The Five Dynasties

• Later Liang (907–923) In northern China, the founder Zhu Wen held the most power during the Liang Dynasty.
• The Later Tang Dynasty (923–936)
• The Later Jin Dynasty (936–946)
• The Later Han Dynasty (947–950)
• The Later Zhou Dynasty (951–960)
• Wu (904–937)
• Former Shu (907–925)
• Chu (907–951)

False The period of five dynasties lasted for 35 years.

Ten Kingdoms

It was called “Eastern Wu” because it occupied most of eastern China in the Three Kingdoms period, and “Sun Wu” because the family name of its rulers was “Sun”….Eastern Wu.

Wang Jun, in his report to the Jin imperial court, claimed that Sun Xin was killed in action. In fact, it was Wu’s naval commander-in-chief, Lu Jing, who was killed when Lexiang fell to the Jin forces. Du Yu’s army subsequently conquered Jiangling and killed the Wu general Wu Yan (伍延).

Jiangnan

Wu (or Woo or Wou) is also the Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname 胡 (Mandarin Hu), used in Hong Kong, and by overseas Chinese of Cantonese-speaking areas of Guangdong, Guangxi, and/or Hong Kong/Macau origin.

The Chinese word kong – 空 – kōng. (empty in Chinese)

English translation of 寒 ( han / hán ) – cold in Chinese.

Han (simplified Chinese: 韩; traditional Chinese: 韓; pinyin: Hán) is a common Chinese surname. It is the 15th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. In 2003, Han (韩) is ranked 25th in China in terms of the number of bearers at around 8 million persons. In 2019 it was the 28th most common surname in Mainland China.

In Sino-Korean, it translates to “King”, “Kingdom”, “country” or/and “Korean people”. Han is the oldest name in Korea….Han (Korean surname)

Hun (Chinese: 魂; pinyin: hún; Wade–Giles: hun; lit. ‘cloud-soul’) and po (Chinese: 魄; pinyin: pò; Wade–Giles: p’o; lit. ‘white-soul’) are types of souls in Chinese philosophy and traditional religion.

Hun (“cloud-soul”) and Po (“white-soul”) are the Chinese names for the ethereal and corporeal soul — or formless and tangible consciousness — within Chinese philosophy, medicine, and Taoist practice.

Hans is a Germanic masculine given name in German, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Faroese, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish-speaking populations. It was originally short for Johannes (John), but is now also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes.

Here are the top ten surnames in China, along with their meanings:

• Wang (王) Wang is the most common surname in mainland China, which represents 92.8 million people, and is a royal surname meaning ‘King’.
• Li (李)
• Zhang (张)
• Liu (刘)
• Chen (陈)
• Yang (杨)
• Huang (黄)
• Zhao (赵)

A report in 2019 gives the most common Chinese surnames as Wang and Li, each shared by over 100 million people in China, with Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Huang, Zhao, Wu and Zhou making up the rest of the ten most common Chinese names.

Chinese surnames usually come first, followed by the given name. In some situations, the order is switched around so that the surname comes last, and the given name (usually two elements, often separated by a hyphen) appear first. This is usually to accommodate English language oriented situations.

Traditionally, family names come first in Japanese, as they do in China and Korea. But beginning in the late 19th century, Japanese began adopting the Western custom of putting the given name first and family name second, at least when writing their names in English.

Unlike many western cultures, in Japan people generally don’t call one-another by their first name. Doing so can be a mark of disrespect, unless you’re very close to the other person and in the right sort of casual environment, so you’ve read. Mental note then: first names are best avoided.

As we didn’t have such habit, it’s awkward to hug people, but some Japanese people DO hug people. But in Japan, and most Asian countries, a hug is considered to be an intimate contact that is reserved for someone who is really close to you.. Japan in general is a culture that does not do a lot of touching.

the people who don’t know each other in the office, school etc., they call their family name. this is means they represent their family and see the person from the other family. the Japanese respect each other and his family, so they call someone with the respect to his family name.

As of 2008, when using English and other Western languages, Japanese people usually give their names in an order reversed from the traditional Japanese naming order, with the family name after the given name, instead of the given name after the family name.

Chan (ちゃん) expresses that the speaker finds a person endearing. In general, -chan is used for young children, close friends, babies, grandparents and sometimes female adolescents. It may also be used towards cute animals, lovers, or a youthful woman. Chan is not usually used for strangers or people one has just met.

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