乾嘉三大家
Traditional form:
乾嘉三大家
Pinyin (reading):
Qián Jiāsāndàjiā
Definitions:
- Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓／蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼／赵翼
Characters:
- 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
- 嘉 - excellent; joyful; auspicious
- 三 - three
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
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