九章

Jiǔzhāng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Nine Pieces, a set of nine poems attributed to Qu Yuan in the Songs of Chu

Examples

HSK 4
《 Jiǔzhāng 》 shì Qū Yuán de jiǔ piān zuòpǐn, shōu zài 《 Chǔcí 》 lǐ.
The Nine Pieces are nine works by Qu Yuan, collected in the Songs of Chu.

Tips

usage
Each piece is cited with its own name after a dot: 《九章·涉江》, 《九章·橘颂》 'Ode to the Orange'. Han editors grouped the nine under this title. Do not confuse it with 九章算术, the Han maths classic, or with 九章, the photonic quantum computer China built in 2020 and named after that book.

Stroke Order

九 jiǔ
章 zhāng