Jìn Wén gōngdictionary entry
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Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸[Chūn qiū Wǔ bà]
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晉文公 晋文公 [Jin4 Wen2 gong1] /Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸[Chun1 qiu1 Wu3 ba4]/

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Other forms in these source records: 晉文公

  • 晋
    jìn

    to move forward / to promote / to advance

    Jìn

    surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265–420) / Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xī Jìn] (265–316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dōng Jìn] (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946) / short name for Shanxi 山西[Shān xī]

  • 文
    wén

    language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

    Wén

    surname Wen

  • 公
    gōng

    public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

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