Yuan Can

Yuan Can
Chinese袁粲
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuán Càn
Wade–GilesYüan Tsan
Yuan Minsun
Traditional Chinese袁愍孫
Simplified Chinese袁愍孙
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuán Mǐnsūn
Wade–GilesYüan Min-sun
Jingqian
(courtesy name)
Chinese景倩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJǐngqiàn
Wade–GilesChing-chien

Yuan Can (c. 420 – 12 January 478), originally named Yuan Minsun, courtesy name Jingqian, was a high-level official of the Liu Song dynasty who, near the end of the dynasty, made a futile attempt to prevent the general Xiao Daocheng from gaining sufficient power to take the imperial throne.