Bian is the

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of several

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlik ...

s, including Biàn 卞, Biān 边, Biǎn 扁, Biàn 弁, Biàn 汴, etc. Biān 边 is the most common of these names, while Biàn 卞 is the second-most common.

Notable people named Bian

卞 Biàn

It is the 86th name on the ''

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...

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989 Year 989 ( CMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Emperor Basil II uses his contingent of 6,000 Varangians to help him defeat ...

(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom.

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. . As of 2018, it is the 269th most common surname in China. * Bian He, discoverer of the

Heshibi Mr. He's jade or ''Heshibi'' was a sacred ceremonial '' bi (璧, "jade-disk with a round hole in center")'' used as regalia, which had an important role in Chinese history. First appearing during the mid-8th century BCE, it was cut into a ritual ...

Empress Dowager Bian Lady Bian (29 January 161According to the ''Book of Wei'' by Wang Chen et al., Lady Bian was born on the ''jisi'' day of the 12th month of the 3rd year of the ''Yanxi'' era of the reign of Emperor Huan of Han. ((后以汉延熹三年十二月己 ...

Cao Cao Cao Cao () (; 155 – 15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde (), was a Chinese statesman, warlord and poet. He was the penultimate grand chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and he amassed immense power in the dynasty's final years. As one o ...

* Empress Bian to

Cao Mao Cao Mao () (241 – 2 June 260), courtesy name Yanshi, was the fourth emperor of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was a grandson of Cao Pi, the first emperor of Wei. Described as intelligent and studious ...

* Empress Bian to

Cao Huan Cao Huan () (245/246–302/303), courtesy name Jingming, was the fifth and last emperor of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. On 4 February 266, he abdicated the throne in favour of Sima Yan (later Emperor Wu of the Jin d ...

* Bian Zhilin, poet in 20th century * Bian Zhongyun, deputy principal beaten to death with wooden sticks by a group of students during Beijing's Red August at the beginning of the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

Bian Yingui BIAN or Bian may refer to: Place *Kaifeng, a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, People's Republic of China *Uiseong, former name Bian, county in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea *Bian, Hamadan, a village in Iran *Bian River (Chi ...

, physicist specializing in

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and

aerodynamics Aerodynamics, from grc, ἀήρ ''aero'' (air) + grc, δυναμική (dynamics), is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing. It involves topics covered in the field of fluid dy ...

* Bian Xiaoxuan, historian in Chinese literature *

Bian Liunian Bian Liunian () is a Chinese musician, composer and musical director. He is responsible for the musical production of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony.Bian Jun Bian Jun (; born 15 July 1977) is a former Chinese international football player who is predominantly associated with his time at Shanghai Shenhua where he won the 1998 Chinese FA Cup. He would initially start his career with Shanghai Pudong wh ...

, former Chinese international football player *

Bian Lan Bian Lan (; born August 17, 1984) is a retired PR China, Chinese basketball player. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women and the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2009, ...

, retired Chinese basketball player *

Bian Ka Bian Ka (卞卡, born 5 January 1993) is a Chinese athlete specialising in the shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition ...

, Chinese shot putter *Bian Chuxian, singer and member of SNH48's Team SII

边 Biān

It is the 313th name on the ''

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. . As of 2018, it is the 200th most common surname in China. *

Bian Zhang Bian Zhang (died 186), originally named Bian Yun, was an official who lived in the Eastern Han dynasty of China. He served as the Prefect of Xin'an County. In 185, Beigong Boyu of the Qiang tribe rebelled in Liang Province. Beigong Boyu took ...

, official in the

Eastern Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by th ...

Queen Bian Queen Bian (; personal name unknown) was an empress of the Xianbei-led Chinese Western Qin dynasty. Her husband was Qifu Gangui (King Wuyuan). Shortly after Qifu Gangui became king in 388, after the death of his brother, the founding king Qifu ...

, empress of Western Qin *

Bian Hao Bian Hao (邊鎬), nickname Kangle (康樂), was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Southern Tang. Early in his career, he distinguished himself in campaigns against the agrarian army leader Zhang Yuxian and aga ...

, general of

Southern Tang Southern Tang () was a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which proclaimed itself to be the successor of the former Tang dynasty. The capital was located at Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu Province. ...

during the

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (), from 907 to 979, was an era of political upheaval and division in 10th-century Imperial China. Five dynastic states quickly succeeded one another in the Central Plain, and more than a dozen conc ...

Bian Jingzhao Bian Jingzhao (), styled Wenjin (), was a famed Chinese painter in the early Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown. He was a native of Longxi in Gansu Province Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northw ...

, painter in

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

Bian Shoumin Bian Shoumin (Chinese character, Chinese: 边寿民; 1684–1752; original name Bian Weiqi hinese: 边维祺, courtesy name as Yi-gong (颐公) or Jian-seng (漸僧), sobriquet as Weijian Laoren (苇间老人, or "Old man among Reeds"), is a f ...

, painter in Qing Dynasty * Bian Jinyang (边金阳; born 1993 in Heilongjiang, China) a Chinese author who published as a child *Bian Jiang, Chinese voice actor * Bian Hongmin, male Chinese volleyball player

扁 Biǎn

* Bian Que (real name ''Qin Yueren'' 秦越人), earliest known Chinese physician, according to semi-legends

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{{Reflist Chinese-language surnames Multiple Chinese surnames

Notable people named Bian

卞 Biàn

边 Biān

扁 Biǎn

See also

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