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Duan Liao
Duan Liao (段遼) (died 339), also known as Duan Huliao (段護遼), was a Xianbei chieftain of the Duan tribe during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of China. He was the last chieftain of the Duan state before it was conquered in 338. Duan Liao launched a number of attacks against the Duke of Liaodong and later Prince of Former Yan, Murong Huang after civil war erupted between Huang and his brother, Murong Ren. Duan Liao met with repeated failures, and in 338, Murong Huang and Shi Hu of Later Zhao formed an alliance for a joint campaign against the Duans which resulted in the destruction of their state. Duan Liao surrendered to Murong Huang, but later rebelled and was killed in 339. Although the Duan tribe's state was destroyed, they remained an important family throughout the period through their marriages with the Murongs. Life Becoming chieftain Duan Liao was the grandson of Duan Rilujuan, the accredited founder of the Duan tribe. In 325, his cousin, Duan Ya, became the tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duan (surname)
Duan ( zh, c=段, p=Duàn; ; vi, Đoàn) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be found in China, Vietnam and Korea. Notable people Mainland China * Duan Sui (died 386), a ruler of the Xianbei state Western Yan * Duan Ye (died 401), the first king of the Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms period * Duan Siping (893-944), founder of the Kingdom of Dali * Duan Yucai (1735–1815), philologist * Duan Qirui (1865–1936), warlord and politician, President of the Republic of China * Duan Qingbo (1964–2019), archaeologist * Duan Yixuan, singer, actress, and member of the Chinese idol group SNH48 * Duan Aojuan, singer, former member of Rocket Girls 101 Vietnam * Đoàn Thượng (; 1181–1228), general of the Lý dynasty of King Lý Cao Tông and Lý Huệ Tông. * Đoàn Thị Điểm (; 1705–1748), female poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Prefecture
You Prefecture or You Province, also known by its Chinese name Youzhou, was a prefecture ('' zhou'') in northern China during its imperial era. "You Province" was cited in some ancient sources as one of the nine or twelve original provinces of China around the 22nd century BC, but You Prefecture was used in actual administration from 106 BC to the tenth century. As is standard in Chinese, the same name "Youzhou" was also often used to describe the prefectural seat or provincial capital from which the area was administered. You was first created in 106 BC as a province-sized prefecture during the Western Han Dynasty to administer a large swath of the dynasty's northern frontier that stretched from modern-day Shanxi Province in the west and Shandong Province in the south, through northeastern Hebei Province, southern Liaoning Province and southern Inner Mongolia to Korea. The prefectural capital was the City of Ji in modern Beijing. This prefecture continued to be centered i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Yu (Sixteen Kingdoms)
Yang Yu or Yu Yang may refer to: People surnamed Yang *Yang Yu (swimmer) (born 1985), Chinese female swimmer * Yang Yu (footballer) (born 1985), Chinese football player * Yang Yu (freestyle skier) (born 1991), Chinese freestyle skier, represented China at the 2011 Asian Winter Games * Yang Yü (diplomat) (born 1840), Chinese ambassador to the US and Russia People surnamed Yu *Yu Yang (field hockey) (born 1979), Chinese field hockey player *Yu Yang (badminton) (born 1986), Chinese female badminton player * Yu Yang (footballer) (born 1989), Chinese football player * Yu Yang (footballer, born 1983), Chinese former football player See also *Yang You (605–619), known as Yang Yu in Wade-Giles, puppet Sui dynasty emperor *Yang Su (diplomat) ( 1410), or Yang Yu in some sources, Joseon diplomat and ambassador to Japan * Yangyu (other) for a list of places *Yuyang (other) Yuyang may refer to the following places in China: *Yuyang District, a district in Yulin, Shaanxi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harqin Zuoyi Mongol Autonomous County
Harqin Zuoyi Mongol Autonomous County (), commonly abbreviated as Kazuo County (), is a Mongolian autonomous county in the west of Liaoning province, China. It is under the administration of Chaoyang City, to the northeast, and has a population of 420,000 residing in an area of . Formerly known as Harqin Left Banner. Administrative divisions There are 11 towns and 11 townships in the county. Climate See also *Kharchin Mongols The Kharchin (, ; ), or Kharachin, is a subgroup of the Mongols residing mainly (and originally) in North-western Liaoning and Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. There are Khalkha-Kharchin Mongols in Dorno-Gobi Province (Kharchin Örtöö was part of the ... References External links Government website County-level divisions of Liaoning Chaoyang, Liaoning Mongol autonomous counties {{Liaoning-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jianchang County
Jianchang () is a county of Huludao City in the southwest of Liaoning province, China. It is the largest division of Huludao, with an area of , and population of 600,000, located in mountainous terrain west of that city, serviced by China National Highway 306. The Weizhangzi–Tashan railway also passes through the County. Near the border with Hebei province lies the Jianchang Longtan Grand Canyon, home to wide variety of plants and animals. In 2009 a Troodontid dinosaur fossil with feathers was discovered in Jianchang. It is the earliest known such fossil and provides evidence for the link between dinosaurs and birds. Also found here, in Jiufotang Formation rocks, was the early modern bird '' Schizooura''. Administrative divisions There are seven towns, 21 townships, and one ethnic township in the county. Towns: *Jianchang Jianchang () is a county of Huludao City in the southwest of Liaoning province, China. It is the largest division of Huludao, with an area of , and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murong Jun
