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CHP-198 Terms T E R M S R E F E R E N C E D I N E P I S O D E The History of China-Vietnam Relations (Part 2) Ep. 198 P I N Y I N / T E R M C H I N E S E V I E T N A M E S E E N G L I S H / M E A N I N G Ānnán Dūhùfǔ 安南都护府 An Nam Tiết độ sứ Protectorate of Annam Binh Dinh 平定省 Bình Định South-central province of Vietnam Běishǔ 北屬 Bắc thuộc The occupation of Vietnam by China Chán Buddhism 禅宗 Thiền tông In Japanese, known as Zen Buddhism. Cháng'ān 长安 Trường An Capital of more than a few dynasties. Present day Xian in Shaanxi province Chén 陈朝 Nhà Trần Last of the Southern Dynasties (also later on, the Tran Dynasty in Vietnam) Chén Bàxiān 陈霸先 Trần Bá Tiên Chen Dynasty founder and Liang Dynasty general Chéngdū 成都 Thành Đô Capital city of Sichuan province. Former capital of the Shu Kingdom Cáo Cāo 曹操 Tào Tháo Strongest power at the last years of the Eastern Han. Wei Kingdom founder Da Nang 峴港市 Đà Nẵng Vietnam's 4th largest city, central coast Duong River (Lǒng jiāng) 陇江 Sông Đuống River that runs through Hanoi Dà Luō 大罗 Đại La another name for Hà Nội Dàlǐ 大理 Vương quốc Đại Lý A kingdom in southwest China that lasted from 937-1253 Eastern Han military strongman. Assassinated in 192 after a violent few years Dǒng Zhuó 董卓 ổ Đ ng Trác in charge Eastern Hàn 东汉 Đông Hán The second half of the Han Dynasty. 25 to 220 CE Eastern Wú 东吴 Đông Ngô One of the contending Three Kingdoms, also called Wu or Sun Wu Emperor Wu of Liang 梁武帝 Lương Vũ Đế Liáng foundig emperor Wu 502 to 549 The Chinese name given to the region around the Mekong Delta populated by Fúnán 扶南 Phù Nam mainly Indianised states. Guǎngdōng 广东 Quảng Đông China's southernmost continental province Guǎngxī 广西 Quảng Tây Guangdong's next door province to the west Gāozōng 唐高宗 - third Tang emperor Hebei 河北省 Hà Bắc tỉnh Northern province of China where Beijing is geographically located Vietnamese Bronze Age dynasty contemporary with the Xia, Shang and Zhou Hong Bang Dynasty 鸿庞 ồ H ng Bàng 2879 to 258 BCE Hue 顺化市 Huế City on Vietnam's central coast. Hàn 汉朝 Nhà Hán The Han Dynasty (West and East) 206 BCE to 220 CE Hàn Líng Dì 汉灵帝 Hán Linh Đế Han Emperor Líng, reigned 168-189 CE Jiànkāng 建康 Kiến Khang thành Capital to a few dynasties, modern day Nanjing The most often used term for the Chinese province that basically included all Jiāozhōu Jiāo Province Giao Châu the Nanyue Kingdom lands in Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam The name used for various provinces, commanderies, prefectures, and Jiāozhǐ 交趾 Giao chỉ counties in northern Vietnam. Also was the name of one of the three commanderies located inside Vietnam Jiāozhǐ Tàishǒu 交趾太守 - The head of a prefecture ion ancient times Jùn 郡 - Commandery Jīng Province 荆州 - One of the nine ancient provinces of China today located in Hubei (Hồ Bắc) King Sĩ 士王 Sĩ Vương Another one of Shi Xie's names. Lady Triệu 趙嫗 Triệu Thị Trinh Bà Triệu lived from 225 to 248 Top power in Jing Province, 192-208. Government official and warlord... Liú Biǎo 刘表 ư ể L u Bi u present day Hubei area Liú Sòng 刘宋 Nhà Lưu Tống Dynasty that ran 420-479 Liú Sòng Wén Dì 刘宋文帝 Lưu Tống Văn Đế Liú Sòng Emperor Wén Liú Yù 刘裕 Lưu Dụ a.k.a. Emperor Wu of Liu Song Luòyáng 洛阳 Lạc Dương Located in Henan Province, one of China's ancient capitals Ly By Lý Bí See Lý Nam Đế Ly Nam De 李南帝 Lý Nam Đế Van Xuan founder. Reigned 544-548 Línyì 林邑 Lâm Ấp Coastal kingdom to the south off Jiao that lasted from around 192 to 750 CE. Líu Bèi 刘备 Lưu Bị Eastern Han warlord and later King of Shu, one of the Three Kingdoms Líu Fāng 刘方 - Sui general who led Sui over Ly Lóngbiān 龙遍 Long Biên Former capital of both Jiaozhou and Jiaozhi. Part of today's Hanoi. Lǐ Bēn 李贲 Lý Bôn See Lý Nam Đế A catch-all term for a whole bunch of different tribes located all over Southwest Mán 南蛮 Nam Man China...perhaps the predecessors of many ethnic minority groups there. Nam De 南帝 Nam Đế Vietnamese for Southern Emperor Northern Zhou 北周 Bắc Chu Last of the Northern Dynasties. 