吳任臣

吴任臣
Wú Rènchén
Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 吳 Wú
  1. surname Wu
  2. area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
  3. name of states in southern China at different historical periods
=2 任 Rén surname Ren
=2 任 rèn
  1. to assign
  2. to appoint
  3. to take up a post
  4. office
  5. responsibility
  6. to let
  7. to allow
  8. to give free rein to
  9. no matter (how, what etc)
  10. classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
=2 任 rén
  1. (historical) an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
  2. (historical) an ancient woman's rank of nobility
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”)
  4. a surname
  5. alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”)
  6. an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
  7. an ancient woman's rank of nobility
3 臣 chén
  1. state official or subject in dynastic China
  2. I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
  3. Kangxi radical 131