| 里 | li3 | village |
| 千里 | qian1 li3 | a long distance |
| 老子 | lao3 zi3 | daddy |
| 乌尔 | wu1 er3 | Ur (Sumerian city c. 4500 BC in modern Iraq) |
| 道家 | dao4 jia1 | Taoist |
| 孙武 | sun1 wu3 | Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius å”å (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War å«å兵法å™æ¦å…µæ³• |
| 山海经 | shan1 hai3 jing1 | Classic of River and Mountains |
| 杞国 | qi3 guo2 | the State of Q in modern Q county æžç¸£æžåŽ¿, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence |
| 晏子 | yan4 zi3 | Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as æ™å©´, hero of book æ™å春秋 |
| 楚辞 | chu3 ci2 | Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC) |
| 河姆渡 | he2 mu3 du4 | Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC |
| 老君 | lao3 jun1 | the sacred book of Daoism, é“德經é“å¾·ç» by Laozi |
| 三千五百 | san1 qian1 wu3 bai3 | 3 500 |