English Explanatory Dictionary

Huainanzi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A 2nd-century bc record of Chinese mythology, legend, history, and thought.

Pronunciation

hwī′nän′dzœ′

Word forms

Huainanzi

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 淮南子 (Huáinánzǐ, “Writings of the Masters South of the Huai River”), the usual Chinese name of the work, from its origin among the scholars at the court of Liu An, prince of Huainan.

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