韩彦直 (Hán Yànzhí) · Han Yanzhi, Song dynasty official and…

Meanings

1 Han Yanzhi, Song dynasty official and pioneering botanist

About Han Yanzhi

born 1131 · 学者 scholar

Southern Song official, son of the general 韩世忠, who as prefect of Wenzhou wrote 《橘录》 (1178), the earliest known book devoted to citrus, describing 27 kinds of oranges grown there.

Characters

talented man (literary)

直

zhí

upright / straight

Examples

HSK 6

韩彦直是宋代一位重要的官员和学者。

Hán Yànzhí shì Sòngdài yí wèi zhòngyào de guānyuán hé xuézhě.

Han Yanzhi was an important Song dynasty official and scholar.

HSK 7-9

韩彦直所写的《橘录》是世界上最早的柑橘专著。

Hán Yànzhí suǒ xiě de 《 Júlù 》 shì shìjiè shàng zuì zǎo de gānjú zhuānzhù.

Han Yanzhi's Treatise on Oranges is the earliest known monograph on citrus in the world.

Tips

culture

He sorted his 27 kinds into three groups whose names Chinese still uses: 柑, 橘 and 橙. Japan still calls the satsuma 温州みかん (unshū mikan), 'Wenzhou mandarin', after the region he wrote about.