柳宗元

Liǔ Zōngyuán
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動 and neoclassical 復古 movements

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Entry Composition

1 柳 Liǔ surname Liu
2 宗 Zōng surname Zong
3 元 yuán
  1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
  2. (bound form) first; original; primary
  3. (bound form) basic; fundamental
  4. (bound form) constituent; part
  5. (prefix) meta-
  6. (math.) argument; variable
  7. era (of a reign)
  8. (Tw) (geology) eon