A name from a poem
如畫
Pinyin rú huàSimplified 如画usually a girl’s name
Mountains and rivers like a painted scroll — and you inside the scene.
What’s wished for
“Rivers and mountains like a painting” — Su Shi at Red Cliff. A wish that a life be colored as finely as that scroll.
Where it comes from
江山如画，一时多少豪杰
jiāng shān rú huà, yī shí duō shǎo háo jié
“Rivers and hills like a picture—how many heroes then!”
— Su Shi, “Remembering the Past at Red Cliff” (念奴娇·赤壁怀古)
About the two characters
- 如
- like, as if
- 畫
- painting
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