Xiang or Hsiang may refer to:
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Xiang (place), the site of Hong Xiuquan's destruction of a Chinese idol early in the Taiping Rebellion
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Xiang (surname), three unrelated surnames: Chinese: 項 and Chinese: 向 (both ''Xiàng'') and Chinese: 相 (''Xiāng'')
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Xiang Chinese
Xiang or Hsiang (; ); Changsha Xiang: ''sian1 y3'', also known as Hunanese (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages, spoken mainly in Hunan province but also in northern Guangxi and parts of neighborin ...
, a group of Chinese varieties spoken in Hunan
*Xiang Island (simplified Chinese: 响沙; traditional Chinese: 響沙; pinyin: Xiǎngshā), a former island in the Yangtze estuary now forming part of
Chongming Island in Shanghai
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Xiang River
The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...
, river in South China
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Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
, abbreviated in Chinese as 湘 (''Xiāng''), a province of China
*Xiang, capital of the Shang dynasty during the reign of
He Dan Jia
People with the name
Xiang
*Half-brother of legendary Chinese leader
Emperor Shun
Emperor Shun () was a legendary leader of ancient China, regarded by some sources as one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors being the last of the Five Emperors. Tradition holds that he lived sometime between 2294 and 2184 BC. Tradition a ...
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Xiang of Xia (3rd millennium BC), fifth ruler of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty
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Duke Xiang of Song
Duke Xiang of Song (宋襄公) (died 637 BC) was the leader in the state of Song in the Spring and Autumn period. His personal name was Zifu (子茲甫) and he took his throne in 650 BC.
After the death of the Hegemon of China, Duke Huan of Qi, ...
(died 637 BC), a ruler of Sòng in the Spring and Autumn period
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Duke Xiang of Jin (died 621 BC), a ruler of Jin
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King Xiang of Zhou
King Xiang of Zhou (died 619BC), personal name Ji Zheng (), was the eighteenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the sixth of the Eastern Zhou. He was a successor of his father King Hui of Zhou.
He married Lady of the Dí, but later dismis ...
(died 619 BC), king of the Zhou dynasty
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Liu Xiang (disambiguation)
Hsiang
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Mina Hsiang (born 1981), administrator of the United States Digital Service
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Solomon Hsiang, scientist and economist
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Wu-Chung Hsiang (born 1935), Chinese-American mathematician
* (born 1937), Chinese-American mathematician; see
Kepler conjecture
See also
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Xiang Army
150px, Zeng Guofan, the leader of the Xiang Army
The Xiang Army or Hunan Army () was a standing army organized by Zeng Guofan from existing regional and village militia forces called '' tuanlian'' to contain the Taiping Rebellion in Qing China ...
raised in Hunan by Zeng Guofan during the Qing dynasty
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Townships of the People's Republic of China
Townships (), formally township-level divisions (), are the basic level (fourth-level administrative units) of political divisions in China. They are similar to municipalities and communes in other countries and in turn may contain village commi ...
and Taiwan (simplified Chinese: 乡; traditional Chinese: 鄉; pinyin: xiāng)
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