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Many ethnic minorities, mostly Korean and Chinese, living in Japan adopt Japanese names to ease communication and, more importantly, to avoid discrimination. But a few of them still keep their native name. Among them are Chang Woo Han, a founder and chairman of Maruhan Corp., a large chain of pachinko parlors in Japan. Japanese citizenship, however, requires adopting a Japanese name. In recent decades, the government has allowed individuals to simply adopt katakana versions of their native names when applying for citizenship: Martti T ...

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The Japanese emperor and Crown Prince have no surname for historical reasons, only a given name such as Hirohito (裕仁), which is rarely used in Japan: Japanese prefer to say "the Emperor" or "the Crown Prince", out of respect and as a measure of politeness. When children are born into the Imperial family, they are given a standard given name, as well as a special Imperial surname. Akihito, for instance, was born as Tsugo-no-miya Akihito, and was referred to as "Prince Tsugo" during his childhood. The Imperial surname is generally u ...

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As is the case for other transliterations, writing Japanese names in English poses several issues, mainly romanization and name order issues. As this differs from the ordering used in many other parts of the world, some, particularly academics, adopt the convention of writing the family name in upper case when the name is romanized: for example, Takuya MURATA or MURATA Takuya. Artists whose works are distributed in English outside of Japan often opt for a Western ordering on the English editions of their works: e.g., Ryuichi Sakamoto ...

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Actors and actresses in Western and Japanese dramatic forms, comedians, sumo wrestlers, and practitioners of traditional crafts often use professional names. Kabuki actors take one of the traditional surnames such as Nakamura (中村), Bandō or Onoe. Many stage names of television and film actors and actresses are unremarkable, being just like ordinary Japanese personal names, but a few are tongue-in-cheek. For example, Kamatari Fujiwara (藤原 鎌足) chose the name of the aforementioned founder of the Fujiwara family, while Hino Yōjin ( ...

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The current structure (family name + given name) did not materialize until the 1870s when the government made the new family registration system. In feudal Japan, names reflected a person's social status. They also reflect a person's affiliation to Buddhist, Shintō, feudatory-military, Confucian-scholarly, mercantile, peasant, slave and imperial orders. Before feudal times, Japanese clan names figured prominently in history: names with no fall into this category. (No means of, although the as ...

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A struggle for Sun's power between Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei broke out immediately after Sun's death. This created much inefficiency in the administration of the country and largely delayed the Northern Expedition. In addition, Sun is also one of the primary saints of the Vietnamese religion Cao Dai. Sun Yat-sen - Power struggle. After Sun's death, a power struggle between his young protégé Chiang Kai-shek and his old revolutionary comrade Wang Jingwei split the KMT. At stake in this ...

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With 8 era changes, Emperor Go-Daigo is tied with Emperor Go-Hanazono for the most eras in a single reign. Bumpō Gen'ō Genkyō Shōchū Karyaku Gentoku Genkō Kemmu Engen (Northern Court) Shōkei Ryakuō ...

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Taizong was born in Lunghsi (in present-day Kansu. Taizong was known as a Hojen (胡人).) as the second son of Li Yuan, and was of one-quarter Xianbei (a people related to modern-day Turks) blood. The most capable and militarily inclined of Lee Yuan's many sons, Taizong showed his promise at an early age, helping to rescue Emperor Yang from a Turkic ambush and besiegement at the age of sixteen. In 616, the eighteen-year-old Taizong followed his general-father to his garrison-post at Jinyang, Shanxi, where he instigated his father to stage a ...

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The emperor's role is defined in Chapter I of the 1947 Constitution of Japan. Article 1 defines the emperor as the symbol of state and the unity of the people, Article 3 requires the approval of the cabinet for all acts of the emperor in matters of state, Article 4 specifically states that the emperor shall not have powers related to government, Article 6 gives the emperor the power to appoint the prime minister and the chief judge of the supreme court, each as designated by the Diet and cabinet, respectively, and Article 7 gives the emperor ...

