蘅塘退士

Héngtáng Tuìshì
assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅 Sūn Zhū (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首 Tángshī Sānbǎi Shǒu

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 蘅 héng Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
2 塘 táng
  1. dyke
  2. embankment
  3. pool or pond
  4. hot-water bathing pool
3 退 tuì
  1. to retreat; to withdraw
  2. to reject; to return (sth)
  3. to decline
4 士 shì
  1. member of the senior ministerial class (old)
  2. scholar (old)
  3. bachelor
  4. honorific
  5. soldier
  6. noncommissioned officer
  7. specialist worker