柳宗元 liǔ zōng yuán

Liu Zongyuan, Tang dynasty writer and poet

Word data

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Definitions

  1. 1. Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文运动gǔ wén yùn dòng and neoclassical 复古fù gǔ movements

Characters

Character Meaning
柳 liǔ
willow; surname Liu; old variant of 柳liǔ
宗 zōng HSK 6
school; sect; clan
元 yuán HSK 3
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); original; primary