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鄒衍

简邹衍 · 繁鄒衍

Mandarin · pinyin Zōu Yǎn

Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

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衍: yǎn · overflow, spill over, spread out
邹: zōu · name of an ancient state; surname

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1–3 · Zou1 Yan3

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zau1 jin5

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