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jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]
三国演义 Sān guó Yǎn Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
Hàn Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
汉族 Hàn Han ethnic group
成也萧何,败也萧何 chéng Xiāo , bài Xiāo lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
华佗 Huà Tuó Hua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty
韩江 Hán jiāng the Han river in Guangdong
前汉 Qián Hàn Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], Western Han dynasty
韩彦直 Hán Yàn zhí Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录[ju2 lu4]
范晔 Fàn historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书
袁绍 Yuán Shào Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
楚汉战争 Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu
汉代 Hàn dài the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
原道 yuán dào original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]
天人感应 tiān rén gǎn yìng interactions between heaven and mankind (Han Dynasty doctrine)
曹操 Cáo Cāo Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
贾谊 Jiǎ Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
脱支 tuō Zhī de-Sinicization and rejection of Han culture
韩非子 Hán Fēi another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1], Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
客家 jiā Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south
丰沛 fēng pèi copious / plentiful (of water) / surging (of waves) / refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖|汉高祖[Han4 Gao1 zu3] / fig. majestic
万户侯 wàn hóu Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles
月氏 Yuè zhī ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
唐宋八大家 Táng Sòng jiā the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
东汉 Dōng hàn Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220


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