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Mandarin · pinyin Liǔ Yì zhuàn

story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties

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柳: liǔ · willow tree; pleasure; 24th lunar mansion, determinative star δ Hydrae
毅: yì · resolute, decisive, firm, persist
傳: chuán · summon; propagate, transmit
传: chuán · summon; propagate, transmit

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3–4–4 · Liu3 Yi4 zhuan4

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