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- The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. It has been in continual use in ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- Chinese ceramics or Chinese porcelain is a form of fine art developed in China during the dynastic periods. China has always been richly endowed ...32 KB (4,846 words) - 22:42, 13 January 2023
- Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. The materials used in Chinese painting, brush and ink on paper ...47 KB (7,130 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- A Chinese character ( t=漢字|s=汉字|汉字|p=Hànzì ) is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, sometimes Korean, and formerly Vietnamese ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... Chinese surnames have served a number of sociological purposes throughout ...26 KB (3,907 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- Chinese herbology or Chinese materia medica ( s=中药学|t=中藥學|p=Zhōngyào xué ), the Chinese art of combining medicinal herbs, is an ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- [[File:Chinese dragon asset heraldry.png|thumb|400px|Chinese dragon]] The Chinese dragon (spelled Long, Loong, or Lung in transliteration ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins are often traced back to the I Ching (the Book of Changes,) an ancient ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the Greater China region, which includes territories administered by ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- Han Chinese ( s=汉族 or 汉人|t=漢族 or 漢人|p=hànzú or hànrén ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in Asia over the centuries. The structural principles of Chinese ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) is art, both ancient and modern, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, and religious tradition that has been passed down for centuries in oral or ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- role in the governing itself of the ancient Chinese rulers: ... The early Chinese sages were fascinated to "look upward and contemplate ...30 KB (4,747 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- Chinese New Year ( t=農曆新年, 春節|s=农历新年, 春节 ) (or generally referred to as Lunar New Year globally) is the Chinese festival ...42 KB (6,591 words) - 16:45, 10 December 2023
- Simplified Chinese Characters ( s=简化字|t=簡化字|p=Jiǎnhuàzì or s=简体字|t=簡體字|p=Jiǎntǐzì ) are one of two standard sets ...45 KB (6,288 words) - 22:48, 10 February 2024
- Traditional Chinese medicine (also known as TCM, s=中医学|t=中醫學|p=zhōngyī xué ) is a range of traditional medical practices originating ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- The Chinese Civil War ( t=國共內戰|s=国共内战|p=Guógòng Neìzhàn|l=Nationalist-Communist Civil War ) or ( t=解放战争|s=解放战争 ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- The Chinese Rites controversy (ca. 1630-1715 C.E.) was a dispute within the Roman Catholic Church about whether certain elements of Chinese folk ...22 KB (3,410 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
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- Zhonghua minzu (Chinese: 中华民族; Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínzú), is a Chinese term that refers to the modern notion of a Chinese nationality ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- ==Filial Piety and Chinese Culture== Filial piety is considered the first virtue in Chinese culture, and ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 22:58, 1 May 2021
- of) Korean Peninsula. Most of the Chinese and Korean scholars consider the era of Gija Joseon as a part of the Gojoseon period (2333 B.C.E.-108 ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- [[Image:chinese-phoenix-from-nanning.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Fenghuang ... Feng-Huang (Chinese: 鳳凰; Pinyin: Fènghuáng; Japanese: 鳳凰 ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- well-suited to support the Pandas, the Chinese government has established ... * Wolong National Nature Reserve (Chinese: 卧龙自然保护区) ...13 KB (1,731 words) - 20:05, 21 April 2023
- his translations introduced the best of Chinese and Japanese literature ... Waley was self-taught in both Chinese and Japanese and achieved a ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- Zhang Binglin (December 25, 1868-June 14, 1936) was a Chinese philologist, textual critic and anti-Manchu revolutionary. His philological works ...11 KB (1,492 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- settled form with Herbert Giles' Chinese-English dictionary of 1892. ... Wade, a British ambassador in China and Chinese scholar who was the first ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- London Missionary Society. He found the Chinese government hostile, but ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- He allied with the Kuomintang against the Chinese Communists, but gradually ... (Chang Tso-lin, “Old Marshal”) a Chinese warlord who dominated Manchuria ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- known as Prince of Wu (吳王), was a Chinese poet and the last ruler ... a form of irregular lyric Chinese poetry, in which the number of characters ...10 KB (1,502 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- Feng Youlan (馮友蘭, 冯友兰, Féng Yǒulán; Wade-Giles: Fung Yu-lan) (1895–1990) was a Chinese philosopher who was important for reintroducing ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 17:18, 26 March 2024
- extant version of Buddhist canon in Chinese script. Carved onto 81,258 ... version incorporated older Northern Song Chinese, Khitan, Goryeo versions ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- Daoist classics, attributed to the famous Chinese immortal Lü Dongbin (798 C.E. - ?) who is believed to have lived on earth for more than 800 ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- ; Korean: Um-yang; Vietnamese: Âm-Dương) originates in ancient ... The earliest Chinese characters for yin and yang are found in inscriptions ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- the empire in 1211 C.E., traditional Chinese, Persian, and Arab sources ... Since the empire took on trappings of a Chinese state, Chinese historians ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 02:50, 5 October 2022
- in the earliest-known religious system of the Han Chinese people. The term can literally be translated as "Emperor (or Sovereign) Above," ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- one of the most public leaders in Chinese history. Burdened with many ... seizure of power was justified within Chinese political thinking. He invaded ...8 KB (1,229 words) - 12:57, 31 January 2022
- these structures incorporated elements of Chinese pavilions and towers. ... encounter with the East. The original Chinese is ta, which is an abbreviated ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- ), is a Chinese transverse flute, usually made of bamboo. It is also ... The dizi is an important Chinese musical instrument, and is widely ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- The Mogao Caves have become the best known of the Chinese Buddhist ... and as teaching tools to inform illiterate Chinese about Buddhist beliefs and ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- Liu Zongyuan( Liu Tsung-yüan , Liu Zongyuan, 柳宗元, Liǔ Zōngyuán, 773 – 819) was a Chinese writer, Chinese poet and prose writer who ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- Jingan (靜安) or Baiyu (伯隅), was a Chinese scholar, writer, philosopher ... and became a protégé of Luo Zhenyu, a Chinese antiquarian who encouraged ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 18:49, 17 April 2023
- China. It brought about an upsurge of Chinese nationalism, and a re-evaluation ... communism. The introduction of Vernacular Chinese (白话) made it possible ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- the bureaucratic political ladder of the Chinese government and served as ... of the reign of Emperor Tang Xuanzong (Chinese: 唐玄宗) (712–730) ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- ) refers to incised (or, rarely, brush-written) ancient Chinese characters ... the development of present-day Chinese writing and remains an academic ...14 KB (2,153 words) - 00:58, 18 November 2022
- In Chinese mythology, Fu Xi or Fu Hsi ( c=伏羲|p=fúxī ; aka Paoxi ( s=庖牺|t=庖犧|p=páoxī )), mid-2800s B.C.E., was the first of the ...11 KB (1,701 words) - 00:42, 18 October 2022
- Guan Yin (Pinyin: Guān Yīn; traditional Chinese: 觀音) is known ... and these traits are associated with the Chinese concept of Yin (the feminine ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- jakūn gūsa, In Chinese: 八旗 baqí) were administrative military ... niru, Chinese: 佐領 zuoling), some of which reflected pre-existing ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 00:04, 13 February 2024
- Footbinding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú, literally "bound feet") was a custom practiced ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ་; Chinese: 班禪喇嘛) is the second-highest-ranking religious figure (after ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- Lin Yutang (Traditional Chinese:林語堂; Simplified Chinese:林语堂, October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer, linguist ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- gained immunity from prosecution under Chinese law. The treaty resulted ... political influence, resented by the Chinese. The Opium Wars rank among ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- ) were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ... the countryside became a common theme in Chinese art and a model for later ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Sima Qian (c. 145 B.C.E. – 90 B.C.E.) was a prefect of the Grand Scribes of the Han dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy. His teachings ... the five elements were incorporated into Chinese medical doctrine. ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- appear to have been shamanistic, but Chinese culture increasingly influenced ... fall. The first mention of Goguryeo in Chinese records dates from 75 B ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- is regarded as the founder of traditional Chinese painting. He is best known ... became a basic theory for traditional Chinese painting. ...12 KB (1,928 words) - 16:38, 25 February 2023
- Jizi (chinese:箕 子) (Gija in Korean)The character "zi" in "Jizi" comes from Shang's tradition of calling royal family ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: 蓝苹), and commonly referred ... was one of the most powerful figures in Chinese politics during Mao’s ...14 KB (2,214 words) - 20:36, 3 April 2024
- for the Northern Expedition against the Chinese warlords. In 1927, when ... District), Shanghai, to a wealthy Hakka Chinese family that had come from ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ Shānzhuāng; literally: Mountain Resort for Avoiding the Heat; Manchu: ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- He translated more than 60 sutras into Chinese, including Saravanabhava ... of Buddhist practices in South Asia and of Chinese monks who traveled to India ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
- as Wan Jiabao (萬家寶), was a renowned Chinese playwright, often regarded ... through the efforts of Cao Yu that modern Chinese "spoken theater" ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 00:35, 13 January 2023
- women leaders who successfully repelled Chinese invasions for three years ... the fate of servitude to the people from the North (Chinese). ...14 KB (2,364 words) - 23:51, 5 November 2022
- Wang Fu-chih (王夫之) or Wang Fuzhi or Chuanshan (船山 Ch’uan-shan), also known as Wang Fu-zi or Wang Zi (1619 - 1692) was a Chinese philosopher ...11 KB (1,753 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- with the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature), are four Chinese ... Throughout Chinese history there were a number of Confucian canons ...11 KB (1,684 words) - 14:30, 27 January 2023
