严复 Traditional form: 嚴復 Pinyin (reading): Yán Fù Definitions: Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences Characters: 严 - strict, rigorous, rigid; stern 复 - again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return Traditional characters: 嚴 - strict, rigorous, rigid; stern 復 - again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return