沈约

Traditional form:

沈約

Pinyin (reading):

Shěn Yuē

Definitions:

• Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書／宋书

Characters:

• 沈 - to sink, to submerge; addicted; surname
• 约 - treaty, covenant, agreement

Traditional characters:

• 沈 - to sink, to submerge; addicted; surname
• 約 - treaty, covenant, agreement