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	The chaos of English versions of Chinese names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A full Chinese name is always written and pronounced in Chinese by a family name followed by the given name.
		When you speak Mandarin, you call one person's given name or full name, or you call his/her family name with a title.
		However, it is still difficult to recognize a Chinese's family name and given name in English due to the lack of a standardized Chinese-English translation system.
	www.cs.mcgill.ca /~wyuan4/pro.html (289 words)

	Yuan (surname) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commemorative stele honouring Yuan An, erected in 117.
		Yuan Zhongyi (born 1932): archaeologist, curator of the Terracotta Army museum.
		Yuan Guiren (born 1950): academic, and Vice-minister of Education in the PRC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yuan_(surname) (4293 words)

	Radio Free Liberia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Yuan should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting the youngest son of General Thomas Quiwonkpa in their desire to achieve political power in Liberia.
		Yuan should know that little Jleteh does not have the authority to speak for the Quiwonkpa family, therefore, the statement attributed to him does not represent the views of the family, hence, and it should subsequently be disregarded by the general public.
		Yuan and their compatriots to publicly tell the Liberian people their levels of involvement in the failed coup which resulted into the death of Tom and a host of others.
	www.copla.org /2005100305.htm (714 words)

	Chinese surname - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A Chinese surname, family name (Template:Zh-d-cp) or clan name (氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among ethnic Chinese in overseas Chinese communities.
		From seniority within the family: In ancient usage, the characters of meng (孟), zhong (仲), shu (叔) and ji (季) were used to denote the first, second, third and fouth eldest sons in a family.
		As with the concentration of family names, this can also be explained statistically, as a person with an uncommon name could move to an unsettled area and leave this family name to large numbers of people.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Chinese_surname (2951 words)

	Chinese family name
		A Chinese family name/clan name/surname (姓 in pinyin: xìng4) refers to one of the over seven hundreds of family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups and is part of a Chinese name.
		Chinese family names are passed from the father, and there is generally a taboo against marriage between persons of the same surname.
		There are family names with three or more characters, but those are extremely rare and most likely have non-Han origin, for example, Aixinjueluo (愛新覺羅, also romanized as Aisin-gioro), the family name of the Manchu royal family of the Qing dynasty.
	www.fastload.org /ch/Chinese_family_name.html (538 words)

	Wikinfo \| Chinese family name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A Chinese family name, also called a clan name or surname (姓, pinyin: xìng), is one of the over seven hundred family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups.
		There are family names with three or more characters, but those are extremely rare and most likely have non-Han origin, for example, Aixinjueluo (愛新覺羅, also romanized from the Manchu language as Aisin Gioro, which was the family name of the Manchu royal family of the Qing dynasty.
		For example, the 55th most popular family name Xiao (肖) is almost unheard of in Hong Kong, as this "new" surname is "created" from oversimplifying the traditional surname "蕭" during the Cultural Revolution.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Chinese_family_name (1099 words)

	Yuan Shikai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yuan Shikai was born in the village of Zhangying (張營村), Xiangcheng county (項城縣), Chenzhou prefecture (陳州府), Henan province.
		Yuan fulfilled his promise to the revolutionaries and arranged for the abdication of the child emperor Puyi in return for being granted the position of the President of the Republic, replacing Sun.
		Yuan Shikai was elected Provisional President on February 14, 1912, by the Nanjing Provisional Senate, and sworn in on March 10.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yuan_Shikai (2950 words)

	Tags: names - If..Else Log
		For example, the Chinese family name of Yuan is believed to be descended from Yuan Taotu's use of his grandfather's name, Boyuan, as his surname.
		The decision to name the child in this manner was, perhaps, an attempt to shape the life of the child; that is, via a name, the child would be bound to a virtue or destiny.
		The generation name, is as the term suggests, a name shared by all those in the same generation.
	ifelse.co.uk /?tag=names (1567 words)

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		Since 1905, "middle name" gained a figurative connotation meaning a notable or outstanding attribute of a person.
		United States, the middle name is rarely used on official documents.
		given names are considered middle names, because they are positioned in the middle of the name (Chinese and Korean given names usually have two characters and are positioned after the family name), like Wong Shan Leung, where Shan is in the "middle".
	www.msu.edu /~chixingk/chifamilytree/middlename.htm (272 words)

	Chinese surname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: xìng) or clan name (氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities.
		Chinese family names are patrinomial, passed from father to children.
		The Kwong family for example, stabilized in Guangdong during the revolts of the Song Dynasty and migrated from the capital in the north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_surname (2870 words)

