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下九流

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xià jiǔ liú

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Child Words of 下九流

九
jiǔ

nine

下
xià

down

九流
jiǔ liú

the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[rú jiā], Daoists 道家[dào jiā], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[yīn yáng jiā], Legalists 法家[fǎ jiā], Logicians 名家[míng jiā], Mohists 墨家[mò jiā], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[zòng héng jiā], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[zá jiā], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[nóng jiā]

流
liú

to flow

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