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To: Fighter@heart

It was Wu..

9 posted on 08/09/2009 6:59:55 AM PDT by csvset

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To: csvset

Thanks!! I stand corrected!!

12 posted on 08/09/2009 7:14:05 AM PDT by Fighter@heart (Government, the most inefficient entity to ever exist)

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To: csvset

Actually Yuan. The family name was Li. Since Chinese usage puts the family name first, the founder’s name was Li Yuan.

Chinese dynasties usually called themselves after a description, such as the Ching (Manchu) dynasty, which means “glorious,” not after the name of the ruling family. I’ve been unable to find out what Tang means in Chinese.

13 posted on 08/09/2009 7:14:33 AM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)

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To: csvset; Fighter@heart

They don't look oriental to me

15 posted on 08/09/2009 7:31:03 AM PDT by grjr21

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To: csvset

Wu’s on first?

17 posted on 08/09/2009 5:31:17 PM PDT by spyone (ridiculum)

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