A general term for the four seasons and the eight major solar terms of the year; specifically, the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and the solar terms [[立春|立春|li4 chun1]], [[立夏|立夏|li4 xia4]], [[立秋|立秋|li4 qiu1]], [[立冬|立冬|li4 dong1]], [[春分|春分|chun1 fen1]], [[秋分|秋分|qiu1 fen1]], [[夏至|夏至|xia4 zhi4]], and [[冬至|冬至|dong1 zhi4]]

title of a series of folk love songs from the Southern Dynasties period, traditionally attributed to a woman named Zi Ye and categorized by the seasons