- *Metal (Chinese:金, pinyin: jīn, "gold") *Wood (Chinese: 木, pinyin: mù) *Water (Chinese: 水, pinyin: shuǐ) ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- ) (November 24, 1898 – November 12, 1969) was a Chinese Communist ... Liu Shaoqi was a main ideologue of the Chinese Communist Party, and ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- Documents] of the Yongle Era”) was a Chinese compilation commissioned ... Yongle is considered one of the greatest Chinese emperors. His economic, ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 16:59, 4 June 2023
- one of the most respected physicians in Chinese history, Hua Tuo devised ... lost forever. This loss to traditional Chinese medicine was irreplaceable. Veith ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 01:27, 4 February 2023
- on Mount Emei had long been the home of Chinese martial arts. ... tall. Chinese monk Hai Tong and his disciples carved the Buddha statue ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- [[File:Chinese dragon asset heraldry.png|thumb|400px|Chinese dragon]] The Chinese dragon (spelled Long, Loong, or Lung in transliteration ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- , courtesy name Zixian (子先), was a Chinese bureaucrat, agricultural ... de Rocha. He became the most influential Chinese Christian before the twentieth ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- bone script, the earliest recorded form of Chinese writing. Wang Yirong, director ... Longgu (dragon bones) at a traditional Chinese pharmacy. He noticed strange ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- ) (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936) was one of the major Chinese ... young age to the poverty and suffering of Chinese peasants in the countryside ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- Christianity and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire in the sixteenth ... Christianity in China, he showed Chinese scholars that foreign countries ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- (Northeast China) in the tenth century. Chinese historians classified the ... References to the Khitan in Chinese sources date back to the fourth ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- → wūlóng) is a traditional Chinese tea somewhere between green ... The name oolong comes into the English language from the Chinese name ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- ; 妙法蓮華經 Chinese: Miàofǎ Liánhuā Jīng; Japanese: Myōhō ... deal of confusion over these sutras in the Chinese Buddhist world, since Confucianism ...10 KB (1,578 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- , Ch’u Yuan) (ca. 340 B.C.E. - 278 B.C.E.) was a Chinese patriotic ... Qu Yuan is considered the first prominent Chinese poet. Twenty-five ...16 KB (2,703 words) - 07:48, 3 July 2022
- Xiuzhen (修真) is the principal technique in the Taoist quest for immortality or spiritual transcendence, a theme documented in Chinese history ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 17:32, 11 October 2020
- 3, 1899 – August 24, 1966) was a notable Chinese writer. A novelist and dramatist ... also witnessed how Westerners viewed the Chinese people. He developed his ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- The Three Gojoseon kingdoms first appear in Joseon Sangosa and has been researched by South Korean, North Korean, and Chinese scholars. ...10 KB (1,333 words) - 21:05, 31 October 2022
- The Rinzai school (臨済宗; Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: Linji-zong) is one of the two major Japanese Zen sects. The other major sect is ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- became the preferred stone of post-1800 Chinese imperial scholars and rulers ... From about the earliest Chinese dynasties until present, the jade ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel ... in the institutional field of alternative Chinese science, not religion, as ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- man and woman in wall paintings wearing Chinese-style dresses depict the ... nominal titles indicates his leverage over Chinese in the Korean peninsula ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- Chinese herbology or Chinese materia medica ( s=中药学|t=中藥學|p=Zhōngyào xué ), the Chinese art of combining medicinal herbs, is an ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- river. These contests were of three types: Chinese poetry, Tanka poetry, and ... a similar practice in collections of Chinese poems of the time. Unlike ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- Wang Chong (Wade-Giles: Wang Chong, 王充) (27 – 97 C.E.) was a Chinese philosopher during the Han Dynasty who developed a rational, secular ...10 KB (1,654 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins are often traced back to the I Ching (the Book of Changes,) an ancient ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- , 429–500), courtesy name Wenyuan (文遠), was a prominent Chinese ... Chinese mechanical engineer Ma Jun (c. 200-265 C.E.) originally invented ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- of the most influential pre-Tang Dynasty Chinese poets. Born into a noble ... Early Chinese poetry grew from a rich tradition of folk songs and ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 00:46, 21 April 2023
- 敬仲), is conventionally regarded as the Chinese inventor of paper and the ... Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. In 751, some Chinese paper makers were captured ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- Jiao Yu (Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 焦玉, Wade-Giles: Chiao Yü, Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāo Yù) was a Chinese military officer loyal to ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- Shaanxi constitutes one of the origin sites for the Chinese people ... to be one of the many points where Chinese civilization first developed ...15 KB (2,046 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- percent. The most impressive collection of Chinese art from those dynasties ... * Chinese Buddhism * Buddhist Art * Mogao Caves ==Notes== ...11 KB (1,501 words) - 02:38, 4 November 2022
- was also highly developed in Europe. Chinese cloisonné is probably the ... from there along the Silk Road to China. Chinese cloisonné is probably the ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- Han Chinese ( s=汉族 or 汉人|t=漢族 or 漢人|p=hànzú or hànrén ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- “air” and “qi” (氣) in Chinese thought. Furthermore, one ... His concept of “air,” like “qi” in Chinese thought, seems not to be ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- Heaven and Earth on the behalf of the Chinese empire, especially responsible ... variation of Tai Chi. Developed by Chinese Olympic boxing coach Bai ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- same day, see Mid-Autumn Festival (across Chinese diaspora and Vietnam) and ... honoring the autumn moon, a variant of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. The ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- Traditional Chinese: 韓非 Simplified Chinese: 韩非 Pinyin: Hán Fēi Wade-Giles: Han Fei Han Fei (韓非) (ca. 280 B.C.E. – 233 B.C.E., ...13 KB (2,134 words) - 20:49, 21 January 2024
- is included among the Four Great Novels of Chinese literature. ... or fictionalizing, was used in ancient Chinese historical narratives, but ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex civilizations covering a history of over ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- Capital of Liao, then invaded the Han Chinese Northern Song Dynasty( 宋朝 ... tenth century, when the Balhae (Bohai in Chinese,振, then 渤海) kingdom ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- century, Sinocentrism was replaced with Chinese nationalism (zhonghua minzu ... of China, and relations between the Chinese Empire and these peoples ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- Baekdu Mountain (Baekdusan), also known as Changbai Mountain in Chinese, is a volcanic mountain on the border between North Korea and the Manchurian ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- The Lüshi Chunqiu is an encyclopedic Chinese classic text compiled around 239 B.C.E. under the patronage of the Qin Dynasty Chancellor Lü Buwei ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- (December 1, 1886 – July 6, 1976) was a Chinese Communist military leader ... severely curtailed the growth of the Chinese Communist Party. ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 15:28, 3 December 2022
- is an unusual surname and the common Chinese word for "ink," ... He was well-educated and versed in the Chinese classics. He held public ...15 KB (2,461 words) - 17:52, 10 November 2022
- Daman Hongren (Chinese: 弘忍) (Wade-Giles:Shih Hung-jen; Japanese: Daiman Konin) (601 - 674) was the fifth Chan (Buddhist) patriarch in the ...14 KB (1,945 words) - 17:46, 15 May 2020
- Chinese mythology starts with Pangu, the creator of the universe, ... It was during this period that Chinese civilization developed a ruling ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 18:50, 26 November 2022
- | image = chinese jadeite buttons.jpg | imagesize = ... the most valuable of the jades by the Chinese, known for their carefully ...7 KB (945 words) - 12:38, 6 November 2021
- ) is the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, ... In December 2007 Baidu became the first Chinese company to be included ...20 KB (2,596 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- deities who play an important role in Chinese religion and culture. While ... times throughout the vast corpus of Chinese folktales and literature. ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 09:15, 20 January 2024
- Jianzhen or Ganjin (Chien-chen鑒真 or 鑑真; 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- Qian Zhongshu (November 21, 1910 – December 19, 1998) was a Chinese literary scholar and writer, known for his burning wit and formidable erudition ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:10, 14 April 2023
- Tung Chung-shu or Dong Zhongshu (Chinese: 董仲舒; pinyin: Dŏng Zhòngshū; Dong Zhongshu; ca. 195 B.C.E.–ca. 115 B.C.E.) was a Han Dynasty ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 18:44, 2 May 2023
- The Chinese began to use these explosives as a form of incendiary ... with shrapnel. By the late 1200s the Chinese had developed these into ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- The Chinese Rites controversy (ca. 1630-1715 C.E.) was a dispute within the Roman Catholic Church about whether certain elements of Chinese folk ...22 KB (3,410 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion, and technology ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- culture") is an infrequent Chinese surname, and "Wenzi ... In 1973, Chinese archeologists excavated a Han Dynasty tomb near Dingzhou ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- , 531–591) was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher, painter, musician ... to the Tuoba people (拓跋), a non-Chinese nation. Adopting Confucianism ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 10:09, 22 May 2023
- Koma with indirect Manchu influence; and a Chinese form from the Tang Dynasty ... * Gakuso, zither of Chinese origin * Yamatogoto/Wagon, zither of Japanese ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- Wang Xizhi (Wang Hsi-chih, 王羲之) (303 – 361) was the most celebrated Chinese calligrapher, traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 22:52, 3 May 2023
- 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957) was a Chinese painter. His pseudonyms ... He is perhaps the most noted contemporary Chinese painter for the ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 04:01, 7 December 2022
