A name from a poem
江南
Pinyin jiāng nánusually a boy’s name
Keep Jiangnan’s fair lands close to the heart.
What’s wished for
“Just now Jiangnan is at its fairest” — Du Fu meeting Li Guinian. Water, flowers, an easy rich life.
Where it comes from
正是江南好风景
zhèng shì jiāng nán hǎo fēng jǐng
“Now the Southland is at its loveliest season,”
— Du Fu, “Meeting Li Guinian in Jiangnan” (江南逢李龟年)
About the two characters
- 江
- river; in older Chinese, the Yangtze
- 南
- south
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