蘅塘退士
Traditional form:
蘅塘退士
Pinyin (reading):
Héngtáng Tuìshì
Definitions:
- assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅／孙诛 ( Sūn Zhū) (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首／唐诗三百首 ( Tángshī Sānbǎi Shǒu)
Characters:
- 蘅 - wild ginger; Asarum blumei
- 塘 - pond, tank; dike, embankment
- 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
- 士 - scholar, gentleman; soldier
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