Yang Jian or Jian Yang may refer to:
Historical figures
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Emperor Wen of Sui
Emperor Wen of Sui (; 21 July 541 – 13 August 604), personal name Yang Jian (), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (), was the founding Emperor of China, emperor of the Chinese Sui dynasty. As a Buddhist, he encouraged the spread of Buddhism through ...
(541–604), personal name Yang Jian, founder and emperor of the Sui dynasty
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Yang Jian (Sui prince)
Yang Jian (; 585 – 11 April 618), courtesy name Shiku (世胐), nickname Ahai (阿孩), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Sui dynasty. During the reign of his father Emperor Yang, he carried the title of Prince of Qi. When his father was k ...
(585–618), Sui dynasty prince and Emperor Wen's grandson
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Yang Jian (Song dynasty)
Yang Jian (, died 1121) was a '' huanguan'' (eunuch) and minister under Emperor Huizong of Song, best-known for implementing oppressive tax policies to increase government revenue. In subsequent works of fiction, such as the classic novels ''Water ...
(died 1121), Song dynasty eunuch politician
Sportspeople
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Yang Jian (rower)
Yang Jian (, born 25 August 1981) is a Chinese rower who competed in the Men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as ...
(born 1981), Chinese rower
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Yang Jian (footballer)
Yang Jian (; born 4 October 1988, in Shenyang) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for China League One side Liaoning Tieren as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Yang started his professional career in 2006 when he was promoted to Ch ...
(born 1988), Chinese footballer
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Yang Jian (diver)
Yang Jian (; born 10 June 1994) is a Chinese diver.
Yang started practicing gymnastics on his parents' will aged four and five years later he took up diving. His desire for risky jumps quickly brought him the nickname "King of Difficulty" among ...
(born 1994), Chinese diver
Others
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Erlang Shen
Erlang Shen, or simply Erlang, is a god in Chinese folk religion and Daoism, associated with water (flood control), justice, warriorhood, hunting, and demon subdual. He is commonly depicted as a young man with a third, truth-seeing eye in the mi ...
, personal name Yang Jian, a mythological Chinese God
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New Gods: Yang Jian'', 2022 animation film based on the character of Erlang Shen
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Jian Yang (politician)
Jian Yang (; born October 1962) is a Chinese New Zealander international relations academic, politician and a former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. Before moving to New Zealand, he was a member of the Chinese Communist Part ...
(born 1961), China-born New Zealand politician
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Jian Yang (geneticist)
Jian Yang is a Chinese statistical geneticist and Professor of Statistical Genomics at the University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience, as well as an affiliated professor at the Queensland Brain Institute. He received the 2015 ...
, statistical geneticist, Ruth Stephens Gani Medalist
See also
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Yangjian
Yangjian () is a town in Xishan District, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. , it administers Yangjian Residential Neighborhood and the following eight villages:
*Yangjian Village
*Nan Village ()
*Wanshan Village ()
*Langxia Village ()
*Nanfeng Village ()
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, a town in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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Yang Jiang
Yang Jiang (; 17 July 1911 – 25 May 2016) was a Chinese playwright, author, and translator. She wrote several successful comedies, and was the first Chinese person to produce a complete Chinese version of Miguel de Cervantes' novel ''Don Qu ...
(1911–2016), Chinese dramatist, writer, and translator
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