孔孟之道

kǒng mèng zhī dào

the teaching of Confucius and Mencius

孔

kǒng

hole

孟

mèng

first month of a season

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

道

dào

road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])