陶潜 Traditional form: 陶潛 Pinyin (reading): Táo Qián Definitions: Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶淵明/陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet Characters: 陶 - pottery, ceramics 潜 - to hide; secret, latent, hidden Traditional characters: 陶 - pottery, ceramics 潛 - to hide; secret, latent, hidden