曾朴

曾樸

Zēng Pǔ

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zeng Pu (1872–1935), late-Qing novelist and publisher, author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea

HSK 4

曾朴是《孽海花》的作者。

Zēng Pǔ shì 《 Nièhǎihuā 》 de zuòzhě.

Zeng Pu is the author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea.

HSK 7-9

曾朴晚年在上海开了一家书店，还翻译了不少法国小说。

Zēng Pǔ wǎnnián zài Shànghǎi kāi le yì jiā shūdiàn, hái fānyì le bùshǎo Fǎguó xiǎoshuō.

In his later years Zeng Pu opened a bookshop in Shanghai and translated a good deal of French fiction.

mistakes

曾 is read Zēng as a surname, as in 曾国藩. As the adverb 'once, ever' it is céng, as in 曾经.

history

The novel was begun by 金天翮, who wrote the first chapters. Zeng Pu took it over, wrote most of it and published it under the pen name 东亚病夫.

曾 céng

朴 pǔ