颜师古 / 顏師古

yán​shī​gǔ

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]]

颜 (literal) → 颜/顏 · yán · Yan 师古 (literal) → 师古/師古 · shī​gǔ · to imitate the ancients

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