Taxonomy of meanings for 社稷:　　

  • DEITY
    • NP[post-N]gods of the land and grain (of the lexically determinate subject, i.e. the main subject of the clause)
  • ALTAR
    • NP[post-N]pluralour altars of the land and grain; the altars of the land and grain of the subject of the sentence
    • NPpost-Naltars of the land and grain
  • NATION
    • NP(post-N)the nation of the the contextually determinate person
    • NP[post-N]our (one's) nation, national ancestral and moral heritage
    • NPindefiniteancestral altars 人社稷
    • NPabsocialthe nation
    • NPpost-N(the subject's own) sacred altars as symbols of nation> nation
    • NPpost=Nprthe nation/altars of the land and grain of Npr