春秋筆法
Chinese edit
spring and autumn; the four seasons | style of writing or drawing; penmanship; stroke order in which Chinese characters are written | ||
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trad. (春秋筆法) | 春秋 | 筆法 | |
simp. (春秋笔法) | 春秋 | 笔法 |
Etymology edit
春秋 (chūnqiū) refers to Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals, in which Confucius seldom made direct comments when evaluating historical events, but rather relied on different writing styles and vocabularies to convey his opinion.
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
春秋筆法
- to make value-laden evaluations through writing styles and vocabularies