Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liu Jieyou


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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Meatsgains (talk) 14:51, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Liu Jieyou

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I'm unable to read Chinese but it appears the subject lacks coverage in reliable sources. Meatsgains (talk) 02:47, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Wait--seriously? Drmies (talk) 03:05, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. I am also unable to read Chinese, but I try to make up for that by reading English, and this is both English and indicative of notability. And here is mention of a 41-hour drama series named for her (starring Yuan Hong (actor)!). This paper is a chapter from this book; the author wrote four books on China and is a professor at Virginia. I'll quote: "It may be that the absence of detailed narrative about Wang Zhaojun in primary sources itself encouraged later writers to ﬁll in the gaps. As we shall see below, the case is quite diﬀerent for another woman, Liu Jieyou 劉解憂 (120–49 BCE), the second Chinese princess to be married to a Wusun ruler, whose story is told in great detail in the Hanshu"--that is, in the Book of Han. Let's withdraw this, . Drmies (talk) 03:17, 19 April 2017 (UTC)


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