呂氏春秋

吕氏春秋
Lǚshìchūnqiū

Lüshi Chunqiu; Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals

Wiktionary

Homographs

呂氏春秋 Lǚshì Chūnqiū lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家 zhūzǐbǎijiā, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Qíndài Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋 Lǚ Bùwéi

Entry Composition

=1 呂 Lǚ surname Lü
=1 呂 lǚ pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
=2 氏 shì
  1. (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 Wángshì "the Wang clan")
  2. (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 Lǐ Wángshì "Mrs. Li, née Wang")
  3. (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
=2 氏 zhī
  1. used in 月氏 Yuèzhī
  2. used in 閼氏 yānzhī
=3 春秋 Chūnqiū
  1. Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
  2. Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
=3 春秋 chūnqiū
  1. spring and autumn
  2. four seasons
  3. year
  4. a person's age
  5. annals (used in book titles)