柳宗元 liǔ zōng yuán

DEFINITIONS

  1. Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements

CHARACTERS

柳 liǔ willow tree; pleasure
宗 zōng
HSK 6
lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan
元 yuán
HSK 3
first; dollar; origin; head