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陸西星

简陆西星 · 繁陸西星

Mandarin · pinyin Lù Xī xīng

Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義 Fēng shén Yǎn yì is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳 Xǔ Zhòng lín

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
陆: lù · land, continental; army

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4–1–1 · Lu4 Xi1 xing1

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