[春秋, chūn qiū, ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ]spring and autumn; four seasons; the year; a person's age; Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), with many states contending for hegemony; Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State 722-481 BC, the earliest surviving Chinese history in the form of a#7093[Add to Longdo]
[公羊春秋, Gōng yáng chūn qiū, ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ]Mr Gongyang's annals or commentary on 春秋, early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊傳|公羊传[Add to Longdo]
[十六国春秋 / 十六國春秋, Shí liù guó Chūn qiū, ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ]history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻|崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls[Add to Longdo]
[吴越春秋 / 吳越春秋, Wú Yuè chūn qiū, ㄨˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ]History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔, 10 extant scrolls[Add to Longdo]
[吕氏春秋 / 呂氏春秋, Lǚ shì chūn qiū, ㄌㄩˇ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ]Mr Lü's Annals, a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin kingdom politician Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Add to Longdo]
[左氏春秋, Zuǒ shì chūn qiū, ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ]Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Add to Longdo]
[春秋三传 / 春秋三傳, Chūn qiū sān zhuàn, ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄙㄢ ㄓㄨㄢˋ]Three commentaries on the Spring and Autumn annals 春秋, including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Yuliang's annals 谷梁傳|谷梁传 and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuozhuan 左傳|左传[Add to Longdo]
[春秋五霸, chūn qiū wǔ bà, ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄨˇ ㄅㄚˋ]the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 楚莊王|楚庄王 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King[Add to Longdo]
[春秋左氏传 / 春秋左氏傳, chūn qiū Zuǒ shì zhuàn, ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ]Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Add to Longdo]
[晏子春秋, Yàn zǐ chūn qiū, ㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ]Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States[Add to Longdo]
[蟪蛄不知春秋, huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū, ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ]lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture[Add to Longdo]
[しゅんじゅう(P);はるあき, shunjuu (P); haruaki](n) (1) (See 五経) spring and autumn; spring and fall; months and years; (2) (しゅんじゅう only) the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals - one of the Five Classics; (P)#5466[Add to Longdo]
[しゅんじゅうのひっぽう, shunjuunohippou](n) critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect[Add to Longdo]