赵尔巽

Traditional form:

趙爾巽

Pinyin (reading):

Zhào Erxùn

Definitions:

• Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿

Characters:

• 赵 - ancient state; surname
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 巽 - mild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th of the 8 trigrams

Traditional characters:

• 趙 - ancient state; surname
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 巽 - mild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th of the 8 trigrams