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Chinese musician playing the yueqin (right), 1874. The word yueqin is made of two characters, yuè (月 "moon") and qín (琴 "stringed instrument, zither"). Its name in Korean (wolgeum), Japanese (gekkin) and Vietnamese (nguyệt cầm) mean the same thing, and are Sinoxenic words, meaning they were borrowed from Chinese, but pronounced in the local way.
The Qin Empire (秦帝国) sought to unite and control all of China by defeating the other independent kingdoms. (Except for Gongshu Chou, the following characters in this section have prototypes in the history of Qin; Gongshu's name probably derives from that of Gongshu Ban who was a contemporary of Mozi.)
Yue was born 1914 in Lushan County, Sichuan as Yue Yizhong (Chinese: 樂以忠; pinyin: Yuè Yǐzhōng; Wade–Giles: Yüeh I-chung). [5] His family was Baptist Christian, having been evangelized by H. J. Openshaw around 1900, an American Baptist missionary stationed at Ya'an (Yachow-fu) at the time.
The Baiyue, Hundred Yue, or simply Yue, were various ethnic groups who inhabited the regions of southern China and northern Vietnam during the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They were known for their short hair, body tattoos, fine swords, and naval prowess.
Pan Yue: 潘岳 Alternate: 1963 1987 Jiangsu: Han: Male Provincial-Ministerial [133] Pei Jinjia: 裴金佳 Alternate: 1963 1990 Fujian: Han: Male Provincial-Ministerial [134] Qi Yu: 齐玉 New: 1961 1982 Shaanxi: Han: Male Provincial-Ministerial [135] Qin Gang: 秦刚 New: 1966 1986 Hebei: Han: Male Deputy National Leader Resigned [96] [97 ...
LinkedIn took it a step further and looked at several other professions as well. The five most popular names among athletes were Ryan, Matt, Jessica, Matthew and Jason.
It was the noble house name of the Qin state during the Eastern Zhou dynasty, and the royal name of the subsequent Qin dynasty. Yíng Zheng was the first emperor of the unified Chinese empire. Ying was one of the " Eight Great Xing s of High Antiquity " ( 上 古 八 大 姓 ), along with Jī ( 姬 ), Yáo ( 姚 ), Sì ( 姒 ), Yún ( 妘 ...
Qin-Lian (lower left), among other Yue and Pinghua groups in Guangxi and Guangdong The Qin–Lian language ( Hamlim Jijin or Hamlim Jujin ; Chinese : 欽廉语言 ; from the names of Qinzhou and Lianzhou ) is a southern branch of Yue Chinese spoken in the coastal part of Guangxi , including 3 main cities : Beihai , Qinzhou, Fangchenggang , and ...