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Luan (surname)
Luan is the Standard Chinese, Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in simplified Chinese and in traditional Chinese. Luan is listed 243rd in the Song dynasty Chinese classics, classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. As of 2008, it is the 226th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people. Notable people * Luan Bin (:zh:栾宾, 欒賓; 8th century BC), minister of Huan Shu of Quwo * Luan Cheng (:zh:栾共子, 欒成; died 709 BC), son of Luan Bin, minister of the Jin (Chinese state), State of Jin * Luan Zhi (:zh:栾枝, 欒枝; died 622 BC), son of Luan Cheng, general of Jin * Luan Dun (:zh:栾盾, 欒盾; 7th century BC), son of Luan Zhi, general of Jin * Luan Shu (:zh:欒書, 欒書; died 573 BC), son of Luan Dun, general of Jin * Luan Yan (:zh:欒黶, 欒黶; died 556 BC), son of Luan Shu, general of Jin * Luan Zhen (:zh:欒鍼, 欒鍼; died 559 BC), younger brother of Luan Yan, general of Jin * Luan Ying (:zh:欒盈, 欒盈; d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Chinese
Old Chinese, also called Archaic Chinese in older works, is the oldest attested stage of Chinese language, Chinese, and the ancestor of all modern varieties of Chinese. The earliest examples of Chinese are divinatory inscriptions on oracle bones from around 1250 BC, in the late Shang dynasty. Chinese bronze inscriptions, Bronze inscriptions became plentiful during the following Zhou dynasty. The latter part of the Zhou period saw a flowering of literature, including Four Books and Five Classics, classical works such as the ''Analects'', the ''Mencius (book), Mencius'', and the ''Zuo zhuan''. These works served as models for Literary Chinese (or Classical Chinese), which remained the written standard until the early twentieth century, thus preserving the vocabulary and grammar of late Old Chinese. Old Chinese was written with several early forms of Chinese characters, including Oracle bone script, Oracle Bone, Chinese bronze inscriptions, Bronze, and Seal scripts. Throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
