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A name from a poem

丹心

Pinyin dān xīnusually a boy’s name

The characters

丹
red cinnabar; by extension, loyal
心
the heart; also the mind within

Where it comes from

留取丹心照汗青

liú qǔ dān xīn zhào hàn qīng

“Leave a loyal heart to shine in history's annals of mind.”

— Wen Tianxiang, “Crossing the Lingding Sea” (过零丁洋)

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