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 116) For example, 視之,苗則槁矣 'found the corn all withered' (Mengzi: 3.2/16/5, translation by Legge).

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朝闻道,夕死可矣久矣巧言令色鲜矣仁往事已矣

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