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蕭子顯

简萧子显 · 繁蕭子顯

Mandarin · pinyin Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn

Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書 Nán Qí shū

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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
顯: Look up this written character
萧: xiāo · common artemisia; dejected
显: xiǎn · manifest, display; evident, clear

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1–3–3 · Xiao1 Zi3 xian3

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