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He was the subject of a 64-chapter (in eight volumes) The Novel of the Prince of Qin of the Great Tang (大唐秦王詞話 Datang Qin Wang Cihua) by Zhu Shenglin (諸聖鄰) of the Ming Dynasty. The novel is also known as The Biography of the Prince of Qin of the Tang Dynasty (唐秦王本傳 Tang Qin Wang Benzhuan), Romance of Tang (唐傳演義 Tang Chuan Yiyan), and Romance of the Pr ...

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Due to linguistic and cultural differences between Japan and the Western world, naming the emperors of Japan is often troublesome. While scholastic texts in Japan use "{name} tennō" consistently, in texts by English-speaking academics several variants have been used, such as "Emperor {name}", "the {name} Emperor", and "{name} Tenno", although "Emperor {name}" appears to be the most common among these, particularly for emperors prior to Emperor Meiji. What is often not understood, however, is that emperors are posthumously named "{name} tenn ...

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Sun Yat-sen - Early years. On November 12, 1866, Sun Yat-sen was born to a Cantonese peasant family in the village of Cuiheng, Xiangshan county, Guangzhou prefecture, Guangdong province (26 km (16 miles) north of Macao) and spoke the Zhongshan dialect of Cantonese. (In 1925, when Sun Yat-sen died, the name of Xiangshan was changed to Zhongshan in his honor.) After receiving a few years of local schooling, at age thirteen, Sun went to live with his elder brother, Sun Mei, in Honolulu. Sun Mei was twelve yea ...

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Millennia ago, the Japanese imperial family developed its own peculiar system of hereditary succession. It has been non-primogenitural, more or less agnatic, based mostly on rotation. Today, Japan uses strict agnatic primogeniture - in other words, pure Salic law. It was adopted from Prussia, by which Japan was greatly influenced in the 1870s. Strict agnatic primogeniture is, however, directly contradictory to several old Japanese traditions of imperial succession. The controlling principles and their interaction were apparentl ...

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Confucius' descendants were repeatedly identified and honored by successive imperial governments. They were honored with the rank of a marquis thirty-five times since Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and they were promoted to the rank of duke forty-two times from the Tang Dynasty to 1935. One of the most common titles is Duke Yansheng (衍聖公 Yǎnshèng gōng), which means "overflowing with sainthood." Today, there are thousands of reputed descendants of Confucius. The main lineage fled from the Kong ancestral home in Qufu to Taiwa ...

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Lao Tsu's work, titled Dao De Jing, is one of the most significant treatise in China's philosophy, a magnum opus covering many area of philosophy from individual spirituality, extentialism, inter-personal dynamics to techniques for governing polities. If we refer to this book, we can draw in a few lines what and how Lao Tsu was thinking. He emphasized a specific "Dao", which often translates as "the Way," and widened its meaning to an unnameable inherent order or property of the universe: "The way Nature is." He highlighted the ...

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Baekje was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the 1st millennium CE (along with Goguryeo and Silla), and fell to Silla in 660. All the rulers of Baekje had the Korean title Wang, which means "king". But some declared himself as emperor. King Onjo (18 BCE–29 CE) King Daru (29–77) King Giru (77–128) King Gaeru (128–166) King Chogo (166–214) King Gusu (214–234) King Saban (234) King Goi (234–286) King Chaekgye (286–298)

Gaya (also called "Garak") was a minor state (that is, not one of the three major kingdoms) during the Three Kingdoms Period. Gaya was absorbed into Silla in 532. All kings of Gaya bore the Korean title Wang, which means "king". This list represents the Kim Dynasty of Geumgwan Gaya. King Suro (42–199) King Geodeung (199–259) King Mapum (259–291) King Geojilmi (291–346) King Isipum (346–407) King Jwaji (407–421) King Chwiheui (421–451) King Jilji (451–492) King Gyumji ...

