翦伯赞

Traditional form:

翦伯贊

Pinyin (reading):

Jiǎn Bózàn

Definitions:

• Jian Bozan (1898-1968), Chinese Marxist historian and vice-president of Bejing University 1952-1968

Characters:

• 翦 - scissors; to cut, to clip; to annihilate
• 伯 - older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count
• 赞 - to help, to support; to laud, to praise

Traditional characters:

• 翦 - scissors; to cut, to clip; to annihilate
• 伯 - older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count
• 贊 - to help, to support; to laud, to praise