赵明诚

趙明誠
Zhào Míngchéng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Zhao Mingcheng (1081–1129), Northern Song collector of bronze and stone inscriptions, husband of Li Qingzhao

Examples

HSK 2
Zhào Míngchéng shì Lǐ Qīngzhào de zhàngfu.
Zhao Mingcheng was Li Qingzhao's husband.
HSK 7-9
Zhào Míngchéng hé Lǐ Qīngzhào yìqǐ shōují le hěnduō gǔdài de tóngqì hé shíkè.
Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao collected many ancient bronzes and stone inscriptions together.

Tips

history
His 金石录, Records on Bronze and Stone, catalogues about two thousand inscriptions in thirty juan. He died of illness in 1129, during the flight south from the Jin armies, and 李清照 saw the book through and wrote its afterword, which tells how their collection was gathered and then lost in the war.
culture
In that afterword she recalls their game after meals: one would name the book, chapter, page and line where some fact appeared, the winner drank tea first, and they laughed so hard the tea spilled into their laps. Later poets made the spilled tea an image of a happy marriage.

Stroke Order

赵 Zhào
明 míng
诚 chéng