◎ 张元寿Zhāng Yuánshòu 张元寿，并州人，家以杀生为业。 Zhāng Yuánshòu [was a] Bìngzhōu person. [His] family [was] with killing [of] lives for livelihood. [Note 1: As there are many other harmless...
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