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The official title of several dynasties bore the character "" (; "great"). In "Yongzhuang Xiaopin" by the Ming historian Zhu Guozhen, it was claimed that the first dynasty to do so was the Yuan dynasty. However, several sources like the "History of Liao" and the "History of Jin" compiled by the Yuan historian Toqto'a revealed that the official dynastic name of some earlier dynasties such as the Liao and the Jin also contained the character "". It was also common for officials, subjects, or tributary states of a particular dynasty to include the term "" (or an equivalent term in other languages) when referring to this dynasty as a form of respect, even if the official dynastic name did not include it. For instance, "The Chronicles of Japan" referred to the Tang dynasty as "" (; "Great Tang") despite its dynastic name being simply "Tang".