吕氏春秋

lǚ shì chūn qiū

lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]

吕

lǚ

pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

氏

shì

(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan")

春

chūn

spring (season)

秋

qiū

used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]