- and the turning away from communism by the Chinese government that followed ... red dominates the mountain, as the famous Chinese sweet gums come into season ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- source of commercial cork) and the Chinese cork oak, Quercus variabilis ... oak tree, Quercus suber or the deciduous Chinese cork oak, Quercus variabilis ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- is the ruler of Heaven (Tian) in Chinese mythology and is among the ... In addition to the myriad Chinese myths and popular tales that reference ...18 KB (2,861 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- the members of the ethnic majority of Chinese people to this day still ... were established. The Han gave the Chinese a sense of unity and bequeathed ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 00:55, 28 January 2022
- Du Fu (712–770 C.E.) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai (Li Bo), he is frequently called the greatest of the ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- other intellectual traditions, such as Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy ... from non-Western traditions, such as Chinese or Indian philosophy, often ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- ) is a corpus of five ancient Chinese books that makes up part of ... (1644 – 1911). Several times through Chinese history, the texts of the ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- Guizhou sat on the fringe of the Chinese empire until the Ming dynasty ... Guizhou was well known by the Chinese for thousands of years, but ...15 KB (2,085 words) - 08:18, 8 January 2024
- Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ki (in romanized Japanese), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- Chinese 菩提達摩, Japanese ダルマ), with founding the famous Shaolin school of Chinese martial arts and is known ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- Chang Heng-ch'ü. 1020-1077) was a Chinese Neo-Confucian moral ... ) was a Chinese economist, statesman, and poet of the Song Dynasty ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 01:17, 4 December 2023
- Henry Norman Bethune, MD, known as "Bai Qiuen" (白求恩) in Chinese, (March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939) was a Canadian physician ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, Zhongyuan Jie (中元節), Gui Jie (鬼節) or Yulan Festival (traditional Chinese: ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... The Chinese civil service system later served as a model for the civil ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- He encouraged the participation of Han Chinese in government while pursuing ... age of five (six according to traditional Chinese age reckoning) in 1643, ...16 KB (2,379 words) - 20:04, 21 April 2023
- In Chinese, Huang Taiji is also known as Hóng Tàijí (洪太極 ... its name. His reign names were Tiāncōng (Chinese: 天聰, Manchu: Abkai sure ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 17:48, 27 January 2022
- significance of the emperor as a symbol of Chinese unity. The imperial system ... post, and corruption continued to dominate Chinese public life." ...7 KB (1,177 words) - 18:49, 31 January 2022
- father, Charles Jones Soong, a wealthy Chinese Methodist, had studied in ... the Japanese. In 1943, she was the first Chinese national and the second ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- merchants, resolved to enter the vast Chinese market, used his actions ... increased the economic burden on the Chinese people, and, together with ...12 KB (1,653 words) - 19:28, 21 August 2020
- A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... Chinese surnames have served a number of sociological purposes throughout ...26 KB (3,907 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- calligraphies, and antiques of previous Chinese eras, acquiring large collections ... calligraphies, and antiques of previous Chinese eras, acquiring large collections ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 10:25, 21 January 2023
- (T: 吉林烏拉 / S: 吉林乌拉) in Chinese, then shortened to Jilin ... and Balhae. Since 926 C.E., various Chinese dynasties and people have ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- the fifth century C.E. The seventh-century Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang reportedly ... Sanskrit Buddhism, such as the Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese, the two main ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- or poor, criminals or lawyers, speaking English or Chinese. However, one can choose to make good use of one's inheritance or squander it. People ...3 KB (403 words) - 15:38, 2 August 2022
- Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) is art, both ancient and modern, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- of foreign origin, including Westerners, Chinese, and Japanese, amounted ... ethnicity. In 1970, an estimate of 120,000 Chinese resided in South Korea. ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 6 March 2024
- and his attempts to reform the Chinese government often resulted ... Han Yu had acted out of his love for the Chinese people. ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- , was a military leader at the end of the Chinese Ming Dynasty. Born in Japan ... and claimed Taiwan, bringing it under Chinese Han rule for the first time ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 15:22, 3 December 2022
- altar, just as is performed in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhism ... Séances can be conducted in Vietnamese, Chinese, French, or English, depending ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- funds and donations from philanthropic Chinese merchants. Founded to provide ... While the temple takes the direction of a Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temple ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 20:14, 13 September 2023
- ; Chinese for short:慧可; pinyin: Huìkě; Wade-Giles: Hui-k’o; ... is the Biographies of Eminent Monks (519) (Chinese:高僧, Wade-Giles: Kao ...17 KB (2,535 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- rebuilt it in the 1470s, greeted all Chinese and Japanese dignitaries ... wrote the calligraphy for the three Chinese characters (崇禮門) that ...7 KB (1,106 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- Leninism derived from the teachings of the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong ... the concept of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" has ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- arrival of Islam, Buddhism and tradition Chinese culture had a powerful impact ... Ningxia is the home of the Hui, one of the officially recognized Chinese ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- became perhaps the most famous in Chinese history. Yuan Zhen ( ... , 779–831), courtesy name Weizhi (微之), was an important Chinese ...14 KB (2,277 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- Sun Zi (Chinese: 孫, 子, Sūn Zǐ; Wade-Giles: Sun Tzu) (c. 544 – 496 B.C.E.) was a Chinese author of The Art of War (Chinese: 兵, 法) ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- under Kublai Khan to becoming a basically Chinese institution under his successors. achievement, including developmets in the Chinese novel and plays with increased ...21 KB (3,202 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- Dayi Daoxin (Chinese: 道信， Wade-Giles: Tao-hsin) (Japanese: Dōshin) (580 - 651) was the fourth Chán Buddhist Patriarch, following Jianzhi ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 19:44, 22 May 2020
- ===Chinese thought: Han Feizi=== In Han Feizi, Han Feizi illustrated a contradiction by a man who was selling both: a shield that no spear can ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 02:48, 8 January 2024
- | nationality = Chinese | denomination = | school ... | title = Third Chinese Patriarch | workplace = ...18 KB (2,660 words) - 12:22, 1 August 2022
- Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, and religious tradition that has been passed down for centuries in oral or ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- minority groups in China. Miao is a Chinese term and does not reflect ... Throughout Chinese history, the term “Miao” has been applied inconsistently ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- a jelly-like noodle), negi (green onions), Chinese cabbage, and enokitake mushrooms ... (a type of noodles), negi (green onions), Chinese cabbage, enokitake mushrooms ...7 KB (1,137 words) - 21:42, 26 February 2023
- Guangdong, located remote from the centers of power in Chinese civilization ... homeland for the majority of the overseas Chinese population, many of whom ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- differently. Though the qilin (麒麟, Chinese), a creature in Chinese ... does not mean however, that the ancient Chinese did not believe in its existence ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers ... The lion dance continues to be an important part of Chinese culture ...24 KB (3,959 words) - 00:19, 5 September 2023
- Yayoi people are largely descended from Chinese or Korean immigrants, intermingled ... and coins which resemble those of the Chinese Han dynasty. By the first ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 09:53, 23 May 2023
- 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher ... influenced an entire generation of Chinese young people. Liang returned ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- original name Ch'en Ch'ien-sheng, was a Chinese educator, philosopher, journalist and political revolutionary. Although he was successful in ...26 KB (3,844 words) - 14:50, 5 December 2023
- from 665 to 690, not unprecedented in Chinese history, she then broke ... beautiful." Thus, today Chinese people refer to her as Wu ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2022
- “School of semantics”) was a classical Chinese philosophical school that ... Chinese thinkers of the period were preoccupied with the use of terminology ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- In both the Chinese Ch'an and Japanese Zen traditions, a ceremony ... Specific ordination procedures for receiving precepts in the Chinese ...9 KB (1,341 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- It is derived from a Chinese stringed instrument with a drum-like ... be carried compactly. The dō is made from Chinese quince, mulberry or zelkova wood. ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- * Hefei (Simplified Chinese: 合肥市, Hanyu Pinyin: Héféi Shì) ... Han Chinese make up the vast majority of the population. The She and ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- foreign generals because he feared that Chinese generals might usurp his ... which caused terrible suffering among the Chinese people, were perceived as ...13 KB (1,997 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- the recipe, were a gift from a grateful Chinese nobleman to the British earl. ... it is made with both Indian and Chinese teas blended together with ...15 KB (2,263 words) - 01:25, 16 January 2023
- trade. Historically on the periphery of Chinese power and economy, that ... Zhejiang was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- the New Testament and the Psalms into Chinese and Uyghur. After working ... preached in it, and translated into Chinese the New Testament and the ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- a missionary was as a teacher at an Anglo-Chinese College (grades 1-12) for ... Meanwhile, the Chinese and the Japanese were at war. When the fighting ...8 KB (1,362 words) - 19:25, 13 February 2024
- to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from raids by Hunnic ... only to the technological achievement of Chinese civilization, but also to ...14 KB (2,322 words) - 07:41, 4 January 2024
- Asia. Hwanin is a pronunciation of the Chinese letters "환인 桓因 ... this according with similar sounding Chinese Letters: 桓因. Modern ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- as such he appointed both Caucasian and Chinese scientists to work for him ... In 1929 Chinese paleontologist W. C. Pei, found a nearly complete ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 08:39, 28 January 2024
