师古 shīgǔ to imitate the ancients Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 颜师古 yánshīgǔ Yan Shigu (581–645) Tang dynasty historian, classicist, and linguist; grandson of [[颜之推|顏之推|yan2 zhi1 tui1]], he is famous for his authoritative annotations of the [[汉书|漢書|han4 shu1]] and the [[急就章|急就章|ji2 jiu4 zhang1]]