邹衍

Traditional form:

鄒衍

Pinyin (reading):

Zōu Yǎn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 邹 - an ancient state; surname
• 衍 - to overflow; to spread out

Traditional characters:

• 鄒 - an ancient state; surname
• 衍 - to overflow; to spread out