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

The Five Classics

• Kinh Thi (經詩): the Classic of Poetry
• Kinh Thư (經書): the Classic of History
• Kinh Lễ (經禮): the Book of Rites
• Kinh Dịch (經易): the I Ching
• Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋): the Spring and Autumn Annals