It is a title in premodern Chinese referring to a high official second in the five rankings for nobility (gong 公, hou 侯, bo 伯, zi 子, nan 男) according to Book of Rites.
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It is a title in premodern Chinese referring to a high official second in the five rankings for nobility (gong 公, hou 侯, bo 伯, zi 子, nan 男) according to Book of Rites.