单词 | spring and autumn |
释义 | > as lemmasSpring and Autumn Spring and Autumn n. a period of Chinese history corresponding to the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty (approximately 771–464 bc); often attributive, as Spring and Autumn era, Spring and Autumn period, etc. [After Chinese chūnqiū, transferred use of chūnqiū, the name of a book of annals covering most of this period (both senses already found in Old Chinese, where the word could also be used to refer to historical writings more generally; compare chūn spring + qiū autumn); compare also chūnqiū shí, lit. ‘time of the springs and autumns’, denoting this period (already in Old Chinese)] . ΚΠ 1843 G. N. Wright China III. 61 Historians make the first foundations of Hoo-chow co-eval with the Chun-tsew, or spring and autumn of the Chinese historical æra. 1880 North-China Herald 20 July 57/3 Modern international politics are regarded by the Chinese of the Interstatal strife of the spring and autumn period. 1934 China Press (Shanghai) 10 Sept. ii. 9/4 Emperors and famous scholars of the seven kingdoms or Spring and Autumn dynasty. 1959 Arch. Chinese Art Soc. Amer. 13 86/2 Kung-sun Chiao, late 6th century B.C., one of the great statesmen active during the time of the Spring and Autumn era. 2004 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Aug. 17/1 Ornamental jade burial rings from the Spring and Autumn period. < as lemmas |
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