蔡东藩 Traditional form: 蔡東藩 Pinyin (reading): Cài Dōngfān Definitions: Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist Characters: 蔡 - a species of tortoise; surname 东 - east, eastern, eastward 藩 - boundary, fence, outlying border Traditional characters: 蔡 - a species of tortoise; surname 東 - east, eastern, eastward 藩 - boundary, fence, outlying border