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趙爾巽
赵尔巽
Zhào
Ěr
xùn
Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty
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1
趙
Zhào
surname Zhao
one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC)
the Former Zhao
前趙
Qián
Zhào
(304–329) and Later Zhao
後趙
Hòu
Zhào
(319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
2
爾
ěr
thus
so
like that
you
thou
3
巽
xùn
to obey
one of the Eight Trigrams
八卦
bā
guà
, symbolizing wood and wind
☴
ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)