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  2. Jian - Wikipedia

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    The jian (Mandarin Chinese:, Chinese: 劍, English approximation: / dʒ j ɛ n / jyehn, Cantonese:) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period , [ 1 ] one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of ...

  3. Jian (sword breaker) - Wikipedia

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    Jian (middle) depicted in Chinese military compendium Wujing Zongyao. The jian (simplified Chinese: 锏; traditional Chinese: 鐧; pinyin: jiǎn) or tie tian (鐵鐧 or 鐵簡, lit. 'iron slip'), also known as Chinese swordbreaker or Chinese truncheon, [1] is a type of quad-edged straight mace or club specifically designed to break weapons with sharp edges.

  4. Jian (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Jian is a given name of Chinese origin. Notable people with the name include: Real people. Cao Jian (died 225 or 226), prince in the state of Cao Wei in the Three ...

  5. Names of China - Wikipedia

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    Joseph W. Esherick noted that while the Qing Emperors governed frontier non-Han areas in a different, separate system under the Lifanyuan and kept them separate from Han areas and administration, it was the Manchu Qing Emperors who expanded the definition of Zhongguo and made it "flexible" by using that term to refer to the entire Empire and ...

  6. Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    There are supposed to be the Jiān (鶼; jian 1): the mythical one-eyed bird with one wing; Jianjian (鶼鶼): a pair of such birds dependent on each other, inseparable, hence representing husband and wife. There was a Shang-Yang rainbird.

  7. Jian (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The jian (simplified Chinese: 剑; traditional Chinese: 劍; pinyin: Jiàn) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. Jian may also refer to: Weapons

  8. Emperor Wen of Sui - Wikipedia

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    Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝; 21 July 541 – 13 August 604 [2]), personal name Yang Jian (楊堅), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (普六茹堅), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Sui dynasty. As a Buddhist, he encouraged the spread of Buddhism through the state.

  9. Don Juan - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Wilhelm Troszel as Don Juan, by Józef Simmler, 1846. Don Juan (Spanish: [doŋ ˈxwan]), also known as Don Giovanni (), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women.