白行简 bái xíng jiǎn

DEFINITIONS

  1. Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]

CHARACTERS

白 bái white; pure, unblemished; bright
行 xíng go; walk; move, travel; circulate
简 jiǎn simple, terse, succinct, a letter