- An (Chinese name)
The surname An (zh-cp |c=安 |p=Ān), literally means "peace" or "tranquility", also serves as an abbreviation of Anxi (Ch: 安息), meaning
Parthia in ancient Chinese; Anxi is a transcription of "Arsaces ", the founder of theArsacid Dynasty of Iranian Parthia. Most Parthian visitors to China took the name An to indicate their origin.People with the name An
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An Shih Kao , the first Buddhist missionary to China
*An Hsuan , who followedAn Shih Kao toLuoyang several decades later
*An Lushan , a provincial military governor during theTang dynasty
*An Yangfeng , a Chinese Woman International Master-titled chess player
*An GuoJun , an Oracle Bone Script Calligraphy Scholar from Henan, China living in Taiwan
*An YiQiong , an master in the University of Bristol from China, was one among the first 46 Chinese students participating in the China/UK internship programme sponsored by UK and China governmentsExternal links
* [http://www.greatchinese.com/surname/079.htm Surname An on GreatestChinese.com (in Chinese)]
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