僭稱

僭稱

1. to make an improper claim; to profess inappropriately

   • 卻說袁術在淮南，地廣糧多，又有孫策所質玉璽，遂思僭稱帝號。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     却说袁术在淮南，地广粮多，又有孙策所质玉玺，遂思僭称帝号。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Què shuō Yuán Shù zài Huáinán, dì guǎng liáng duō, yòu yǒu Sūn Cè suǒ zhì yùxǐ, suì sī jiànchēng dìhào. [Pinyin]

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   • 總而言之，這一篇也便是「本傳」，但從我的文章著想，因為文體卑下，是「引車賣漿者流」所用的話，所以不敢僭稱。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     总而言之，这一篇也便是“本传”，但从我的文章着想，因为文体卑下，是“引车卖浆者流”所用的话，所以不敢僭称。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1921, 魯迅 [Lu Xun], 《阿Q正傳》 [The True Story of Ah Q]; translation by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang

     Zǒng'éryánzhī, zhè yī piān yě biàn shì “běnzhuàn”, dàn cóng wǒ de wénzhāng zhuóxiǎng, yīnwèi wéntǐ bēixià, shì “yǐnchēmàijiāng zhě liú” suǒ yòng de huà, suǒyǐ bùgǎn jiànchēng. [Pinyin]

     In short, this is indeed the actual bibliographical recount of life, but since I write in vulgar vein (as in the languages of hucksters and peddlers), I dare not reassuringly lie in order to claim that it deserves such a high-sounding of a title.