a member of a powerful and wealthy clan

Slight and offensive

Reduced corvee and taxes

Brilliant

assistance that one gets from another

as if it were the echo of the sound

get to the bottom of the matter(go to the heart of)

the wrath soaring to the sky

unnecessary worry(overcare)

Sleeping pillow

without precedent

easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free

study and learn by mutual discussion

cheat Heaven and the people

kind

alarm at the barking of dogs

sip wine slowly and hum a tune

One steps into the breach as another falls.

Failure or success is decreed beforehand.(Success and failure are predestined.)

softfur and well-fed horses-luxurious living