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Guan may refer to either of two Chinese family names (both rendered in Cantonese as Kwoan, or also in English as Kuan, Kwan, Quan, or Quon). The two names are as follows:

[edit] Guan (關/关)

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Guan (Chinese: 關/关; pinyin: guān; Wade-Giles: kuan1; literally "shut; close; barrier") is pronounced and transliterated in a variety of ways. In Mandarin Chinese it is Hanyu Pinyin: Guan, Wade-Giles: Kuan. In Cantonese it is Kwan. The corresponding Vietnamese version is Quan.

It is well known that the Guan family motto is 關家川口有條河, which translates as "There's a river outside the Guan family village."^{[citation needed]}

Prominent people named Guān include:

• Guan Yu (關羽, d. 219 CE), general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era
• Guan Ping (關平), Guan Yu's son, also a general of Shu Han
• Guan Hanqing (關漢卿, c. 1241 – 1320), playwright
• Nancy Kwan (關家蒨, b. 1939), Chinese-American actress
• Jade Kwan (關心妍, b. 1979), Cantopop singer
• Michelle Kwan (關穎珊, b. 1980), Chinese-American competitive figure skater
• Stanley Kwan (關錦鵬, b. 1957), Hong Kong director and producer
• Kelvin Kwan (關楚耀, b. 1983), Cantopop singer

[edit] Guan (管)

Guan (Chinese: 管; pinyin: guǎn; Wade-Giles: kuan3; literally "pipe/tube/duct; a woodwind instrument; to manage/control")

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Prominent people named Guǎn include:

• Guan Shu (管叔), the first Ruler of the State of Guan and the progneitor of the Guan surname
• Guan Zhong (管仲, ? – 645 BCE), Legalist philosopher and politician
• Guan Pinghu, (管平湖, 1897 - 1967), Chinese guqin musician

[edit] See also

• Eve and the Fire Horse by Julia Kwan

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