顾炎武

Traditional form:

顧炎武

Pinyin (reading):

Gù Yánwǔ

Definitions:

• Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄／日知录

Characters:

• 顾 - to look back; to look at; to look after
• 炎 - flame, blaze; hot
• 武 - military; martial, warlike

Traditional characters:

• 顧 - to look back; to look at; to look after
• 炎 - flame, blaze; hot
• 武 - military; martial, warlike