春秋筆法

Chinese

		spring and autumn; the four seasons	style of writing or drawing; penmanship; stroke order in which Chinese characters are written
trad. (春秋筆法)		春秋	筆法
simp. (春秋笔法)		春秋	笔法

Etymology

春秋 (chūnqiū) refers to Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals, in which Confucius seldom made direct comments when evaluating historical events, but rather relied on different writing styles and vocabularies to convey his opinion.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Chūnqiū bǐfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄑㄧㄡㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ cau¹ bat¹ faat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Chūnqiū bǐfǎ [Phonetic: chūnqiūbífǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄑㄧㄡㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Chunciou bǐfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻun¹-chʻiu¹ pi³-fa³
  - Yale: Chwūn-chyōu bǐ-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuenchiou biifaa
  - Palladius: Чуньцю бифа (Čunʹcju bifa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ cau¹ bat¹ faat³
  - Yale: chēun chāu bāt faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ tsau¹ bat⁷ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ ceo¹ bed¹ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³/

Idiom

春秋筆法

to make value-laden evaluations through writing styles and vocabularies
這篇文章並沒有春秋筆法，只是記錄事實而已。 [MSC, trad.]
这篇文章并没有春秋笔法，只是记录事实而已。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè piān wénzhāng bìng méiyǒu chūnqiūbǐfǎ, zhǐshì jìlù shìshí éryǐ. [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

“春秋筆法”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.