Kinh Xuân Thu

Vietnamese

In the book, Sơ học vấn tân 初學問津 (1888), Kinh Xuân Thu is written as 經春秋 in the chữ Nôm gloss.

Etymology

kinh (“classic”) +‎ Xuân Thu (“spring and autumn”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧ swən˧˧ tʰu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ swəŋ˧˧ tʰʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ s⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˧˧ tʰʊw˧˧]

Proper noun

Kinh Xuân Thu • (經春秋)

1. (literature) the Spring and Autumn Annals (the chronicle of the state of Lu)

   Synonym: Lân Kinh

Coordinate terms

Tứ thư Ngũ kinh (四書五經, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

Tứ thư (四書, “Four Books”)

• Đại Học (大學, “Great Learning”)
• Trung Dung (中庸, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
• Luận Ngữ (論語, “Analects”)
• Mạnh Tử (孟子, “Mencius”)

Ngũ kinh (五經, “Five Classics”)

• Kinh Thi (經詩, “Classic of Poetry”)
• Kinh Thư (經書, “Book of Documents”)
• Kinh Lễ (經禮, “Book of Rites”)
• Kinh Dịch (經易, “I Ching”)
• Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)