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埃爾金

Aīěrjīn

ㄞ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

Simplified 埃尔金

  1. 1James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860
  2. 2Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810

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