lín​bū

Lin Bu

  • created sense approved 林逋 · lín​bū · Lin Bu — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    林逋

    lín​bū

    Lin Bu

    Northern Song dynasty poet (967-1028) known for his poems about plum blossoms and his reclusive lifestyle on Mount Gu in Hangzhou; he was famously said to have taken 'the plum as his wife and cranes as his children'.

    林 (literal) → 林 · lín · Lin 逋 (literal) → 逋 · bū · to flee

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