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Ran (surname)

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Ran is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. [1]

25 relations: Chinese characters, Chinese classics, Chinese surname, Disciples of Confucius, Eyal Ran, Gansu, Hundred Family Surnames, Israel Davis Cup team, King Wen of Zhou, Later Zhao, Nanyang Huizhong, Old Chinese, Pinyin, Ran Geng, Ran Min, Ran Qiu, Ran Yong, Ran Yunfei, Ran Zhi, Sixteen Kingdoms, Song dynasty, Standard Chinese, Tang dynasty, Twelve Philosophers, Wade–Giles.

Chinese characters

Chinese characters are logograms primarily used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese.

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Chinese classics

Chinese classic texts or canonical texts refers to the Chinese texts which originated before the imperial unification by the Qin dynasty in 221 BC, particularly the "Four Books and Five Classics" of the Neo-Confucian tradition, themselves a customary abridgment of the "Thirteen Classics".

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Chinese surname

Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities.

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Disciples of Confucius

According to Sima Qian, Confucius said: "The disciples who received my instructions, and could themselves comprehend them, were seventy-seven individuals.

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Eyal Ran

Eyal Ran (born November 21, 1972) is an Israeli former professional tennis player and former Captain of the Israel Davis Cup team.

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Gansu

Gansu (Tibetan: ཀན་སུའུ་ Kan su'u) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country.

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Hundred Family Surnames

The Hundred Family Surnames is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames.

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Israel Davis Cup team

The Israel Davis Cup team (Hebrew: נבחרת גביע דייוויס של ישראל) represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association. As of September 2017, Harel Levy became Captain of the team. The team plays primarily in Canada Stadium, which is the main venue of the Tennis Center in Ramat Hasharon, in Israel. The stadium is known for its high intensity, tough crowd, and good home environment. The surface is considered hard by world standards, a feature that plays to the advantage of Israeli competitors already used to it. The tough surface and even tougher crowd have earned the venue the nickname "Israhell" among visiting players. Over the protests of all four of their own players (including Harel Levy, who said: ""Only Ramat Hasharon.

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King Wen of Zhou

King Wen of Zhou (1152 1056 BC) was king of Zhou during the late Shang dynasty in ancient China.

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Later Zhao

The Later Zhao (319-351) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China.

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Nanyang Huizhong

Nanyang Huizhong (675-775 CE) was a Zen monk during the Tang Dynasty.

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Old Chinese

Old Chinese, also called Archaic Chinese in older works, is the oldest attested stage of Chinese, and the ancestor of all modern varieties of Chinese.

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Pinyin

Hanyu Pinyin Romanization, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan.

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Ran Geng

Ran Geng (born 544BC), also known by his courtesy name Boniu, was one of the most prominent disciples of Confucius.

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Ran Min

Ran Min (died 352), also known as Shi Min (石閔), posthumously honored by Former Yan as Heavenly Prince Daowu of (Ran) Wei ((冉)魏悼武天王), courtesy name Yongzeng (永曾), nickname Jinu (棘奴), was a military leader during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China and the only emperor of the short-lived state Ran Wei (冉魏).

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Ran Qiu

Ran Qiu (born 522BC), also known by his courtesy name Ziyou and as Ran You, was a leading disciple of Confucius.

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Ran Yong

Ran Yong (522 BC – ?), also known by his courtesy name Zhonggong, was one of the prominent disciples of Confucius.

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Ran Yunfei

Ran Yunfei (born 1965) is a Chinese writer and a high-profile democracy activist and blogger.

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Ran Zhi

Ran Zhi (died) was the crown prince of the short-lived Chinese state Ran Wei.

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Sixteen Kingdoms

The Sixteen Kingdoms, less commonly the Sixteen States, was a chaotic period in Chinese history from 304 CE to 439 CE when the political order of northern China fractured into a series of short-lived sovereign states, most of which were founded by the "Five Barbarians" who had settled in northern China during the preceding centuries and participated in the overthrow of the Western Jin dynasty in the early 4th century.

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Song dynasty

The Song dynasty (960–1279) was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese, also known as Modern Standard Mandarin, Standard Mandarin, or simply Mandarin, is a standard variety of Chinese that is the sole official language of both China and Taiwan (de facto), and also one of the four official languages of Singapore.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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Twelve Philosophers

The Twelve Philosophers or Wise Ones (Chinese: 哲, Shí'èr Zhé) are 12 eminent philosophers in the Chinese Confucian tradition.

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Wade–Giles

Wade–Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for Mandarin Chinese.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_(surname)

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