- Kumārajīva (Simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; Traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; Pinyin:Jiūmóluóshí; also Kiu-kiu-lo, Kiu-mo-lo-che, Kiu ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- Chinese polity developed a bias towards centralization and unity, ... Zhejiang) were also brought into the Chinese cultural sphere during this ...14 KB (2,355 words) - 22:04, 18 November 2022
- Chinese Neo-Confucianism had become a powerful influence in Vietnam ... a term that mimics that used by the Chinese for their own forbidden ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 21:27, 9 February 2024
- Jiangxi was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization ... became one of the earliest bases for the Chinese communists, and many peasants ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- of spices. Chai is ultimately from the Chinese word chá (茶) meaning ... The Chinese character for tea is 茶, but it is pronounced differently ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- of Tibet and Nepal that are close to Han Chinese populations. The pair of ... com/library/weekly/aa_chopsticks02a.htm Chinese Chopsticks] Retrieved January ...24 KB (3,847 words) - 17:19, 10 December 2023
- of Six 六一居士 in his old age, was a Chinese statesman, historian, essayist ... as one of the highest achievements of Chinese travel writing. He wrote ...18 KB (2,877 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- Chinese Chan master in Tang-era China. He founded one of the five ... could be found in the Ninden gammoku,Chinese: Jen-t'ien yen-mu, ...14 KB (2,283 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Contemporary young Chinese acrobat]] ... Western perceptions of acrobatics; the Chinese stressed lightness more ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- ) was a group of Chinese Communist Party leaders in the People's ... charging them with a plot to overthrow the Chinese government. After a two ...19 KB (2,985 words) - 04:24, 18 April 2024
- the right. This arrangement derived from Chinese practice. The main halls ... No. 1. This court music has its origins in Chinese court music that was brought ...6 KB (909 words) - 00:56, 4 August 2022
- incident in history took place during the Chinese anti-satellite weapon (ASAT ... field is at a lower altitude than the Chinese ASAT test and much of the ...13 KB (1,862 words) - 15:16, 27 April 2023
- Even though the Russo-Japanese War was fought on Chinese territory ... 1905 proved a turning point in Chinese history. The humiliation suffered ...11 KB (1,628 words) - 04:51, 5 November 2022
- the shuyuan became a permanent feature of Chinese education, taking up major ... Many such schools were called Shuyuan in Chinese. Despite the common name ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 07:12, 14 June 2023
- Russian tea more than the British or Chinese forms. Turks make use of ... Turkish tea, called çay ultimately from the Chinese word chá (茶 ...11 KB (1,771 words) - 00:24, 3 May 2023
- deities who play an important role in Chinese religion and culture. While ... backwards). He often bears an archaic Chinese instrument instrument called ...10 KB (1,682 words) - 15:18, 3 December 2022
- (November 16, 1892 - June 12, 1978) was a Chinese author, poet, historian ... with Chiang Kai-shek and joined the Chinese communist party. After World ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- ===Faith in Chinese Religions=== The word for "Faith" in Chinese characters consist of two ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- 1722. He is known as one of the greatest Chinese emperors in history. His ... falling back on the concept that all non Chinese are barbarians. He consolidated ...20 KB (3,209 words) - 02:38, 5 October 2022
- where often fatal weapons and bare-knuckle Chinese martial arts tournaments were once held. The lei tai first appeared in its present form in ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- for much of Christian culture in Chinese society today. Members of ... Xavier, however, died the same year on the Chinese island of Shangchuan, without ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- The Chinese have long valued ivory for both art and utilitarian objects. Early reference to the Chinese export of ivory is recorded after the ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 03:52, 13 March 2024
- way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Ch'in ... is considered one of the major ancient Chinese works of the pragmatic and ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 13:12, 27 January 2023
- Huángbò Xīyùn (simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运 traditional: 黄檗希運 Wade-Giles: Huang-po Hsi-yün; Japanese: Ōbaku Kiun) (d. 850) ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 20:57, 7 February 2024
- Goma-in, Anzan-in, Anchi-in, Sokuchi-in; Chinese- Chudi Yin) ... Tenborin-in, Chikichi-jo, Hoshin-seppo-in; Chinese: Juanfalun Yin) ...13 KB (2,114 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- a uniquely Korean product and show little Chinese influence. The Silla crown ... branches which have three branches each. The Chinese character ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe that the Yao became ... separated from the Miao. Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- Pǔyí (Traditional Chinese: 溥儀; Simplified Chinese: 溥仪) (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro Aisin-Gioro is ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- As a consequence of the heavy fighting, many innocent Chinese and ... story temple in 1954, one of the few Chinese Mahayana temples in Singapore ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- The Göktürkler(s) or Köktürkler(s) were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia. Known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (突厥 Tūjué ...21 KB (3,069 words) - 16:18, 29 July 2023
- Mencius (Chinese 孟子, transliterated Meng Zi, most accepted dates: 371 – 289 B.C.E.; other possible dates: 385 – 303/302 B.C.E.) was a ...22 KB (3,470 words) - 04:29, 9 November 2022
- ) (December 5, 1907 - September 13, 1971) was a Chinese Communist ... After the split between the nationalist Kuomintang and the Chinese ...22 KB (3,630 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- , 709–785) was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor ... Yan’s artistic accomplishment in Chinese calligraphy parallels the ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 03:43, 15 October 2020
- , Xiao'erjing: حُوِ ذَو ) are a Chinese ethnic group, ... Most Hui are similar in culture to Han Chinese except that they practice ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- The Battle of Cheongsanri (Chingshanri in Chinese) was fought in October 1920 between the Japanese army and Korean independence forces during ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- The Liezi (列子 in Chinese characters, Lièzĭ in pinyin) is a Daoist text attributed to Lie Yukou, a philosopher conventionally thought to ...18 KB (2,907 words) - 22:49, 25 October 2022
- Kanji (漢字) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮名), katakana ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- 1968. At odds with the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, particularly ... with the West, or represented traditional Chinese culture or religion. Hundreds ...18 KB (2,779 words) - 02:28, 8 December 2022
- seek to have the issue of Korean or Chinese sovereignty over Jiandao ... and Balhae. Goguryeo (called Gaojuli by Chinese) belonged to the Three Kingdoms ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 08:52, 3 April 2024
- Tao or Dao (道, Pinyin: Dào, Cantonese: Dou) is a Chinese character often translated as ‘Way’ or 'Path'. Though often seen as ...21 KB (3,367 words) - 19:34, 7 July 2023
- it was a magnet for migration of Han Chinese from the north, who cleared ... Hunan was left relatively unscathed by the Chinese civil war that followed ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- for example opposed the use of migrant Chinese labor in building the railroads ... In 1910 Ross traveled to China for six months, studying Chinese culture ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- tests measured candidates knowledge of the Chinese classics, and sometimes ... skill in a wide variety of forms of Chinese poetry and prose, including ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 06:03, 27 July 2023
- Qin Shi Huang (November / December 260 B.C.E. – September 10, 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- Chinese ceramics or Chinese porcelain is a form of fine art developed in China during the dynastic periods. China has always been richly endowed ...32 KB (4,846 words) - 22:42, 13 January 2023
- Chöd is a product of both the Indian and Chinese transmissions of ... quot; (Tibetan: rim gyis ‘jug pa; Chinese: tun-wu) and the Chinese ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the Greater China region, which includes territories administered by ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- , also known as Jin Kui (金喟), was a Chinese literary theorist, writer ... Please note that to be "painfully happy" in Chinese does ...23 KB (3,604 words) - 02:01, 9 February 2023
- ; "School of Mo") or Moism is a Chinese Philosophy founded ... is an unusual surname and is the common Chinese word for "ink." ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2022
- because it uses concise language and few Chinese words. Sei Shōnagon's ... and for her familiarity with the Chinese classics, an unusual accomplishment ...16 KB (2,769 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- The area enjoys a relatively pollution-free atmosphere, the Chinese ... The Wuyi Mountains constitute the best example of Chinese subtropical ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- Simplified Chinese Characters ( s=简化字|t=簡化字|p=Jiǎnhuàzì or s=简体字|t=簡體字|p=Jiǎntǐzì ) are one of two standard sets ...45 KB (6,288 words) - 22:48, 10 February 2024
- the original culture. For example, the Chinese written language Hanzi was ... a native language, and was first used in Chinese ports. Similar pidgins have ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- ====Chinese nets==== [[Image:Chinese Fishing Net (Kochi, India).jpg ... The Chinese fishing nets (Cheena vala) of Fort Kochi (Fort Cochin ...17 KB (2,692 words) - 17:32, 28 March 2024
- China were triggered by the embassy of the Chinese explorer Zhang Qian during ... Following Zhang Qian's embassy and report, commercial Chinese ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. ... cast the province into a central role in Chinese history. The first city ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- (shih) Wen-ti, was the second son of the Chinese politician and poet Cao ... Pi, like his father, was a poet. The first Chinese poem using seven syllables ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 19:30, 25 November 2023
- 35 years. She encouraged the influence of Chinese culture and Buddhism by ... and scholars, who were also familiar with Chinese culture, and created a unique ...9 KB (1,420 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- classes patterned themselves after the Chinese, adopting Chinese written ... brought about by the adoption of Chinese models of government, incorporating ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- Legalism (Chinese: 法家; pinyin: Fǎjiā; Wade-Giles: Fa-chia; literally "School of law") was one of the four main schools of thought ...22 KB (3,459 words) - 19:04, 25 October 2022
- may have cost as many as 200 million Chinese lives between 1850 and 1865 ... its inability to integrate foreign and Chinese ideas, which, arguably, ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- 1530 and 1630, the bureaucratic elite and Chinese gentry rose up in an unprecedented ... imperial government was unprecedented in Chinese history. Confucian tradition ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- a growing animosity towards the incoming Chinese, and from 1881, measures ... The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 stipulated that all Chinese entering ...22 KB (3,597 words) - 08:38, 24 November 2022
