范仲淹

Traditional form:

范仲淹

Pinyin (reading):

Fàn Zhòngyān

Definitions:

• Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記／岳阳楼记 ( Yuèyáng Lóu Jì)

Characters:

• 范 - pattern, model, example; surname
• 仲 - middle brother; go between, mediator; surname
• 淹 - to drown, to immerse, to steep

Traditional characters:

• 范 - pattern, model, example; surname
• 仲 - middle brother; go between, mediator; surname
• 淹 - to drown, to immerse, to steep