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Yan (surname 严)
In 2008, the surname " ()", pinyin ''Yán'', or Yim in Cantonese was estimated to be the 92nd most common surname in the People's Republic of China, shared by around 2.2 million citizens. It is the 27th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. This surname has various origins. In the state of Chu, the branch of Xiong (熊) of the Zhuang surname (莊) was renamed to Yan (嚴). The Zhuang (莊) family changed their names to Yan () upon the ascension of the Han Ming Emperor, whose personal name was Zhuang, owing to the naming taboo. In the state of Qin, many families with the surname Ying (嬴) were renamed Yan (嚴). Citizens of the State of Yan (嚴國) in Ancient China were surnamed Yan (嚴). During the Sixteen Kingdoms, the royal family of Xianbei were given the surname Yan (嚴). Some ethnic minority groups in China, including the Xibe people, Yi people and Tu people, also use the surname Yan (嚴) Origins People with the surname Zhuang (莊) changed it to 嚴 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhuang (surname)
Zhuang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in simplified character and in traditional character. It's usually romanized as "Chuang" in Taiwan based in Wade-Giles. It is spoken in the first tone: ''Zhuāng''. Zhuang is listed 323rd in the Song dynasty classic text '' Hundred Family Surnames''. As of 2008, it is the 113th most common surname in China, shared by 1.6 million people. Romanizations Zhuang is romanized as Chuang in the Wade-Giles system is usually employed in Taiwan and among the Chinese diaspora. It is romanized Chong in Cantonese; Chng, Tsng, or Ching in Hokkien. In Vietnamese, the surname formerly written as in ''Chữ Hán'' is now written Trang; in Korean, the surname formerly written as in Hanja is now written and romanized as Jang; in Japanese, the surname written in Kanji is romanized Shō. In Thai, it is written as จึง ( RTGS: ). Distribution As of 2008, Zhuang is the 113th most common surname in mainland China, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Ming
Yen Ming (; born 14 November 1949) was the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 8 August 2013 to 30 January 2015. Education Yen graduated from the Republic of China Air Force Academy in Kaohsiung. Early career Upon graduation, Yen worked his way through the Republic of China Air Force, serving as a wing commander, president of Air Force Academy, Air Force chief of staff and Air Force deputy commanding general. ROC Air Force General General position appointment In October 2008, Yen was promoted as the General of the Air Force. ROC Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff Chief of the General Staff position appointment On 3 January 2013, the Ministry of the Interior announced that President Ma Ying-jeou had approved the appointment of Yen to the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces. He would replace Lin Chen-yi who was appointed as the military strategy adviser to the President. ROC Minister of Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Jiaqi
Yan Jiaqi (; born December 25, 1942) is a Chinese political scientist and dissident. Biography Yan was born on 25 December 1942 in Wujin District, Changzhou, Jiangsu, during the Chinese Civil War. In 1959, he entered the University of Science and Technology of China, and then became the director of the Institute of Political Research of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where he published several essays and papers on political reform. In 1986, he published a "theory of leadership". His most famous book, written in collaboration with his wife Gao Gao, was ''Turbulent Decade: A History of the Cultural Revolution''. He became a political advisor of Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang during the 1980s, and was one of the leading intellectuals supporting the student movement in 1989. After the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, he fled to Paris, France, where he participated in forming the Federation for a Democratic China and was elected the federation's first president. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Huilian
Yan Huilian (born 18 June 1983) is a Chinese archer. She won individual event in the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ... and was second in the team event. References 1983 births Living people Archers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for China Paralympic silver medalists for China Chinese female archers Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in archery Paralympic archers for China 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yim Ho
Yim Ho (Chinese:嚴浩) is a Hong Kong director most active in the 1980s, and a leader of the Hong Kong New Wave. He began his career making television programs for RTHK, then became a film director in 1980. One of his most critically acclaimed works was ''Homecoming'' (1984). This film was different from other films of that period in that it presents certain emotions and sympathies towards the relationship between Mainland China and Hong Kong (the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed the same year ''Homecoming'' was released). The film brings together two very well known actresses, Josephine Koo and Siqin Gaowa. Anita Mui's theme song with the same title as the film has also been a popular cantopop song. Ho's son Linq Yim (Chinese:严艺之, otherwise known as 嚴羚) is an actor, musician, and director who acted in Ho's 2005 film ''A West Lake Moment'', and composed its original soundtrack. Filmography * ''The Extra'' (1978) * ''The Happening'' (1980) * ''Wedding Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geling Yan