- role in the governing itself of the ancient Chinese rulers: ... The early Chinese sages were fascinated to "look upward and contemplate ...30 KB (4,747 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- the border between North Korea and the Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning ... Japanese defeat and at the onset of the Chinese Civil War. The province ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- philosophical and religious needs of the Chinese literati, who were actively ... * Chan, Wing-tsit. A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Princeton ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 14:25, 13 May 2020
- Horses is a collection of 8,099 life-size Chinese terra cotta figures of warriors ... Chinese officials dismissed the claims. [http://www.danwei.org/media_and_adv ...13 KB (1,945 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- trees are often darker (although the Chinese alligator has some light ... could have exceeded a ton in weight. The Chinese alligator is smaller, averaging ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 18:37, 21 July 2023
- The KhitansIn Korean, Khitan is Georan (거란, or 契丹 in Chinese ... Following the fall of the Chinese Tang Dynasty's fall in 907 ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 07:45, 23 January 2023
- the Koreans unambiguously triumphed over the Chinese. ==Background== ... The campaign was unsuccessful for the Chinese, who failed to capture strategic ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- Zhou Dunyi (Chinese: 周敦颐/周敦頤; Pinyin: Zhōu Dūnyí; Wade-Giles: Chou Tun-yi; 1017-1073 C.E.), or Zhou Lianxi (周濂溪; Chou Lien ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 06:02, 13 June 2023
- – June 6, 1916) was a Chinese military official and politician during ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- the eleventh century. Sulu is mentioned in Chinese sources as early as the ... activity in China resulted in a rising Chinese demand for products from ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 21:54, 26 February 2023
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents and artifacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- as the fifteenth century B.C.E. An ancient Chinese city was named Ju-Xian, ... ) of China (the others being ume, orchid, and bamboo), known in Chinese ...17 KB (2,581 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- and the Korean Peninsula. Several Chinese texts record the people ... According to some Chinese records, Chinese descendants led by Gija ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- was Batuo, (also, Fotuo or Bhadra (the Chinese transposition of Buddha ... because of its long association with Chinese martial arts and particularly ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- foreign generals because he feared that Chinese generals might usurp his ... which caused terrible suffering among the Chinese people, were perceived as ...11 KB (1,832 words) - 18:40, 26 July 2023
- 1997) and has a large concentration of Hui Chinese as well as a variety of ... later became the founding state of the Chinese empire, grew from the southeastern ...21 KB (2,969 words) - 04:27, 18 April 2024
- and it was itself an extension of the Chinese civilization that had emerged ... increasingly Sinicized) north and a Han Chinese-ruled south. Hubei, which ...22 KB (3,092 words) - 21:04, 7 February 2024
- 30, 1920–September 8, 1995) was a Chinese writer. She also used the ... divorced, and she was renamed Eileen (her Chinese first name, Ailing, was ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- He combined the depth of the Chinese scholarship and the study ... its cycles and its myriad things with the Chinese classics like the Yijing ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- II, many of the gardens lay in ruins. The Chinese government launched a project ... number of cultural highlights, among them Chinese opera. Kunqu originated ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- This later became a Chinese idiom (覆巢之下，安有完卵), used ... style (建安风骨; jian'an is the Chinese era name for the period ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- false rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum), used in cooking, and Chinese rhubarb ... as "medicinal rhubarb" or "Chinese rhubarb" (ITIS 1999c ...14 KB (2,051 words) - 09:17, 10 August 2022
- over Goguryeo and a variety of southern Chinese dynasties, which had arisen ... Goguryeo monarchs as equals to their Chinese counterparts. ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- Tendai (天台宗; Tendai-shū) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, originating from the Chinese Tiantai (T'ien-t'ai) or Lotus ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- , sometimes simply called “the River” in ancient Chinese, ... of China" and "the Cradle of Chinese Civilization." Thousands ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- situation happened with Indonesians with Chinese ethnicity, who mostly were ... The Chinese traveler monk, Xuanzang, on his journey to India, has ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- Chinese New Year ( t=農曆新年, 春節|s=农历新年, 春节 ) (or generally referred to as Lunar New Year globally) is the Chinese festival ...42 KB (6,591 words) - 16:45, 10 December 2023
- ==Chinese abacus== [[Image:abacus 6.png|thumb|275px|Suanpan (the number ... The similarity of the Roman abacus to the Chinese one suggests that ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- numerous ambitious soldiers and refuges of Chinese governments throughout history ... The plan is hailed by some as a Chinese effort to shift towards ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- The Spring and Autumn Period (春秋時代, Chūnqiū Shídài) was a period in Chinese history, which roughly corresponds to the first half ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- settlement in the southwest, appointed Han Chinese officials to important posts ... The Manchu Qing ( Ch'ing) came to power after defeating the Chinese ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 17:48, 15 October 2020
- to the Qing Dynasty, and the demise of the Chinese classical tradition represented ... In 1884, a group of pro-Japanese reformers overthrew the pro-Chinese ...31 KB (4,561 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- lived in harmony with the Dutch, British, and Chinese. UNESCO, [http://whc ... possession in 1999, as a unique example of Chinese culture, an example that ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- , which, beginning in the Sui Dynasty, was the Chinese name for the ... its course. At its source it is called in Chinese the Dangqu (当曲, from ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 00:54, 17 April 2023
- In the seventh century, Silla allied itself with the Chinese Tang ... then fought for nearly a decade to expel Chinese forces on the peninsula ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- Block printing is well-suited to written Chinese because character alignment ... inventors with advantage over their Chinese counterparts: the screw ...16 KB (2,311 words) - 18:44, 29 April 2023
- name 'Taejo' is comprise of two Chinese characters, 'Tae' ... pirates (wakou) and the invasions of the Chinese Red Turbans, those who came ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- The Chinese abbreviation of Guangzhou is Sui (穗; pinyin: sùi; Jyutping: ... period generally did not understand spoken Chinese nor the written logo graphic ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- Forsythia viridissima is Chinese, but a variety koreana was discovered ... F. suspensa (Chinese: 连翘; pinyin: liánqiào) also is considered ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- and Korea. Its relics can still be seen in Chinese cities such as Xi'an. ... 635, and its relics can still be seen in Chinese cities such as Xi'an ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- to Korea to warn King Munmo that the Chinese were planning an invasion ... one of the leaders of the developing Chinese Huayan tradition. ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- * Chinese Law that between the Soviet, Muslim, Hindu, or Chinese Law. According to David ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- is now southern Hebei. Zhili (Traditional Chinese: 直隸; Simplified Chinese: ... here during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. Hebei's importance ...26 KB (3,622 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- Balhae (698 - 926) (Bohai in Chinese) existed as an ancient kingdom established after the fall of Goguryeo. After Goguryeo's capital and ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- and those of controversial authorship. The Chinese literary scholar Wang Guowei ... be the Vietnamese pronunciation of the Chinese character 文. ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 19:07, 21 November 2022
- ; Chinese: zh-TW|麻糬 ) is a Japanese rice cake made by pounding ... confections. There are many varieties of Chinese nian gao, made from a batter ...16 KB (2,504 words) - 12:55, 10 March 2023
- Yongle is considered one of the greatest Chinese emperors. His economic, ... Zhu Di (Chu Ti)'s father, the Hongwu (Hung-wu; Chinese: 洪武帝; ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- , and categorizes them as Yang and Yin (in Chinese). Although some consider ... (It is still written that way in modern Chinese and Japanese.) The Gupta ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- In Chinese, the term yǔhángyuán ( zh|宇航员 ) has long been used ... , literally "great emptiness"), Chinese for "space ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- Moksadeva, or Yüan-tsang) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, ... Central Asia and India. The classic Chinese novel Xiyou ji (Journey ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- October 1934. The First Front Army of the Chinese Soviet Republic, led by ... Although the literal translation of the Chinese Cháng Zhēng is “Long ...32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- them benevolent rather than malevolent. In Chinese society, for example, the ... ====Chinese beliefs==== The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- goods from India and import of 15 from the Chinese side. The opening also shortens ... when the Tibetan government expelled the Chinese living there, most of the ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- Hajji Mahmud Shams) (1371–1433), was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat ... by the Ming government to establish a Chinese presence and extend the ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- is based on the genealogy of the Chen Chinese school of Buddhism, and ... two comprises the thoughts of their later Chinese counterparts, touching on ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- Hóng Xiùquán (洪秀全, Hóng Xiùquán, Hung Hsiu-ch'üan, January 1, 1814 – June 1, 1864) was a Chinese religious prophet and leader ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- the age of eleven, he studied Japanese and Chinese classics. ... only one book, a volume of Chuang-tzu (a Chinese thinker of 4 B.C.E.). Kondo ...10 KB (1,696 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- for non-alphabetic writing systems such as Chinese hanzi and Japanese kanji ... is used for collation. For example, the Chinese character for "mother ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- plant. White tea is a specialty of the Chinese province Fujian. The leaves ... In hard times, very poor Chinese people would serve guests boiled ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:15, 4 May 2023
