范仲淹

fàn zhòng yān

Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]

范

fàn

surname Fan

仲

zhòng

second month of a season

淹

yān

to flood