范仲淹 fàn zhòng yān

DEFINITIONS

  1. Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记

CHARACTERS

范 fàn
HSK 5
surname; bee-like insect
仲 zhòng middle brother; go between, mediator; surname
淹 yān
HSK 6
drown; cover with liquid, steep