	Fong family name
		One member of his cabinet at this time was named Louie Goan, who was from the territory of Sai Ling.
		Though his princehood came to an end when the next Emperior Siu Ho ascended the throne in 2597 B.C. his descendants continued their family name Fong for some 4,600 years except one instance which was in the Southern Sung dynasty during the reign of Emperor Kao Chung (1127--1163 A.D.).
		The writer of this sketch is of the Kwong family, but because he was born in Toi Shan, one of the four counties, the native pronunciation of his family name is Fong instead of the Cantonese dialect Kwong.
	www.users.bigpond.com /vkelim/fong.html (1261 words)

	Vietnamese - Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China -- Research Into Origins Of Huns, Uygurs, ...
		Japanese, whom history chronicles repeatedly likened to the tattoo natives of the Yangtze Delta, had an interesting name for one of their four islands, i.e., Kyushu, a name that literally means the "nine prefectures" mapping the nine cauldrons that were supposedly devised by Lord Yu.
		In 1257, Vietnamese king, by the name of Chen, fled to an island and Hanoi was sacked.
		At the beginning of Later Han imperial authority was confirmed by the campaigns of Ma Yuan against the rebellion led by the Zheng (or Trung) sisters in the region of the Red River between 40 and 43 AD.
	www.republicanchina.org /vietnamese.htm (12016 words)

	Qu Yuan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Qu Yuan was a minister in the government of the state of Chu, descended of nobility and a champion of political loyalty and truth eager to maintain the Chu state's sovereignty.
		Qu Yuan advocated a policy of alliance with the other kingdoms of the period against the hegemonic state of Qin, which threatened to dominate them all.
		Qu Yuan is also regarded as one of the most prominent figures of Romanticism in Chinese literature, and his masterpieces influenced some of the greatest Romanticist poets in Tang Dynasty such as Li Bai and Du Fu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qu_Yuan (804 words)

	Yuan - China Economy - China Economy and China Trade
		Yuan (Traditional ChineseTC:元 or 圓; Simplified ChineseSC:元 Pinyin yuán WG yüan) is, in Chinese language, the base unit of currency, for example, US dollar is Mei yuan (美元).
		Yuan (family name)Yuan, one of several Chinese family names; 袁, 元, 苑, 原, 源, 爰 in Mandarin; 阮, 垣, 玄 in Cantonese.
		Yuan River (沅江 or 沅水), one of the four largest rivers in Hunan, a tributary of Yangtze River.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Yuan (195 words)

	Provinces
		Youzhou is the last bastion of resistance the surviving Yuan brothers hope to put up but Gongsun Kang executed the Yuan brothers for fear and presented their heads to Cao Cao.
		Felt cheated by Yuan Shao since he refused to divide the newly conquered province equally, Gongsun Zan mobilizes his forces for an assault to seize back Jizhou from Yuan Shao.
		Peace that were very much sought after returned to Jizhou with vanquishment of the Yuan family and the whole of Hebei falling under the domain of Cao Cao.
	www.3kingdoms.net /provinces.htm (2190 words)

	Chinese Name Explanation and Reference Chart (Xing, Ming and Zi, or style)
		I will start with an explanation of the different names which an officer may have and after that you will find a table for cross referenceing an officers surname and given name with their style.
		The family name or surname (Xing) is comes from their family while the given name (Ming) is given to them at birth.
		Many given names are the result of uneducated or illiterate parents, for example a child might be named with a number Zhang San (Zhang Three) or they may have a common word for their given name such as Lu Niu (Li Buffalo).
	www.kongming.net /novel/styles (739 words)

	The Perfect Baby Name
		Back in the 1970s, forward-thinking couples gave their children a combination of both mom's and dad's last names, and the hyphenation trend was born.
		Lynn Kusnierz and Mark Compton of Albany found that naming their son Cole Thomas Kusnierz Compton was a simple way to keep her name in the family without giving up the coveted middle name slot, which they wanted to use to honor Mark's father.
		Naming your baby is stressful, and rightfully so: The poor kid will have the moniker for the rest of his or her life.
	www.theperfectbabyname.com /upcomingevents.html (2012 words)

	Haiwang’s Chinese Learning Blog » Your Child’s Name
		At least 87 Chinese charactes share the sound of “Fu” and 45 share the sound of “Jing.” Of course, family names use a limited number of characters and may reduce the candicates for “Fu” to a few, and the same may apply to the first name.
		I will be able to tell you exactly what the name means if you can send me a graphic of the characters.
		The family name is hereditary, just like our American last names.
	blog.wku.edu /~haiwang.yuan/?p=54 (264 words)

	The Number 496 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In the year 496 AD Thrasamund became king of the Vandals.
		In the year 496 AD the ruling Tuoba family in the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty changed their family name to Yuan.
		In the year 496 AD Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I had Euphemius Patriarch of Constantinople deposed and sent into exile and Macedonius II was appointed as his successor.
	www.virtuescience.com /496.html (162 words)

