NanyueNanyue (Chinese: 南越 or 南粵; pinyin: Nányuè; Jyutping: Naam4 Jyut6; lit. 'Southern Yue', Vietnamese: Nam Việt, Zhuang: Namz Yied) was an ancient kingdom founded in 204 BC by the Chinese general Zhao Tuo, whose family (known in Vietnamese as the Triệu dynasty) continued to rule until 111 BC. Nanyue's geographical expanse covered the modern Chinese subdivisions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau, southern Fujian and central to northern Vietnam.
Classical ChineseAlternative Chinese nameChinese古文Literal meaningancient writingVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetHán vănvăn ngônChữ Hán漢文文言Korean nameHangul한문Hanja漢文Japanese nameKanji漢文Classical Chinese is the style of Chinese language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from c. the 5th century BCE.
Temple namePosthumous titles for Sinosphere monarchs Temple names are posthumous titles accorded to monarchs of the Sinosphere for the purpose of ancestor worship. The practice of honoring monarchs with temple names began during the Shang dynasty in China and had since been adopted by other dynastic regimes in the Sinosphere, with the notable exception of Japan. Temple names should not be confused with era names (年號), regnal names (尊號) or posthumous names (謚號).
Zhao TuoHouseZhao (Triệu)DynastyNanyueFatherRen Ao (Nhâm Ngao)Vietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetTriệu ĐàChữ Hán趙佗Vietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetVũ ĐếChữ Hán武帝Zhao Tuo (240–137 BC, Chinese: 趙佗) also known as Emperor Wu and as Triệu Đà or Triệu Vũ Đế in Vietnamese, was a Chinese general of the Qin dynasty and the first king and emperor of Nanyue.Zhao YingqiHouseZhao (Triệu)DynastyNanyueZhao Yingqi (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhào Yīngqí; Jyutping: Ziu Jing Cai; Vietnamese: Triệu Anh Tề, ? – 115 BC) was the son of Zhao Mo and the third ruler of the kingdom of Nanyue. His rule began in 122 BC and ended with his death in 115 BC. After the Western Han dynasty aided Nanyue in fending off an invasion by Minyue, Zhao Mo sent his son Yingqi to the Western Han court, where he joined the emperor's guard (宿衛, Sù wèi).
MinyueToday part ofPeople's Republic of China∟Fujian (majority)Republic of China∟Fuchien (Kinmen and Matsu)Minyue (Chinese: ; Pinyin: Mǐnyuè, Mínyuè) was an ancient kingdom in what is now the Fujian province in southern China. It was a contemporary of the Han dynasty, and was later annexed by the Han empire as the dynasty expanded southward. The kingdom existed approximately from 306 BC to 110 BC.
Sima QianCourtesy nameTraditional Chinese子長Simplified Chinese子长Sima Qian (c. 145 BC – c. 86 BC) was a Chinese historian during the early Han dynasty.PinyinThe Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, commonly called Hanyu Pinyin or simply pinyin (pīnyīn), is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. Hanyu literally means 'Han language' — that is, the Chinese language — while pinyin literally means 'spelled sounds'. Pinyin is the official romanization system used in China, Singapore and the United Nations.
Triệu dynastyToday part ofVietnamChina
Chinese languageChinese (spoken: simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, written: 中文; Zhōngwén) is a collection of language varieties containing almost all Sinitic languages except Macro-Bai languages, natively spoken by the Han Chinese and some ethnic minorities in Greater China, as well as by communities of the overseas Chinese.
Vietnamese languageAustroasiatic languageVietnamese (tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language primarily spoken throughout Vietnam where it is the official language. It belongs to the Vietic subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family. Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 86 million people, and as a second language by 11 million people, several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined.
Han dynastyImperial dynasty in China (202 BC – 220 AD)Chinese nameTraditional Chinese漢Simplified Chinese汉
ShijiAlternative Chinese nameTraditional Chinese太史公書Simplified Chinese太史公书Hanyu PinyinTàishǐgōng shūLiteral meaning"Records of the Grand Historian"Vietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetSử kýChữ Hán史記Korean nameHangul사기Japanese nameKanji史記The Shiji (traditional Chinese: 史記; simplified Chinese: 史记; pinyin: Shǐjì; lit.
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