孙奕 (Sūn Yì) · Sun Yi (Southern Song scholar, c. 12th–13th…

Meanings

1 Sun Yi (Southern Song scholar, c. 12th–13th century, author of 《履斋示儿编》)
2 a common Chinese personal name (孙 surname + 奕 'grand / brilliant')

About Sun Yi

Southern Song scholar known for 履斋示儿编, a book of notes on the classics, poetry, and the writing and sounds of characters, compiled to teach his sons and still used as a source on Song scholarship.

Also called 季昭、履斋

Characters

孙

Sūn

Sun (surname) / grandson

奕

yì

grand / magnificent

Examples

HSK 5

我同事叫孙奕，是个工程师。

Wǒ tóngshì jiào Sūn Yì, shì gè gōngchéngshī.

My colleague is called Sun Yi; he's an engineer.

HSK 7-9

孙奕著有《履斋示儿编》。

Sūn Yì zhù yǒu 《 Lǚ zhāi Shì'ér Biān 》.

Sun Yi wrote the Lüzhai Shi'er Bian.

Tips

culture

The 示儿 in his title, 'to instruct my sons', also names 陆游's deathbed poem 《示儿》, which asks his sons to tell him at the family altar when the lost north is won back.

mistakes

奕 is a favourite in modern given names, as with the singer 陈奕迅 (Eason Chan). Don't confuse it with 弈, the board game Go, as in 对弈 'to play a game of chess or Go'.