- a movement has been undertaken by the Chinese government to plant a series ... Since the 1950s, the Chinese government has been encouraging its population ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- that the Jin would inevitably dominate the Chinese, he began plotting to usurp ... Cheong argued that Korea had become too Chinese and too Confucian, and had ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- of the 'East Mountain Teachings' (Chinese: tung-shan fa ... He was educated in the Chinese classics and Taoism and became a Buddhist ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- battlefield between the Japanese and the Chinese communist guerrillas of ... #039;s Liberation Army in the ensuing Chinese Civil War. Yen Hsi-shan ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- , d. 154 B.C.E.) was a Chinese political adviser and official of the ... position that superior sedentary Chinese culture should dominate ...20 KB (3,183 words) - 01:44, 4 December 2023
- The province is contiguous with many other Chinese provinces, including Hebei ... is traditionally regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization. ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- of King Yejong’s reign, with a gift of Chinese musical instruments from ... friendly relations with the Song Chinese, based on economic and cultural ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- been an ethnic melting pot, mixing Han Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, and ... Japanese War (from 1937 to 1945) and the Chinese Civil War (from 1945 to ...18 KB (2,519 words) - 04:02, 7 December 2022
- . When speaking of "Hainan" in Chinese, it is usually the main ... abbreviation, Qióng (琼 in Simplified Chinese), referring to the greenery ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- Other abugidas #ff4e4d|Syllabaries #ffff65|Chinese characters (logographic) ]] ... all have phonetic components (such as Chinese Pinyin or Hanyu Pinyin) ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- to fund the work at Zhoukoudian. By 1929, Chinese archaeologists Yang Zhongjian ... for embezzlement. In July 2005, the Chinese government founded a committee ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- literature and a composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy ... school, Natsume became enamored with Chinese literature, and fancied ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:18, 11 November 2022
- The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT), also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China ...28 KB (4,106 words) - 16:48, 30 March 2024
- was recognized as a watershed moment in Chinese philosophy. Likewise, in ... when one notes the cultural value that Chinese philosophers placed upon ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- of the 56 ethnic groups of the country. Chinese consider them one of the ... to South Korea rose dramatically. 356,790 Chinese citizens have migrated to ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- Bruce Jun Fan Lee (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), was a Chinese-American martial artist, instructor, and actor widely regarded as one ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 16:58, 29 April 2020
- Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Traditional Chinese: 孫中山 or 孫逸仙; Pinyin: Sūn Zhōngshān; or "Sun Yixian") (November 12, 1866 – March ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ... The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- than mulberry silk. Antheraea pernyi, the Chinese tussah moth, is a major ... domestic population originated from inland Chinese rather than Japanese or ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 23:22, 7 October 2022
- Korean art was strongly influenced by Chinese art and the exchange of ... the primary influence on Korean art was Chinese painting, though the subject ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- in the Mongolian classical alphabet. In Chinese, the region is known as ... region, alternated in control between Han Chinese agriculturalists in the ...33 KB (4,665 words) - 19:29, 5 March 2024
- During the earliest Chinese dynasties, the area of what is now Jiangsu ... kingdoms across the north, the ethnic Han Chinese aristocracy fled southwards ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- Tengri is a probable precursor of the Chinese deity Tian, which became ... Tengri first appeared in Chinese records referring to the Xiongnu ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- Wai-shih, or Hsiang–yang Man-shih, was a Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher ... ability, established him prominently among Chinese art-historians; his contributions ...19 KB (3,202 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- Journey to the West (Traditional Chinese: 西遊記; Simplified Chinese: 西游记; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīyóu-jì; Wade-Giles: Hsiyu-chi) is one ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- The Ming Dynasty Tombs (Chinese: 明朝十三陵; pinyin: Míng cháo ... at the northern foot of Purple Mountain (Chinese: 紫金山; pinyin: Zĭjīn ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- between Singapore and the community of Chinese merchants in Bangkok. The ... repaired 50 temples, including the first Chinese style temple at Rajaorasa ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- name has been recorded with various Hanja (Chinese characters) phonetically ... by about 50 C.E., destroyed the last Chinese commandery in 313, and had ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- China rose (H. rosa-sinensis), also known as Chinese hibiscus, is ... . In tropical and subtropical areas, the Chinese hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 23:37, 12 February 2022
- ) is a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of ... B.C.E. to 91 B.C.E., Sima Qian recounted Chinese history from the time of ...31 KB (4,609 words) - 00:37, 3 May 2023
- It is interesting to note that the following Chinese couplet attributed to a poetess in the Tang Dynasty, which has entered the realm of proverbs ...8 KB (1,256 words) - 00:38, 29 November 2023
- The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated notably by the Chinese and Vietnamese people. Similar festivals are celebrated as Chuseok ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- The term nèijiā usually refers to Wudangquan or the “internal” styles of Chinese martial arts, which Sun Lutang identified in the 1920s ...24 KB (3,729 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- Dahui Zonggao (大慧宗杲) (1089–1163) (Wade-Giles: Ta-hui Tsung-kao; Japanese: Daie Sōkō) was a twelfth century Chinese Chan (Zen) master ...16 KB (2,594 words) - 16:55, 13 May 2020
- Population pressures throughout certain periods of Chinese history ... abortion. About 95 percent of children in Chinese orphanages are able-bodied ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- an open hand (five digits displayed). The Chinese word numeral for ten is ... * In Chinese astrology, the 10 Heavenly Stems refer to a cyclic number ...13 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 June 2023
- sculptor Kuratsukuri Tori, grandson of Chinese immigrant Shiba Tatto, is ... synonymous with all of Japan. Based on Chinese models (including the adoption ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- including 'sumi-e', a style of Chinese and Japanese ink and wash ... East Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes to write Chinese ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- Tendai School of Buddhism, based on the Chinese Tiantai tradition. The eminent ... simple Japanese, rather than Classical Chinese, so that the peasant class ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
- provincial governments is a result of the Chinese Civil War. After losing ... For the Han Chinese, this area was also known as Minyue. The word ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- without the payment of any taxes to the Chinese government.Lee Taylor, ... (the Kwantung Leased Territory) to the Chinese Empire, agreeing to pay ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- video recorders in vacant rooms) that Chinese mantids that had been fed ... for this purpose. In particular, the Chinese mantid, T. a. sinensis is ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- The region is often referred to as Chinese Turkestan or East Turkestan ... through the area, many of whom challenged Chinese control of the region. ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- from the logographic characters of Chinese origin, known in Japan as ... Taiwanese to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters like furigana ...25 KB (3,410 words) - 02:35, 5 October 2022
- in the south were forced to recognize Chinese suzerainty. Commerce continued ... and came to power after defeating the Chinese Ming dynasty and taking ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- to live in Dharmasala, India following the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Today ... during the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese in 1959, when Chinese shells ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Platycladus orientalis is known as the Chinese or oriental arborvitae, ... treated as Thuja orientalis (oriental or Chinese arborvitae), is now treated ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 06:13, 12 August 2023
- meat is considered a delicacy and some Chinese believe pangolin scales ... , Malayan pangolin (M. javanica), Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla ...14 KB (1,993 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- At times a controversial figure in Chinese history, his legacy informs ... B.C.E. in Qufu, which was located in the Chinese State of Lu (now part of ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- with a collection of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Daoist ... a sound mind and a very sound grasp of the Chinese Classics, but also an unblemished ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- ===The Body in Chinese medicine=== [[Image:hua_t08.jpg|thumb|right ... Chinese medicine is based on a model of the human body as a single ...25 KB (3,706 words) - 21:55, 23 December 2020
- Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, and the basics of Chinese at an early age. By the end of his life he knew thirteen languages thoroughly and another ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- Bāguàzhǎng is one of the major internal (Nèijiā) Chinese martial arts. Bāguà zhǎng literally means "eight trigram palm," referring ...25 KB (3,699 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2023
- Shaanxi province, China) was one of the greatest Chinese strategists of the Three Kingdoms period, as well as a statesman, engineer, scholar, and inventor ...18 KB (2,855 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- book to survive is a sixteen foot long Chinese Buddhist copy of the Diamond ... The Chinese invented and perfected "Indian Ink" for use ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- ==As lucky or unlucky number, Chinese culture== Nine (九 pinyin jiǔ) is considered a good number in Chinese culture ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- their tyranny is a familiar theme in Chinese history. In his History ... in order to write his monumental history of the Chinese empire. ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- who wrote the most numerous books in Chinese characters. Although his ... Professor Peng Lin at Qinghua University, Beijing teaches the Chinese ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 07:14, 31 July 2022
- Dajian Huineng (慧能 or 惠能; Pinyin: Huìnéng) (638 – 713) was one of the most important figures in the Chinese Chán monastic tradition ...20 KB (3,245 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- on the behest of the gods, from invading Chinese forces. The myth reveals ... Local legend relates that when the Vietnamese fought invading Chinese ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 23:30, 29 July 2023
- In 1856, Chinese soldiers boarded The Arrow, a Chinese-owned ship ... and even by countries without other Chinese concessions such as Austria ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- ===Chinese Traders=== Vigan had been a key coastal trading post in ... a peninsula, providing ready access to Chinese ships. Chinese traders brought ...13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