Geling Yan (; born 16 November 1958) is a Chinese-American author and screenwriter. Early life Yan was born in Shanghai, China in 1958. She is the second child of Yan Dunxun and Jia Lin. She has an elder brother Yan Geping (严歌平). Her father is an alumnus of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University. Yan began performing as a dancer at age 12. She served in the People's Liberation Army in Chengdu, during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet and later as a journalist in the Sino-Vietnamese War, achieving a rank equivalent to lieutenant colonel. Yan holds a bachelor's degree in literature from Wuhan University, and a Master's in Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago. Career Works Her first novel was published in 1985. She is the author of such novels as ''The Banquet Bug'' (published as ''The Uninvited'' in the UK) and ''The Lost Daughter of Happiness'', as well as a story collection entitled ''White Snake and Other Stories''. Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Fu
Yan Fu (, IPA: ; courtesy name: Ji Dao, ; 8 January 1854 — 27 October 1921) was a Chinese military officer, newspaper editor, translator, and writer. He was most famous for introducing western ideas, including Darwin's "natural selection", to China in the late 19th century. Life On January 8, 1854, Yan Fu was born in what is modern-day Fuzhou, Fujian Province to a respectable scholar-gentry family in the trade of Chinese medicine. In his early years, Yan Fu’s father greatly encouraged Yan Fu to obtain a high level of education and prepare for the Imperial examination. However, the death of his father in 1866 caused an abrupt change to these plans. A year later, Yan Fu entered the Foochow Arsenal Academy () in Fuzhou, a Western school where he studied a variety of subjects including English, arithmetic, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, physics, chemistry, astrology and navigation. This was a turning point in young Yan Fu’s life as he was able to experience the first-ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Chia-kan
Yen Chia-kan (; 23 October 1905 – 24 December 1993), also known as C. K. Yen, was a Kuomintang politician. He succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as President of the Republic of China on 5 April 1975, being sworn in on 6 April 1975, and served out the remainder of Chiang's term until 20 May 1978. Early life He was born in Mudu, Wu County, Jiangsu province in 1905. He came of a prestigious Suzhou family, the Yan (Yen) Family of Dongshan (). He graduated from Saint John's University in Shanghai with a degree in chemistry in 1926. Political career In 1931, Yen began serving as a manager of the Shanghai railway administration. Yen started to work as director of the finance department of Fujian Provincial Government in 1938. During his term, he initiated a policy of land tax payment for farmers with their agricultural produce. This policy was then adopted nationwide across China and contributed significantly for the nation food supply during World War II. When he arrived in Taiwan in O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouting And Guiding In Mainland China
Scouting and Guiding in Mainland China was reported as banned (or ceased) with the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) by the Communist Party since 1949. Instead, the Young Pioneers of China and the Communist Youth League, led by the Communist Party, have become the dominant youth organization in mainland China for younger and older youth, respectively. However, China now has multiple and originally separate Scouting activities within its borders. In 2004, the Scout Club of Hainan (海南童子军俱乐部), borrowing heavily from Scouting in terms of emblems, uniforms and activities, was founded in Hainan Province; it is, however, not affiliated with worldwide Scouting. An attempt to organize a nationwide Scouting organization in Wuhan was ended by the government in 2004. The Scout Association of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国童军总会), founded in 2008 serves Venture Scouts (15 years old to 20) in both genders as well as Rover Scouts ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Chia-lin
Yen Jiā-lin (), also known as Benjamin Yen (1890-1967) was the founder of Scouting in China. He studied at Boone University and became an ordained minister in 1916. He studied at Springfield College and graduated with a Master's Degree in 1926. He spent the next year as a special exchange student at the General Theological Seminary in New York. He returned to China in 1927 and served as the chaplain at St. Hilda's School. He served on the National Board of the General Association of the Scouts of China and the China YMCA. He later traveled to Washington, D.C. for the 1935 Boy Scout Jamboree with a group of Chinese boy scouts. The jamboree was canceled due to a polio outbreak and the scouts toured the United States. He also traveled to the Netherlands with a group of boy scouts for the 5th World Scout Jamboree in 1937. Following the birth of the Republic of China, the first Scout troop was organized by Yen Chia-lin in Wuchang, Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms () from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The Three Kingdoms period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and was followed by the Western Jin dynasty. The short-lived state of Yan on the Liaodong Peninsula, which lasted from 237 to 238, is sometimes considered as a "4th kingdom". Academically, the period of the Three Kingdoms refers to the period between the establishment of Cao Wei in 220 and the conquest of the Eastern Wu by the Western Jin in 280. The earlier, "unofficial" part of the period, from 184 to 220, was marked by chaotic infighting between warlords in various parts of China during the downfall of the Eastern Han dynasty. The middle part of the period, from 220 to 263, was marked by a more militarily stable arrangement between three rival states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The later part of the era was marked by the conquest of Shu by Wei in 263, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shu Han
Han (; 221–263), known in historiography as Shu Han ( ) or Ji Han ( "Junior Han"), or often shortened to Shu (; pinyin: ''shŭ'' < : *''źjowk'' < Eastern Han Chinese: *''dźok''), was one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China in the Three Kingdoms period (220–280). The state was based in the area around present-day , , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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