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Yuan Shikai, the most well-known person with the surname Yuan in modern history. His descendants are known to live in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia. Yuan Dehui (c. 19th century) was an interpreter, best known for translating sections of Emerich de Vattel's Le droit des gens into Chinese.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Mongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368) Great Yuan 大元 Dà Yuán (Chinese) ᠳᠠᠢ ᠦᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ Dai Ön ulus (Mongolian) 1271–1368 Yuan dynasty (c. 1290) Status Khagan -ruled division of the Mongol Empire Conquest dynasty of Imperial China Capital Khanbaliq (now Beijing ...
The ruling family of Northern Wei changed their surname from Tuoba (拓拔) to Yuan during the Change of Xianbei names to Han names. [1] According to a 2013 study, it was the 384th-most common surname, shared by 92,000 people or 0.0069% of the population, with the province with the most being Henan. [2]
Sources by the Ming dynasty claimed Örüg Temür Khan (Guilichi) abolished the name "Great Yuan" in 1402; he was however defeated by Öljei Temür Khan (Bunyashiri), protege of Tamerlane (Timur Barulas) in 1403. A few decades later the new khan Batumongke (1464–1517/43) took the title Dayan, some scholars believe it meaning "Da Yuan" or ...
(Lava is the name of one of the twin sons of the god Rama; see History of Lahore.) The name might also be from Ai-Lao (Lao: ອ້າຽລາວ, Isan: อ้ายลาว, Chinese: 哀牢; pinyin: Āiláo, Vietnamese: ai lao), the old Chinese name for the Tai ethnic groups to which the Lao people belong. [241]
The establishment of the Yuan dynasty had dramatically increased the number of Muslims in China. However, unlike the western khanates, the Yuan dynasty never converted to Islam. Instead, Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty, favored Buddhism, especially the Tibetan variants. As a result, Tibetan Buddhism became the de facto state religion.
The History of Yuan (Yuán Shǐ), also known as the Yuanshi, is one of the official Chinese historical works known as the Twenty-Four Histories of China.Commissioned by the court of the Ming dynasty, in accordance to political tradition, the text was composed in 1370 by the official Bureau of History of the Ming dynasty, under direction of Song Lian (1310–1381).
Jiang Yuan (Chinese: 姜嫄) is an important figure in Chinese mythology and history. She is recorded as having lived during ancient Chinese history. Jiang Yuan was the mother of Houji, who is a culture hero and revered as the god of millet.