Wen (surname)

Wen is the Pinyin romanisation shared by several different Chinese surnames, including 文 (Wén), 温 (Wēn), 闻 (Wén), and 问 (Wèn). 温 (Wēn) is a Chinese surname which means mild and warm in Chinese. This word is often used to describe the glories of jade (especially white jade) in Chinese traditional culture, and Chinese people like to compare well-educated ladies and gentleman to white jade, which is very rare in China.

Notable people named Wen

文 (Wén)

• Wen Zhong (Spring and Autumn) (fl. c. 496 BC), advisor in the state of Yue
• Wen Chou (d. 200), military general in Eastern Han Dynasty
• Wen Tianxiang (1236–1283), chancellor of Southern Song Dynasty
• Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), calligrapher in Ming Dynasty
• Wen Zhenheng (1585–1645 AD), Ming Dynasty painter, scholar

温 (Wēn)

• Wen Yanbo (575-637), official in early Tang Dynasty
• Wen Tingyun (812–870), poet in Tang dynasty
• Wen Jiabao (b. 1942), Premier of the People's Republic of China beginning in 2003
• Wen Bixia (b. 1967), Hong Kong actress
• Wen Ruian (b. 1954), Wuxia-novel writer
• Wen Changming (Walter Woon), b. 1956, professor of law and former Attorney-General of Singapore

闻 (Wén)

• Wen Yiduo (1899–1986), poet and scholar
• Wen Zhong (Shang Dynasty), fiction character from the ancient novel Fengshen Yanyi

References

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