Famous People with Name Yun

Yun Qu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yun Qu: is a former Butterfly stroke swimmer in People's Republic of China from Hangzhou

Chan Yun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chan Yun: was a renowned Buddhist monk, teacher and cultivator. The abbot of the Lianyin Temple (Chinese: ???), Chan Yun was one of many mainstream Buddhist teachers in Taiwan. Master Chan-Yun took the refuge in the three jewels and became a Buddhist when he was 24. At the age of 26, he took the five precepts. At 30, he became a monk in Beijing. He therefore received full ordination at the Guangji Temple. Then, he had studied at Chinese Buddhist College in Beijing for four years. In 1948, he went to Fuzhou to learn the Buddha dharma from Venerable Ci-Zou.

Hsing Yun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Hsing Yun: is a Chinese Buddhist monk and the founder founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order and the affiliated Buddha's Light International Association, one of the largest international Buddhist organizations in Taiwan and in the Buddhist world. Hsing Yun is a forty-eighth generation lineage holder of the Linji Chan (Rinzai Zen) school through Master Zhi Kai, his teacher. He served as the first, second and third term director and abbot of the order before voluntarily resigning his position in 1985 in favor of his disciple, Hsin Ping.

Zhao Yun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhao Yun: was the 14th emperor of the Song Dynasty of China, and the fifth emperor of the Southern Song. His personal name was Zhao Yun . He reigned from 1224 to 1264. His temple name means "Reasonable Ancestor". Although a descendant of Song founder Emperor Taizu and henceforth considered a part of the Zhao Song royal family, Lizong was not in line to succeed to the throne as his family held no political status. Shi Miyuan, who was a chancellor for many years collaborated with the Dowager Empress Yang and brought Zhao Yun to the throne.

Ji Yun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ji Yun: is a well-known scholar in the Qing Dynasty's history and many anecdotes have been recorded about him. Ji Yun left behind a book entitled Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations, and another book named Wenda Gong Yiji (Collected Works of Lord Wenda, i.e. Ji Xiaolan), which was edited by later generations.

Zhou Yun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhou Yun: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Jiangsu Sainty in the Chinese Super League. Zhou Yun would play for the Jiangsu Sainty youth team until he was promoted to the senior team during the 2008 league season. With second tier club Jiangsu having already won the division title and premotion to the top tier, this saw the clubs manager Pei Encai decide to give Zhou his debut in the final game of the season against Yantai Yiteng on November 15, 2008 in a 2-0 victory. After the game Zhou would spend whole of the following season sitting on the bench as Pei Encai decided to stick with experienced players as he kept Jiangsu within the league. It was within the 2010 Chinese Super League season when Zhou was given his chance to become a regular within the team when he played in sixteen league games at the end of the season and helped guide the club to a mid-table finish. While Pei Encai may have left the club before the start of the 2011 Chinese Super League Zhou would go on to become a vital member within the teams defence and go on to see the club finish in their highest ever position of fourth at the end of the season.