过庭录

Traditional form:

過庭錄

Pinyin (reading):

Guòtínglù

Definitions:

• lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁 ( Fàn Gōngchēng), containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty

Characters:

• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 庭 - court; courtyard; spacious hall or yard
• 录 - to copy, to record, to write down

Traditional characters:

• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 庭 - court; courtyard; spacious hall or yard
• 錄 - to copy, to record, to write down