卢梭

盧梭

Lúsuō

proper noun

Meanings

1 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Geneva-born Enlightenment philosopher, author of The Social Contract (社会契约论) and Emile (爱弥儿)

About Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1712–1778 · 思想家 thinker

Enlightenment thinker whose 社会契约论 opens "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" and helped inspire the French Revolution. Chinese readers also know his 忏悔录 (Confessions).

Characters

卢

Lú

surname Lu; black (phonetic)

梭

suō

shuttle (phonetic)

Examples

HSK 7-9

卢梭的《社会契约论》影响了法国大革命。

Lúsuō de 《 Shèhuì Qìyuē Lùn 》 yǐngxiǎng le Fǎguó Dàgémìng.

Rousseau's Social Contract influenced the French Revolution.

HSK 7-9

人生而自由，却无往不在枷锁之中。这是卢梭的名言。

Rén shēng ér zìyóu, què wúwǎng-búzài jiāsuǒ zhīzhōng. Zhè shì Lúsuō de míngyán.

'Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains' - a famous line from Rousseau.

Tips

history

His idea that sovereignty resides in the 公意 (general will) became a foundation of modern republicanism and was cited extensively by Robespierre. 爱弥儿 (Emile) founded modern progressive education.

mistakes

卢梭 (Rousseau) and 罗素 (Bertrand Russell) are easy to mix up: both render a 'Rous-/Russ-' name with similar sounds. 卢 is a common Chinese surname, but here it only carries the sound of 'Rou-'.

Stroke Order

卢 Lú

梭 suō

卢梭