蘅塘退士

assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]

Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)

dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool

to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw

to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline

member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker