叔季

Chinese

		uncle in direct address	season; period
trad. (叔季)		叔	季
simp. #(叔季)		叔	季

Etymology

Duke Huan of Lu (711 BCE - 694 BCE) had four sons. His oldest son, Duke Zhuang of Lu, succeeded his father. His other three sons were Qingfu (慶父), Shu Ya (叔牙) and Ji You (季友), and they founded the clans known as the Three Huan. The latter two brothers became the patriarchs of powerful landlord families that later came to be used as a metaphor for those who monopolize power.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūjì, shújì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shujì
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: shū-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shujih
    • Palladius: шуцзи (šuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shújì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shújì
    • Wade–Giles: shu²-chi⁴
    • Yale: shú-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwujih
    • Palladius: шуцзи (šuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Noun

叔季

1. (archaic) those who monopolize power

Proper noun

叔季

1. (archaic) the House of the Descendants of Shu Ya (died 662 BCE) and the House of the Descendants of Ji You (died 644 BCE)

References

• 三桓 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 13, page 161, note 5 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN