施耐庵

Traditional form:

施耐庵

Pinyin (reading):

Shī Nài'ān

Definitions:

• Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳／水浒传 ( Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn)

Characters:

• 施 - to grant, to bestow; to act; surname
• 耐 - to resist, to bear; patient, enduring
• 庵 - Buddhist monastery or nunnery

Traditional characters:

• 施 - to grant, to bestow; to act; surname
• 耐 - to resist, to bear; patient, enduring
• 庵 - Buddhist monastery or nunnery