李时珍

Traditional form:

李時珍

Pinyin (reading):

Lǐ Shízhēn

Definitions:

• Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目／本草纲目 ( Běncǎo Gāngmù)

Characters:

• 李 - plum; luggage; surname
• 时 - time, season; period, era, age
• 珍 - a treasure, a precious thing; rare, valuable

Traditional characters:

• 李 - plum; luggage; surname
• 時 - time, season; period, era, age
• 珍 - a treasure, a precious thing; rare, valuable