吕氏春秋

lǚ shì chūn qiū

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1. lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhū zǐ bǎi jiā], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[qín dài] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 bù wéi]

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Child Words of 吕氏春秋

• 春 春 chūn: spring (season)
• 秋 秋 qiū: autumn
• 吕 吕 lǚ: pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
• 春秋 春秋 chūn qiū: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
• 氏 氏 shì: clan name
• 氏 氏 zhī: see 月氏[yuè zhī] and 閼氏|阏氏[yān zhī]