Murong Jun (; 319–360), courtesy name Xuanying (宣英), formally Emperor Jingzhao of (Former) Yan ((前)燕景昭帝), was an emperor of the Former Yan. He was the dynasty's second ruler, but after first using the Jin dynasty-created title of Prince of Yan, was the first to use imperial title, as during his reign the state expanded from possessing merely modern Liaoning and parts of Hebei to nearly all of the territory north of the Yellow River and some substantial holdings south of the Yellow River. In the Book of Jin, Murong Jun was described as about two metres tall and having an imposing look. Early career Murong Jun was born in 319, while his father Murong Huang was still the heir apparent to his grandfather Murong Hui, the Jin-created Duke of Liaodong. In his youth, he was considered to be learned in both literary and military matters. Sometime after his father succeeded his grandfather in 333, he was made the heir apparent, a status that he retained after his fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feng Yi (Former Yan)
Feng Yi (died 365), courtesy name Zizhuan, was a Chinese official of Former Yan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. After his grandfather introduced him to Murong Hui in 310, Feng Yi would go on to be one of the few officials to serve four generations of Murong Hui's lineage. Feng distinguished himself during Murong Huang's tenure as Duke of Liaodong, consecutively defeating the rival Duan and Yuwen Xianbei clans, and later participating in the Yan-Wei War, in which he conquered Bohai and helped capture Ran Min. For his accomplishments, he was given the important positions of Chancellor of the State and subsequently Grand Commandant before dying in 365. Service under Murong Hui Feng Yi's family originated from Tiao County (蓨縣, in modern Hengshui, Hebei) in Bohai Commandery. His father was Feng Quan (封悛), and his grandfather was Feng Shi (封釋), both who served as Jin officials. Feng Shi fell ill in 310, so he sent Feng Yi to meet with the Grand Chanyu of the Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duan Lan
Duan may refer to: * Duan (surname), a Chinese surname ** Duan dynasty, the ruling dynasty of the Dali Kingdom * Duan tribe, pre-state tribe during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China * Duan language, spoken on the Laotian–Vietnamese border * Duan, mark of level in Chinese martial arts * Lê Duẩn, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1959 until his death in 1986, and leader of Vietnam from 1969 to 1986 * Du'an Yao Autonomous County, in Guangxi, China * Zaiyi Zaiyi (; Manchu: ; ''dzai-i''; 26 August 1856 – 10 January 1923),Edward J.M. Rhoads, ''Manchus & Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861–1928'', University of Washington Press, 2001 better k ..., Prince Duan (1856-1922), Manchu prince and statesman during the late Qing dynasty * Duan railway station, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liaoning
Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Historically a gateway between China proper and Manchuria, the modern Liaoning province was established in 1907 as Fengtian or Fengtien province and was renamed Liaoning in 1929. It was also known at that time as Mukden Province for the Manchu name of ''Shengjing'', the former name of Shenyang. Under the Japanese-puppet Manchukuo regime, the province reverted to its 1907 name, but the name Liaoning was restored for a brief time in 1945 and then again in 1954. Liaoning borders the Yellow Sea (Korea Bay) and Bohai Sea in the south, North Korea's North Pyongan and Chagang provinces in the southeast, Jilin to the northeast, Hebei to the southwest, and Inner Mongolia to the northw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaoyang, Liaoning
Chaoyang () is a prefecture-level city in western Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. With a vast land area of almost , it is by area the largest prefecture-level city in Liaoning, and borders on Hebei province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the west. The area under Chaoyang's jurisdictional control is split up into two counties (Jianping, Chaoyang), two urban districts (Longcheng, Shuangta), two county-level cities (Beipiao, Lingyuan), and the Harqin Left Wing Mongolian Autonomous County. The total regional population is 3 million, while the urban centre where the government office is located has a population of 430,000 and forms the core of Chaoyang. Known as China's 'fossil city', many important paleontological discoveries have been made in Chaoyang, and the Harqin region is the oldest currently known prehistoric site in northern China. Two of the most remarkable Early Cretaceous birds known to date were recovered in the vicinity of the Jiufotang Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuwen
The Yuwen ( < Eastern Han Chinese: *''waB-mun'' < *''waʔ-mən''Schuessler, Axel. 2007. ''An Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese''. University of Hawaii Press. p. 587, 514) is a originated from a pre-state clan of Xianbei ethnicity of Xiongnu origin during the era of |
Yuwen Yidougui
Yuwen Yidougui (宇文逸豆歸) ( 333–345), also known as Yuwen Houdougui (宇文俟豆歸), was a chieftain of the Yuwen-Xianbei tribe during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. He was the last chieftain of the tribe before they were conquered by the Murong state of Former Yan. Throughout his rule, Yidougui was in conflict with the Duke of Liaodong and later Prince of Yan, Murong Huang. He was defeated in the end, and the Yuwen clan's autonomy was abolished as Murong Huang absorbed their whole territory into his. Yidougui was the direct ancestor of Yuwen Tai, the paramount leader of Western Wei who laid the foundation of the Yuwen-led Northern Zhou state during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. Life Early reign According to the ''Book of Zhou'', Yuwen Yidougui was supposedly the ninth descendant of Yuwen Mona (宇文莫那). He was initially the chieftain of the eastern Yuwen tribe. In 333, Yuwen Qidegui, the head chief of the clan, was driven out (or killed) by Yidoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
