Duan
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Duan may refer to:
- Duan (tribe)Duan (tribe)The Duan was a pre-state tribe of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. The reason the tribe adopted the Han Chinese family name Duan is unknown. Duan Wuwuchen was given in 303 a hereditary title— the "Duke of Liaoxi" —by the Jin Dynasty...
, pre-state tribe during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China - Dan rankDan rankThe ranking system is a Japanese mark of level, which is used in modern fine arts and martial arts. Originally invented in a Go school in the Edo period, this system was applied to martial arts by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo and later introduced to other East Asia countries.In the modern...
mark of level in Japanese martial arts - Lê Duẩn an original founder of the Indochinese Communist Party
- Duan (surname) a Chinese surname
- Du'an Yao Autonomous County, in Guangxi, China
- Zaiyi, Prince Duan (1856-1922), Manchu prince and statesman during the late Qing dynasty
- Duan QiruiDuan QiruiDuan Qirui was a Chinese warlord and politician, commander in the Beiyang Army, and the Provisional Chief Executive of Republic of China from November 24, 1924 to April 20, 1926. He was arguably the most powerful man in China from 1916 to 1920.- Early life :Born in Hefei as Duan Qirui , his...
(1865 - 1936), Chinese politician - "DUAN" a tagTag (metadata)In online computer systems terminology, a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information . This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching...
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