| 中庸 | Zhōng yōng | the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] |
| 中庸 | zhōng yōng | golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary |
| 四书 | Sì shū | Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 |