显赫: illustrious, celebrated...
途中: en route...
现行: to be in effect, in force, current...
药: medicine, drug, substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting), to poison...
启蒙: to instruct the young, to initiate, to awake sb from ignorance, to free sb from prejudice or superstition, primer, enlightened, the Enlightenment, Western learning from the late Qing dynasty...
取而代之: to substitute for sb, to remove and replace...
工夫: period of time (may be months, or mere seconds), spare time, skill, labor, effort...
煤气: coal gas, gas (fuel)...
票: bank note, ticket...
几: how much, how many, several, a few...
