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顧炎武

简顾炎武 · 繁顧炎武

Mandarin · pinyin Gù Yán wǔ

Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄

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炎: yán · flame, blaze; hot
武: wǔ · military; martial, warlike
顾: gù · look back; look at; look after

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4–2–3 · Gu4 Yan2 wu3

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