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杨坚

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Meanings

  1. 1 Yang Jian (541-604)
  2. 2 Emperor Wen of Sui, founder of the Sui dynasty who reunified China

Examples

杨坚在公元581年建立了隋朝。
Yáng Jiān zài gōngyuán wǔbǎi bāshíyī nián jiànlì le Suícháo.
Yang Jian founded the Sui dynasty in 581 CE.
他结束了南北朝三百年的分裂局面。
Tā jiéshù le Nán-Běicháo sānbǎi nián de fēnliè júmiàn.
He ended three hundred years of division from the Northern and Southern dynasties.

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history
Seized the Northern Zhou throne from his grandson-in-law, then conquered Chen in 589 to reunify China for the first time since the Han collapse. Launched the imperial examination system (科举) and the Daxing/Chang'an capital plan that later defined Tang China.
culture
His posthumous title 隋文帝 (Suí Wén Dì, 'Cultured Emperor of Sui') is how he is usually referenced in historical writing — 杨坚 is his personal name.

Stroke Order

杨 yáng
坚 jiān