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Rulers of Korea, Rulers of Korea - Gojoseon c.2333 BCE–c.239 BCE, Rulers of Korea - Buyeo c.239 BCE–494 CE, Rulers of Korea - Bukbuyeo c.108 BCE–c.58 BCE, Rulers of Korea - Dongbuyeo c.86 BCE–22 CE, Rulers of Korea - Gaya Garak 42-532, Rulers of Korea - Baekje 18 BCE–660 CE, Rulers of Korea - Goguryeo 37 BCE–668 CE, Rulers of Korea - Legendary line, Rulers of Korea - Great King line, Rulers of Korea - Hwando-Guknae line, Rulers of Korea - P'yŏngyang line, Rulers of Korea - Silla 57 BCE–935 CE, Rulers of Korea - Balhae Bohai 669–926, Rulers of Korea - Goryeo 918–1392, Rulers of Korea - Joseon 1392–1897, Rulers of Korea - Korean Empire 1897–1919, Rulers of Korea - Presidents of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1919–1948, Rulers of Korea - Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1948–present, Rulers of Korea - Republic of Korea 1948–present

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Buyeo (state) (Fuyu in Chinese) occupied the former territories of Gojoseon in the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD. They claimed the inheritance of Gojoseon, and the rulers continued to use the titles of Tanje or the emperor. According to some accounts, Buyeo was divided into two countries, Bukbuyeo and Dongbuyeo, in 108 BCE. Bukbuyeo was later succeeded by Goguryeo, but Dongbuyeo, ruled by the heirs of Emperor Haemosu, was shattered by Goguryeo in 22 CE. Dongbuyeo declined to meagre existence until 494, when they capitula ...

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Goguryeo was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the first millennium CE (along with Baekje and Silla), and fell to Silla and Tang of China in 668. Goguryeo was the only one of the three realms that is described as the Empire, its vassals using the title "king". Goguryeo rulers had the title of Taewang, which literarily translated means "the greatest of the kings" or "emperor".

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Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the 1st millennium CE, along with Baekje (which it conquered in 660) and Goguryeo (which it conquered in 668). Silla was replaced by Goryeo in 935. Silla was ruled by the Pak, Seok, and Kim Families. Rulers of Silla had various titles, including Isageum, Maripgan, Wang, and Yeowang, as explained in the list below. For the sake of consistency, all rulers in the list below (except for the first two) are given the titles "King" or "Queen". Like Baekje, some delcared him or her ...

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He had: Wende-shunsheng Empress (文德順聖皇后), Zhangsun-shi (長孫氏) Xian Consort (賢妃), Xu Hui (徐惠) Consort Yang I (楊妃) Consort Yang II (楊妃) Yang-shi (楊氏) Consort Yin (陰妃) Consort Yan (燕妃) Secondary Consort Wei (韋貴妃) Wang-shi (王氏) He had fourteen sons (in order): Crown Prince Li Chengqian: son of Wende Empress Prince Chu, Li Kuan (楚王寬): son of one from the harem　　See also:

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The kingdom of Goryeo was founded in 918 and defeated Silla in 935–936, making "Goryeo" the name of Korea ("Goryeo" is the source of the English name "Korea"). In 1392, the kingdom fell to the Joseon Dynasty. Goryeo was ruled by the Wang Dynasty. The first king had the temple name Taejo, which means "great progenitor", and was applied to the first kings of both Goryeo and Joseon, as they were also the founders of the Wang and Yi Dynasties respectively. The next twenty-three emperors (until Wonjong) are also referred to by the ...

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Rulers of Korea, Rulers of Korea - Gojoseon c.2333 BCE–c.239 BCE, Rulers of Korea - Buyeo c.239 BCE–494 CE, Rulers of Korea - Bukbuyeo c.108 BCE–c.58 BCE, Rulers of Korea - Dongbuyeo c.86 BCE–22 CE, Rulers of Korea - Gaya Garak 42-532, Rulers of Korea - Baekje 18 BCE–660 CE, Rulers of Korea - Goguryeo 37 BCE–668 CE, Rulers of Korea - Legendary line, Rulers of Korea - Great King line, Rulers of Korea - Hwando-Guknae line, Rulers of Korea - P'yŏngyang line, Rulers of Korea - Silla 57 BCE–935 CE, Rulers of Korea - Balhae Bohai 669–926, Rulers of Korea - Goryeo 918–1392, Rulers of Korea - Joseon 1392–1897, Rulers of Korea - Korean Empire 1897–1919, Rulers of Korea - Presidents of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1919–1948, Rulers of Korea - Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1948–present, Rulers of Korea - Republic of Korea 1948–present

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