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The jian (Mandarin Chinese:, Chinese: 劍, English approximation: / dʒ j ɛ n / jyehn, Cantonese:) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period; [1] one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian.
A Jian is a straight, double-edged sword mainly used for stabbing; the term has been commonly translated into the English language as a longsword. Meanwhile, a dao is a single-edged sword (mostly curved from the Song dynasty forward) mainly used for cutting , and the term has been translated as a saber or a " knife ".
Jian is a given name of Chinese origin. Notable people with the name include: Real people. Cao Jian (died 225 or 226), prince in the state of Cao Wei in the Three ...
The surname 許 / 许 Xǔ has multiple theories regarding its origin.. One of the more credible ones states that the surname Xu originated from the feudal state of Xu in the area of Xǔchāng, now known as Jian'an District in Xuchang City, [1] of present-day Henan, during the Zhou dynasty.
Sun Jian (Chinese: 孫堅; pinyin: Sūn Jiān) (pronunciation ⓘ) (155–191? [ 2 ] ), courtesy name Wentai , was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. [ 3 ]
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When he found them, he honoured them in respect of Prince Bi Gan. The mother and child were restored to the Shang royal family. King Wu of Zhou conferred the surname Lin (meaning forest) and the Dukedom of Bo'ling on Prince Bi Gan's son, Lin (Lim/Lam) Jian (林坚), ennobled as the Duke of Bo'ling. [citation needed]
Xu Jian (Tang dynasty) (徐堅; 659–729), Tang dynasty writer and official Xu Jian (softball) (徐健; born 1970), Chinese softball player Xu Changsheng (徐常胜), a Chinese computer scientist who is a professor at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences