Phonetic rendering of French/European surnames ending in '-ras' or '-rath':
莫 'mò' +
拉 'lā' +
斯 'sī.' The most-cited bearer in Chinese intellectual history texts is Charles Maurras (1868–1952), founder of the French royalist/nationalist movement Action Française (
法国行动派) and a controversial figure for his collaboration with Vichy France.