557-581 Nánběi Cháo 南北朝 Nam Bắc triều Southern Northern Dynasties Nányuè 南越 Nam Việt The kingdom established by Zhao Tuo Nánzhào Kingdom 南诏国 Nam Chiếu quốc Kingdom in southwest China that lasted 738 to 937 CE Ōu Luò 瓯骆 Âu Lạc An early Viet state later annexed by the Nanyue Kingdom Pānyú 番禺 Phiên Ngung City southeast of Guangzhou, where Zhao Tuo built his capital Quang Binh 广平省 Quảng Bình Province of north-central Vietnam Quang Nam 广南 Quảng Nam South-central coastal province of Vietnam Qín 秦朝 Nhà Tần The Qin Dynasty 221-206 BCE, also an ancient Warring State Rìnán 日南 Nhật Nam Southernmost of the Chinese Commanderies based in northern Vietnam Powerful official who served in Jiaozhi during the Eastern Han. Lived 137-226 Shì Xiè 士燮 ế Sĩ Nhi p CE Shíliù Guó 十六国 Thập lục quốc Sixteen Kingdoms period 400-421 Shāndōng 山东省 Tỉnh Sơn Đông Province on China's north coast Shǔ-Hàn 蜀汉 Thục Hán One of the Three Kingdoms. Lasted from 221 to 263 CE Southern Liáng 南梁 nhà Nam Lương Third of the Southern Dynasties. Ran 502-587 Southern Qí 南齐 Nam triều Tề 479-502 second of the Southern Dynasties Sui Wendi 隋文帝 Tùy Văn Đế Sui Dynasty founder, reigned 581-604 Sui-Lý War 隋平李佛子之战 - 602 CE between the forces of Sui and Ly Suí 隋朝 Nhà Tùy A short but high impact dynasty that ran from 581 to 618 Sòngpíng 宋平 Tống Bình site of the old Liu Song capital The Record of the Three Kingdoms, covers the late Eastern Han through the Sān Guó Zhì 三国志 ố Tam qu c chí end of of the Three Kingdoms period. Sīmǎ Yán 司马炎 Tư Mã Viêm Also known as Emperor Wu of Jin. Reigned 266-290. Sūn Quán 孙权 Tôn Quyền The King of Eastern Wu from 229-252 Táo Huáng 陶璜 - Military general and later administrater of Jiaozhou Vo Nguyen Giap 武元甲 Võ Nguyên Giáp Great Vietnam military leader and statesman 1911-2013 Western Jìn 西晋 Nhà Tấn Jin Dynasty, Western Jin 265 to 316. Eastern Jin 317-420 Lasted between 555-587...a continuation of the Southern Liang. Also called Western Liáng 西梁 ậ ươ H u L ng the Later Liang Wàn Chūn 万春 Vạn Xuân Quốc Kingdom established by Ly Nam De Usurped Han throne and ruled China a good while. Overthrown and then Wáng Mǎng 王莽 ươ V ng Mãng started the Eastern Han. Wèi 魏国 Tào Ngụy Also called Cao Wei. Northernmost of the Three Kingdoms. Lasted 220-266 Wǔ Dài Shí Guó 五代十国 Ngũ Đại Thập Quốc Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period907 to 960. Yunnan 云南 Vân Nam Southwest province in China Yáng Jiān 杨坚 Dương Kiên Sui Dynasty Founder: See Sui Wen Di Zhàn Pó 占婆 Chăm Pa The kingdom of Champa, central and south Vietnam Zhào 赵 Triệu A surname Zhào 诏 Chiếu A mini-kingdom. Nanzhao was made up of a bunch of these A Zhao Dynasty state (403 to 222 BCE) that made it to the final seven warring Zhào State 赵国 ệ ố Tri u qu c kingdoms. Former Qin official sent down to manage affairs but ended up forming a Zhào Tuó 赵陀 ệ Tri u Đà kingdom instead. Zhào Yuè Wáng 赵越王 Triệu Việt Vương Succeeded Ly Nam de to the Van Xuan throne. Reigned 548-571 Zhēng Shì Zǐmèi 徵氏姊妹 Hai Bà Trưng The Trưng Sisters Zhēnlà 真腊 Chân Lạp Chenla, the term used for the successor kingdom to Funan down in the south.
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