Proper noun
Qian (plural Qians)
A surname.
Qian
A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
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