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]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1921, 魯迅 [Lu Xun], 阿Q正傳 [The True Story of Ah Q]:

     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.]

     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.^{[note 1]}