唐宋八大家 táng sòng bā dà jiā

Eight great Tang–Song prose writers

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Definitions

  1. 1. Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement gǔ wén yùn dòng, namely: Han Yu hán yù, Liu Zongyuan liǔ zōng yuán, Ouyang Xiu ōu yáng xiū, the Three Su father and sons sān sū, Wang Anshi wáng ān shí, Zeng Gong zēng gǒng

Characters

Character Meaning
Tang dynasty (618-907); surname Tang; empty
surname Song; the Song dynasty (960-1279)
eight; 8
big; large; great
home; family; classifier for families or businesses