Spring and Autumn

Etymology
, the attributive sense of, derived from the name of its seminal history, the Confucian classic . The title of the work reflected a common Chinese metonym, using "spring and autumn" to refer to the year as a whole.

Adjective

 * Of, from, or related to a period of Chinese history during the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, usually reckoned from its founding at Luoyang in 771 BC until the in 403 BC, considered to have begun the Warring States period.

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