(n) Confucius and Mencius
(n) (1) beginning of summer
(2) (obs) fourth month of the lunar calendar
(n) (1) Mencius (Meng Zi) (371-289BCE)
(2) the Discourses of Mencius - one of the Four Books
(n) (1) (obs) beginning of autumn
(2) seventh month of the lunar calendar
(n) (1) beginning of spring
(2) (obs) first month of the lunar calendar
(n) eldest daughter
(n) (1) (obs) beginning of winter
(2) tenth month of the lunar calendar
(n) The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius
(n) (uk) moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)
a tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
(n) root of a moso bamboo
(exp) the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning (lit: Mencius' mother, three moves)
(n) the teachings of Confucius and Mencius