- Under pressure from the Chinese army and local guerrillas, with food ... of Korea: the north as a self-governing Chinese satellite, and the south ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- supplemented by influxes of Africans, Chinese, Malays, and Indians gave ... Tamil), Vietnamese, African, Malagasy, Chinese and ethnic French - but ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- Göktürks (Kokturks, known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (突厥 ... c. 200 B.C.E., contemporary with the Chinese Han Dynasty( 漢朝). ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- 18 years of her life in China, learned Chinese as her first language, and ... She was raised in China and learned the Chinese language from a teacher ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in Asia over the centuries. The structural principles of Chinese ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- also ushered in the end of 'Chinese roof' (Knickdach) construction ... * Goldberg, Marilyn Y. “Greek Temples and Chinese Roofs.” American ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- While he was young, Suzuki had set about acquiring knowledge of Chinese ... of Buddhism, and particularly of its Chinese Chan school (though he usually ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 07:35, 12 January 2024
- Baekje in 18 B.C.E. According to the Chinese record San Guo Zhi, during ... its east, around the Nakdong River valley. Chinese records first described ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- In October 1949 after the retreat of the Kuomintang to Taiwan, the ... Period" was necessary in the Chinese countryside where the existing ...24 KB (3,667 words) - 23:12, 21 January 2023
- emperor of a unified Tibet, who married a Chinese Buddhist princess, Wencheng ... Vehicle, or 金剛乘 Jingangcheng in Chinese; however, these terms are ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- known as one of the best poems in classic Chinese literature. ... that point was considered a golden age in Chinese history, toward a path of ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 05:57, 13 June 2023
- a cultural hero and a favorite subject of Chinese folk tales, poetry, and ... His unique abnormality was known to the Chinese political world from the ...27 KB (4,419 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- Tofu, also tōfu (the Japanese Romaji spelling), doufu (the Chinese Pinyin spelling often used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (the literal ...37 KB (5,817 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- heart are also reflected in the East. The Chinese character for "spiritual ... * Good Characters (GC). 2006. http://goodcharacters.com/chinese.symbol ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- ) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature ... and 3 women, representing all classes of Chinese society, who rose up, under ...17 KB (2,616 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. It has been in continual use in ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- The Yi Jing ("Book of Changes" or "Classic of Changes" (often spelled I Ching) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- the island's mine was established Chinese laborers were brought in ... English is the official language, but Chinese and Malay are also spoken. ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- Chinese name. Unlike most place names in Korea, "Seoul" ... Metropolitan Government requested that the Chinese name of the city change ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- and his followers initiated the influx of Chinese influence into Yunnan, which ... which marked the first use of the name in Chinese history. To expand the burgeoning ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- objects. Books obtained from Arabian and Chinese scholars were not complete ... Gyeongjaja type face set and could print Chinese characters in astounding ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 16:10, 8 February 2023
- Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was one of the most important political leaders in twentieth century Chinese history, serving ...31 KB (4,795 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- Xún Zǐ (Wade-Giles: Hsün Tzu) (Chinese: 荀子) (c.310– 237 B.C.E.) was a Chinese philosopher whose notoriety is derived mainly from his ...24 KB (3,958 words) - 14:34, 20 May 2023
- interconnected as early as 5000 B.C.E. Chinese merchants colonized the ... Hainan Island and several other southern Chinese regions such as Yunnan, ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- two major collections are the Pi-yen lu (Chinese: “Blue Cliff Records”; ... The Dhyana (Chinese: Ch'an; Japanese: Zen) school of Buddhism ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- of the most celebrated chancellors of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, and he and ... that manner. (This eventually led to the Chinese proverb, "Fang plans ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 22:43, 13 July 2022
- and are an important incense material in Chinese and Japanese culture. They ... Lavang in India. Cloves are also used in Chinese medicine and in western ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- In the traditional Chinese society, dowry is a symbol of social status ... thus degrading morals, and traditional Chinese weddings that were associated ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- the Japanese reading of the kanji for the Chinese word zhen yan, literally ... indicates the Dharma-character school (Chinese: 法相宗) or Consciousness ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- #039;s Zongli Yamen (foreign office). The Chinese were reluctant to get involved ... speaking to the delegation through their Chinese-speaking interpreter, told ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- heir to Marxism-Leninism and the Chinese were especially critical of post-Stalin leadership in the USSR, beginning with Nikita Khrushchev. In ...15 KB (2,166 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- Ögedei Khan, Ögedei; also Ogotai or Oktay (c. 1186 – 1241), was the third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire ...10 KB (1,537 words) - 15:55, 5 December 2022
- to have little resemblance to this original Chinese food. ... The Japanese name "sushi" is written with kanji (Chinese ...23 KB (3,535 words) - 00:29, 27 February 2023
- A Chinese character ( t=漢字|s=汉字|汉字|p=Hànzì ) is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, sometimes Korean, and formerly Vietnamese ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- ===Chinese Flutes=== Chinese and other East Asian flutes come in many varieties. Chinese ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- Dharma transmission (Chinese: 傳法, Chuánfǎ or 印可, Inkě; ... on Miao-tao and on the role of women in Chinese Zen in general. ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 07:58, 24 July 2023
- spices. Other South Indian cuisines, as well as Chinese and North Indian cuisines, have a popular following. Fast food culture pervades the city. ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- jellyfish salad) are a common appetizer in Chinese cuisine. The dish is usually ... Packages of jellyfish bells can be bought at Chinese grocery stores ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 18:03, 2 April 2024
- century B.C.E. during Shang Dynasty (Chinese: 商朝) or Yin Dynasty ... Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; pinyin: Qín Shǐhuáng; Wade-Giles: ...36 KB (5,590 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- and were first made out of bone and bronze. The Chinese and Egyptians used fishing rods, hooks, and lines as early as 2,000 B.C.E. The first hooks were ...10 KB (1,609 words) - 17:31, 28 March 2024
- and developed, at least initially, with Chinese help. Korea developed a ... The adoption of the Chinese writing system ("hanja" in Korean ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- invasion with the Malgal against Chinese outposts along the border ... * Graff, David Andrew. Medieval Chinese warfare, 300-900. (Warfare ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 08:50, 19 December 2022
- but by the time of the visit of the Chinese pilgrim monk, Xuanzang, ... Kingdoms: Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his Travels ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 07:27, 23 August 2023
- Manichaean Uigur Kingdom near Turfan, in Chinese Turkestan (destroyed around ... of Manichaean writings ever, written in Chinese. They were translated into ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- items (gunpowder and drink), Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and for ... Antelope horns are used in traditional Chinese medicine. ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 16:20, 25 January 2023
- Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; Simplified Chinese: 红楼梦; pinyin: Hónglóu mèng), also known as A Dream of Red ...35 KB (5,738 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- on the 8th day of the 4th month of the Chinese calendar. ... * The Eight Immortals are Chinese deities. ==In music== ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- Siberia, western Manchuria and the modern Chinese provinces of Inner Mongolia ... Relations between the Han Chinese and the Xiongnu were complicated ...37 KB (5,668 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- survives, also in seven books, six in Chinese and one in Tibetan. These ... and thus continued to be used for the Chinese and Tibetan collections ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- [[Image:Song Dynasty Porcelain, Lacquerware, Stoneware.jpg|thumb|Chinese ... * Kleiner, Robert. Chinese Snuff Bottles. New York: Oxford University ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- since the time of the ancient Greeks and Chinese (Rogers 2004b). The Greeks used it in the form of compresses to treat sores and aching muscles ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- On November 18, 2003, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the final standard of the Chinese government-sponsored Enhanced Versatile Disc ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- to describe the methods applied by the Chinese communists in their attempts ... In the formal discourses of the Chinese Communist Party, the more ...29 KB (4,296 words) - 22:37, 20 November 2023
- adopt Zhu Xi’s philosophy. Zhu Xi was a Chinese philosopher of the Southern ... members of the yangban class, in classical Chinese, provide details about the ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- Deng Xiaoping (August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and a recent leader of the Communist Party ...39 KB (5,846 words) - 13:32, 28 January 2024
- Traditional Chinese medicine (also known as TCM, s=中医学|t=中醫學|p=zhōngyī xué ) is a range of traditional medical practices originating ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- biosphere. One thousand Tibetan and Qiang Chinese live in the valleys. They ... logging took place until 1979, when the Chinese government banned such activity ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
- Shikoku where he studied calligraphy and Chinese poetry with a monk. When ... Nakae originally followed the teachings of the Chinese Neo-Confucian ...13 KB (2,132 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- as a product of ancient Rome or Arabia (Chinese: Daqin). Although documentation ... 649. As will be noted below, the medieval Chinese previously had conceptions ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- ===Doctrine of the Mean in Chinese Society=== In China prior to the ... *Gardner, Daniel. "Confucian Commentary and Chinese Intellectual ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- alphabet for the Korean), the main body of modern Chinese dictionaries is ordered according to the latin alphabet with the pinyin spelling; but most Chinese ...22 KB (3,268 words) - 14:12, 29 January 2024
