| 儒 |
Rú lín Wài shǐ | The Scholars, satirical Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吴敬梓 |
| 儒 |
rú | scholar / Confucian |
| 林 |
Lín | surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi |
| 林 |
lín | (bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) |
| 外 |
wài | outside / in addition / foreign / external |
| 史 |
Shǐ | surname Shi |
| 史 |
shǐ | history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China |