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  • Lin Yutang (Traditional Chinese:林語堂; Simplified Chinese:林语堂, October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer, linguist ...
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  • Jujutsu (Japanese: 柔術, jūjutsu; also jujitsu, ju jutsu, ju jitsu, or jiu jitsu) is a traditional Japanese martial art that utilizes a large ...
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  • Yogācāra (Sanskrit: "Yoga practice;" "one whose practice is yoga")Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group-Jen| |group=Bushmen |image=[[Image:Bosjesmannendorp ...
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  • Emperor Wu of Han ( s=汉武帝|t=漢武帝|p=hànwǔdì ), (156 B.C.E. His date of birth is sometimes noted as being August 27. –March 29, ...
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  • Chaebol refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate, an English transliteration of the Korean word, 재벌, now romanized as Jaebeol ...
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  • Qu Yuan ( c=屈原|p=Qū Yuán , Ch’u Yuan) (ca. 340 B.C.E. - 278 B.C.E.) was a Chinese patriotic poet from southern Chu during the Warring ...
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  • Dazu Huike (487-593) ( 大祖慧可 ; Chinese for short:慧可; pinyin: Huìkě; Wade-Giles: Hui-k’o; Japanese: Eka) is considered the Second ...
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  • Kendo (剣道 Kendō) is the martial art of Japanese fencing, developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu ...
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  • The Yongle Encyclopedia ( t=永樂大典|s=永乐大典|p=Yǒnglè Dàdiǎn ; literally “The Great Canon [or Vast Documents] of the Yongle Era” ...
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  • Chung Dojeon (Jeong Dojeon; 1342 – 1398), also known by the pen name Sambong, was the most powerful medieval Korean noble and politician of ...
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  • Footbinding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú, literally "bound feet") was a custom practiced ...
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  • Shandong ( s=山东 |t=山東 |p=Shāndōng |w=Shan-tung ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on the eastern coast ...
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  • Wade-Giles ( ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz ; s=威妥玛拼音 or 韦氏拼音|t=威妥瑪拼音 or 韋氏拼音|p=wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn ), sometimes abbreviated ...
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  • Category:Public Dōgen (also Dōgen Zenji 道元禅師; Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, or Eihei Dōgen 永平道元) (January 19, 1200 - September ...
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  • Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and the father of King Sejong the Great, did not take the throne ...
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  • Yonsei University (IPA: / 'jənsɛː /) a private, coeducational university located in Seoul, South Korea, has earned recognition as one ...
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  • Emperor Taizong of Tang ( c=唐太宗|p=táng tàizōng , January 23, 599 – July 10, 649), personal name Lǐ Shìmín ( c=李世民 ...
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  • Sòng Qìnglíng or Soong Ch'ing-ling ( s=宋庆龄|t=宋慶齡|p=Sòng Qìnglíng|w=Sung Ch'ing-ling ) (January 27, 1893 – May 29 ...
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  • Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist, short story author, and screenwriter famous as a writer for both ...
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