陸秀夫
lù​xiù​fū

Lu Xiufu

  • created sense approved 陆秀夫/陸秀夫 · lù​xiù​fū · Lu Xiufu — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    陆秀夫 / 陸秀夫

    lù​xiù​fū

    Lu Xiufu

    Lu Xiufu (1238-1279), a loyalist politician and scholar of the late Southern Song Dynasty; he is famously remembered for carrying the child emperor on his back and jumping into the sea to commit suicide as the Song navy faced final defeat by the Mongol Yuan forces.

    陆 (literal) → 陆/陸 · lù · Lu 秀 (literal) → 秀 · xiù · elegant 夫 (literal) → 夫 · fū · man

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