	CNN.com - China police smash baby trade ring - Nov. 12, 2003
		The children had been abducted from families of migrant workers in Shenzhen, a boomtown bordering Hong Kong, and sold to farm families in nearby Guangdong province, the newspaper reported, citing Li Feng, director of public security in Shenzhen.
		The prime suspect, identified only by the family name Xu, is 47 years old and from Guangdong, the report said.
		Li, addressing a news conference in Shenzhen, said child kidnapping gangs were becoming less active in the wake of a police crackdown launched Sept. 9, when a 4-year-old boy was reported missing in the city, the report said.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/11/12/china.kidnapping.ap/index.html (279 words)

	StartupJournal \| Family Business Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It was only when he found one that he felt he could trust the family name with that he agreed to sell a majority stake.
		Welch met with the Pike family up to three times a week, sometimes sipping iced tea on the Pikes' porch on the weekends while discussing their business philosophies.
		Today, in addition to Pike Family Nurseries, Money Mailer and Carvel, Roark's investment portfolio includes Fastsigns International Inc., a franchiser of signs and graphics outlets, and U.S. Arbitrage Finance II, which invests in loans that are guaranteed by the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture.
	www.startupjournal.com /runbusiness/family/20050118-yuan.html (1515 words)

	Eaton Funeral Home - Obituary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		After graduating from Chung Yuan Christian University in Chung-Li, Taiwan, and receiving his Master of Science from National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Dr. Lee taught physics at Tatung University and the Chinese Culture University in Taipei, Taiwan during the early 1970s.
		In 1973, Dr. Lee immigrated to the United States to pursue doctoral studies in experimental solid-state physics at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
		Family, friends, colleagues, and former students fondly remember Dr. Lee’s kindness, sense of humor, and love for teaching and scholarly scientific inquiry.
	currentobituary.com /Memory.aspx?Memory_ObitdID=36291 (287 words)

	Chinese Peasants of Misery
		This is a typical balance sheet of a rural family in a fiscal year from March, 2000 until March, 2001, Nanchang city, Jiangxi Province.
		Name (identity withheld by request of the head of household)
		Apportion of Village Neighborhood Committee expenses: 860.60 Yuan ($104.95) (These overlapping fee is levied on the basis of households, number family members and amounts of farmland.
	www.chinalaborwatch.org /reports/peasant.htm (577 words)

	Haiwang’s Chinese Learning Blog » How to Say a Person’s English Name in Chinese
		People’s English names, in most cases, are transliterated into Chinese characters, which means they are translated into the Chinese characters which sound like the original English pronunciation.
		Chinese given names usually have some meanings, bearing the cultural background and idiosyncracy of those, usually their parents or grandparents, who name them.
		You can also translate meaning of a name if one wishes a Chinese name that is totally different from that of the original.
	blog.wku.edu /~haiwang.yuan/?p=49 (2536 words)

	Origin of the surname Ruan, Yuen, Nguyen (Vietnamese)
		The Ruan kingdom was eliminated by Zhou Wen Wang during the Shang Dynasty and its people began to bear the last name of Ruan.
		In Vietnamese, the surname Ruan is known as Nguyen, which is the most popular family name.
		Although not all Vietnamese who bear this family name can trace their roots back to their Chinese ancestors, Nguyen is clearly a Chinese name.
	www.yutopian.com /names/06/6Ruan179.html (333 words)

	yuan - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Yuan, yuan : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Yuan, yuan : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include yuan: li yuan, yuan jiang, yuan shih-k'ai, chang yuan wang, chen yuan tung, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=yuan&ls=a (210 words)

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		(pronounced: Woo Tching Yuwhen) In Chinese, the family name appears first, followed by the given name(s).
		In this case, the baby's given names are Qing Yuan.
		Wu is the equivalent of her "last name" in western culture.
	home.cfl.rr.com /babycampagna (89 words)

	Fiction Literature Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There is so much to learn and enjoy from this kilometric book; the poetry, the elaborate descriptions on court procedures, the politics, the family relations, the ghosts, the passing of time, the love affairs.
		They are referred to (very properly) by their official titles, and in the case of women, often referred to by their husband's title or where they live, or by association with a certain object or event.
		The term "genji" simply refers to a person of imperial descent who is given a surname and a position as a ranked "commoner." Characters' rank and title change over time, so a character may be referred to by a different term from one chapter to the next.
	www.e-book-store.com /Fiction_Literature/Fiction_Literature_73.html (8169 words)

	Medical Library Association: MLA-FOCUS 20020215 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		AHSL was Yuan's first stop on her four-month fellowship.
		The site includes an autobiography that provides important information about her name (her family name is "Yuan" and "Lin" is her first name).
		Pictures of China, her family, her activities in Tucson, and her Cunningham fellow itinerary are part of the site.
	www.mlanet.org /press/mla-focus/2002/mla-focus-20020215.html (789 words)

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