晋文公 |
Jìn Wén gōng |
Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 |
晋 |
Jìn |
surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265-420) / Western Jin 西晋 (265-316), Eastern Jin 东晋 (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西 |
晋 |
jìn |
to move forward / to promote / to advance |
文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
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 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |