西门豹 / 西門豹

xī​mén​bào

Ximen Bao

Statesman and hydraulic engineer of the State of [[魏国|魏國|wei4 guo2]] during the Warring States period, famous for ending the corrupt local custom of sacrificing young women as brides for the river god and for building major irrigation canals.

西门 (literal) → 西门/西門 · xī​mén · Ximen 豹 (literal) → 豹 · bào · Bao

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