魏京生

wèi jīng shēng

Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

魏

wèi

name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States

京

jīng

abbr. for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]

生

shēng

to be born