Qian

Proper noun

Meaning

Qian (plural Qians)

A surname.

Qian

A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

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953 ) Deaths * Qian Liu In fiction * The film Monty Python and the Holy Grail is set in this year. Source: Internet

An example of such would be Qian Xuan (1235–1305 AD), who was an official of the Song dynasty, but out of patriotism, refused to serve the Yuan court and dedicated himself to painting. Source: Internet

As Sima Qian himself explained in his Letter to Ren An: If even the lowest slave and scullion maid can bear to commit suicide, why should not one like myself be able to do what has to be done? Source: Internet

Barnouin and Yu 46 One of Zhou's agents working in Nanjing, Qian Zhuangfei, intercepted a telegram requesting further instructions from Nanjing on how to proceed, and abandoned his cover to personally warn Zhou of the impending crackdown. Source: Internet

Based on the reports of Zhang Qian, the Shiji describe Daxia as an important urban civilization of about one million people, living in walled cities under small city kings or magistrates. Source: Internet

Before compiling Shiji, in 104 BC, Sima Qian created Taichuli (太初历) which can be translated as 'The first calendar' on the basis of the Qin calendar. Source: Internet

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