Qian Kuan ( 835 – 16 May 895),
courtesy name
A courtesy name (), also known as a style name, is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name. This practice is a tradition in the East Asian cultural sphere, including China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.Ulrich Theob ...
Hongdao, was the father of the warlord
who founded the
Wuyue kingdom.
Qian Kuan's tomb was discovered in October 1978 in Xishu Village (西墅村), Jinbei Subdistrict (锦北街道),
Lin'an City
Lin'an District () is one of ten District (China), urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province, East China, East China. It is located in northwest Zhejiang as a separate urban area of Hangz ...
, not far from his wife
Lady Shuiqiu's tomb which was discovered 2 years later. Though it survived the
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...
, Qian Kuan's tomb had been robbed at some point in history.
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830s births
895 deaths
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