義戰

See also: 义战

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (義戰)		義	戰
simp. (义战)		义	战

Etymology

From Mencius:

孟子曰：「《春秋》無義戰。彼善於此，則有之矣。征者上伐下也，敵國不相征也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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孟子曰：「《春秋》无义战。彼善于此，则有之矣。征者上伐下也，敌国不相征也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

Mèngzǐ yuē: ““chūnqiū” wú yìzhàn. Bǐ shàn yú cǐ, zé yǒu zhī yǐ. Zhēng zhě shàng fá xià yě, díguó bù xiàng zhēng yě.” [Pinyin]

Mencius said: "In the Spring and Autumn there was no just war. There were instances of better wars than others. Correction is when the overlord/superior punishes the underlings/inferiors. Rivalling states do not correct each other."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄓㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-chan⁴
    • Yale: yì-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihjann
    • Palladius: ичжань (ičžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

義戰

1. just war

   • 凡義戰都是互相援助的，凡非義戰都是應該使之轉變成為義戰的，這就是列寧主義的路線。 [MSC, trad.]
     凡义战都是互相援助的，凡非义战都是应该使之转变成为义战的，这就是列宁主义的路线。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論反對日本帝國主義的策略》 (On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Fán yìzhàn dōu shì hùxiāng yuánzhù de, fán fēiyìzhàn dōu shì yīnggāi shǐ zhī zhuǎnbiàn chéngwéi yìzhàn de, zhè jiùshì Lièníngzhǔyì de lùxiàn. [Pinyin]

     All just wars support each other, while all unjust wars should be turned into just wars—this is the Leninist line.