孔尚任

Traditional form:

孔尚任

Pinyin (reading):

Kǒng Shàngrèn

Definitions:

• Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇 ( Táohuā Shàn)

Characters:

• 孔 - opening, hole, orifice; great
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 任 - to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office

Traditional characters:

• 孔 - opening, hole, orifice; great
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 任 - to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office