Mí héng shì Dōnghàn mònián yí wèi yáncí xīlì de wénrén.
Mi Heng was a sharp-tongued scholar of the late Han period.
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祢 is not used as a common word in modern Chinese. Its classical meaning is the shrine of one's late father; it survives chiefly as the surname 祢 (as in the Han wit 祢衡). A separate reading 祢 is used in Christian texts to address God reverently.
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Archaic and surname-only in general use; the 祢 reading is confined to religious writing.
