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The scholar Yuan Liang (袁良), the earliest Ru'nan Yuan known by name, was an aide to the heir apparent, the future Emperor Ming of Han. His grandson Yuan An (袁安) made the family's fortunes, rising rapidly through the bureaucracy from 70 AD onwards, reaching the post of Minister over the Masses and playing an important role in policy ...
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 .
Lord Yuan then selected a stave of linyu bamboo, the top of which was withered. He broke off [the leaves] at the top and threw them to the ground, and the woman picked them up [before they hit the ground]. Lord Yuan then grabbed the bottom end of the bamboo and stabbed at the woman.
The name "yuanbao" is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the characters for "inaugural treasures". Under China's Tang dynasty , coins were inscribed Kai yuan tong bao ( 開 元 通寶 , "Circulating Treasure of the Beginning of an Era "), [ 5 ] [ 6 ] later abbreviated to yuanbao.
Yuan (surname), the transliteration of a number of Chinese family names (e.g. 袁, 元, 苑, 原, 源, 爰, 遠) Yuan Haowen (元好問; 1190–1257), Chinese poet, author, and official; Thai Yuan, a people of Northern Thailand Yuan language, commonly known as Northern Thai language, language of the Thai Yuan people
Yuen is a Cantonese Chinese surname, which can refer to: . 袁, 阮, 元, 源, 原 and 苑 Yuan (surname), the Pinyin transliteration of the Han Chinese surnames 袁, 元, 源, 原 and 苑
yuanshen (Chinese: 元神), one of the "three origins" in Chinese traditional medicine Yuan-Shih Chow (Chinese: 周元燊, Pinyin: Zhōu Yuánshēn), a Chinese-American probabilist Topics referred to by the same term
The Yang clan was founded by Boqiao (伯僑) and later become Yang Boqiao (楊伯僑) with Yang, as usual ducal courtesy name, son of Duke Wu of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period of the Ji (姬) surname, the surname of the royal family during the Zhou dynasty (c. 8th to 5th centuries BC) who was enfeoffed a vast land, the state of Yang, with ...