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葛洪

Mandarin · pinyin Gě Hóng

Ge Hong (283–363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱朴子 Bào pǔ zǐ

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葛: gé · edible bean; surname
洪: hóng · vast, immense; flood, deluge

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3–2 · Ge3 Hong2

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