- of an embassy sent to the West by the Chinese Emperor Ming (58-75 C.E ... The eastern part of Central Asia (Chinese Turkestan (Tarim Basin ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- ), written by Luo Guanzhong in the fourteenth century, is a Chinese ... With their focus on the history of Han Chinese, the stories grew in popularity ...29 KB (4,917 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- The ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba; '銀杏' in Chinese; plural ginkgoes), also known as the maidenhair tree, is a unique tree with no close ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 07:46, 24 January 2023
- horns, which are valued in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as loss ... which are highly-valued in traditional Chinese medicine, fetching as much ...11 KB (1,596 words) - 20:50, 16 April 2023
- Saint Francis Xavier (Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa; Spanish: San Francisco Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; Chinese: 聖方濟各沙勿略 ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- # Dāna paramita: generosity, giving of oneself (in Chinese, 布施波羅蜜 ... !Chinese (pinyin) !Chinese (hanzi) |- |Shi gu sei gan |The Four Great Vows ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- seized the throne (the first and only Chinese Empress to rule in her own ... regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization—equal to ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- the gods. As far back as 1000 B.C.E., the Chinese had I Ching, an oracle which ... of unusual or important events." Chinese history offers scrupulously ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- began under the pretext of eliminating Chinese soldiers disguised as civilians ... to the Chinese claim of a non-combatant death toll of 300,000. ...36 KB (5,482 words) - 01:19, 11 November 2022
- While in Japan, Kim Gwangjip met the Chinese Ambassador to Tokyo, ... Huang advised that Korea should adopt a pro-Chinese policy, while ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 23:06, 30 November 2022
- Ananda (Chinese: 阿難, A Nan or 阿難陀, A Nan Tuo) was one of the ten great disciples and a devout attendant of the Buddha. He was renowned ...12 KB (1,953 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- Dioscorea opposite, Chinese yam, is native to China. It is tolerant ... The Chinese yam plant is somewhat smaller than the African yam, with ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 19:48, 26 November 2022
- The word zh|首尔大学 is frequently used in many Chinese context, as in Chinese Wikipedia. This is, however, not hanja name, because Chinese characters ...21 KB (2,854 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- Liu Pang), was the first Emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty (漢朝). He ... to prominence. Under Gaozu’s reign, the Chinese imperial system assumed ...17 KB (2,890 words) - 20:34, 31 December 2021
- Japan's justification for abducting Korean, Chinese, and Southeast ... across Asia, predominantly Korean and Chinese, are believed to have been ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- systems in ancient civilization: the Chinese counting rods system and ... * c. 1400 B.C.E.: Chinese writers show familiarity with the concept ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- In 520, King Beopheung instituted Chinese-style reforms and formalized ... profoundly influenced the Hwarang. A Chinese official recorded: "They ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- administrators, began calling himself the Chinese title of "wang" ... into the Liaodong Peninsula, the last Chinese commandery at Lelang was ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known simply as the (Chinese) Cultural Revolution(文革 - wéngé), was a massive social upheaval ...30 KB (4,513 words) - 06:46, 11 January 2024
- Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. The materials used in Chinese painting, brush and ink on paper ...47 KB (7,130 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- and the first movable type was invented by Chinese Bi Sheng between ... carved into them, was first recorded in Chinese history, and was in use ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 15:05, 1 August 2022
- in exile from his homeland due to the Chinese takeover of the country ... to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Chinese occupation of Tibet. He ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- significant in an analytic language. Chinese and Afrikaans are examples ... Standard Chinese has official status as the standard spoken form of ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- and Cholas had active dialog with the Chinese and sent diplomatic missions to China. The Chinese records of the Song Dynasty show that first ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- *Yin-shun. The Way to Buddhahood: Instructions from a Modern Chinese ... transformation of twentiety-century Chinese Buddhism: Master Yinshun ...16 KB (2,284 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- | Chinese numeral || 一，弌，壹 |- | Korean || 일, 하나 ... a horizontal line, as is still the case in Chinese script. The Gupta wrote ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- Chinese furniture is traditionally better known for more ornate pieces. The use of uncarved wood and bamboo and the use of heavy lacquers are ...10 KB (1,622 words) - 07:22, 15 April 2024
- The Chinese Civil War ( t=國共內戰|s=国共内战|p=Guógòng Neìzhàn|l=Nationalist-Communist Civil War ) or ( t=解放战争|s=解放战争 ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- is antlerless until the next summer. The Chinese water deer has no antlers ... [[Image:Hydropotes inermis.jpg|thumb|Chinese water deer]] ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 23:53, 23 August 2020
- Korean literature is the body of literature produced in Korea or by Korean writers. For much of history, it was written both in classical Chinese ...33 KB (5,273 words) - 00:25, 8 May 2021
- The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty (1420 - 1912) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). It is ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
- (Sun Tzu's Military Method) is an ancient Chinese military treatise ... and analysis of the fifth-century B.C.E. Chinese military, from weapons, ...35 KB (5,067 words) - 15:13, 30 April 2023
- Saimdang's father taught her the Chinese classics and gave her ... Confucian Eyes: Writings on Gender in Chinese History (Berkeley, CA: University ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 21:41, 6 October 2022
- was still under some control by China, and the Chinese court objected to Gwanghae's appointment as Crown Prince, because his elder brother was ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- truly rose to fame after publishing a series of Chinese Letters, essays written from the perspective of a Chinese philosopher visiting England. The ...14 KB (2,142 words) - 00:23, 18 November 2022
- In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, the tapir is named after a beast from Chinese mythology. A feature of this mythical creature is a snout like ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 00:47, 21 April 2023
- developed. During a thousand years of Chinese domination starting in the ... ===Chinese domination from 111 B.C.E. to 939 C.E.=== Excavations of ...37 KB (5,882 words) - 20:18, 3 May 2023
- Genji is simply another way to read the Chinese characters for the real ... kana (Japanese phonetic script) and not in Chinese characters, because it was ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- In 1901, the AFL lobbied Congress to reauthorize the 1882 Chinese ... *American Federation of Labor. Some reasons for Chinese exclusion ...21 KB (3,149 words) - 03:34, 24 July 2023
- Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ... Chinese often used the celestial pole, determined by the pole stars ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- *The first translation of Aesop's Fables into Chinese was made in 1625. It included 31 fables conveyed orally by a Belgian Jesuit missionary ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Asia including Japan, China (Ch'an in Chinese), Vietnam (Thien) and Korea ... was then transmitted through a series of Chinese patriarchs, the most famous ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- Matsuri is the Japanese word for a festival or holiday. Some festivals have their roots in Chinese festivals but have undergone dramatic changes ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- was written not in Korean, but in Chinese, which meant that most of ... hangeul, since the upper classes wrote in Chinese, and many in the lower classes ...11 KB (1,655 words) - 13:51, 8 February 2022
- ) is a form of Chinese opera which arose in the late eighteenth century ... Nancy A. Guy, "The Appreciation of Chinese Opera: A Reply to Ching ...41 KB (6,269 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- === Chinese model === Fanqie [[Image:Chinese syllable tree.png|thumb ... In Chinese syllable structure, the onset is replaced with an initial ...43 KB (6,361 words) - 16:51, 25 February 2023
- === Developments in Chinese === Due to the place of its first appearance ... * The earliest Chinese literary reference to magnetism lies in a fourth ...26 KB (3,954 words) - 00:20, 8 January 2024
- the commentaries of the twelfth-century Chinese scholar Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi ... Ki Taesung (1527–1572) on the sadan (Chinese, ssu-tuan; "four beginnings ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- document on fish culture was written by a Chinese politician, Fan-Li, in 475 ... ** Chinese mud carp (Cirrhinus chinensis) ** Deccan white carp (Cirrhinus ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 00:56, 13 January 2023
- Germany provided the largest proportion of Chinese arms imports and technical ... Japanese troops were trapped in the Chinese Theater; troops that otherwise ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- is used as an aphrodisiac in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is, in ... * Bensky, D., S. Clavey, E. Stoger, and A. Gamble. 2004. Chinese Herbal ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 20:50, 16 April 2023
- to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in 1054. ... SN 1054 supernova that was recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- study with her brother, and to learn some Chinese and Buddhist classics, which ... She was careful to hide her knowledge of Chinese, fearing that she might ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- ***Panthera pardus delacouri (Indo-Chinese Leopard) ***Panthera pardus ... **Panthera youngi (a prehistoric Chinese lion-like felid) † ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- and also indirect invasions such as by Chinese or Mongolians attacking ... development of Japan by transmitting both Chinese Confucian and Buddhist culture ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- users that Murphy wrote about were "Chinese, [[Assyrian Empire|Assyrians ... into “disproportionate contact with Chinese people” in her courtroom ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:23, 21 January 2023
- The Altay Mountains, Russian Altay, Mongolian Altayn Nuruu, Chinese (Wade-Giles romanization) A-erh-t'ai Shan; Russian Алтай; Алтай ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 08:35, 23 July 2023
- an ornamental tree, which is a hybrid of a Chinese species and a European species—Peking ... Salix matsudana - Chinese willow Salix miyabeana Salix mucronata ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 21:53, 25 November 2022
- and tree melon, as well as 木瓜 (tree melon) in Chinese and đu đủ in Vietnamese. It also is sometimes called the pawpaw (sometimes spelled papaw ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 07:31, 18 November 2022
- society is heterogeneous, with substantial Chinese and Indian minorities. ... Chinese chronicles of the fifth century C.E. speak of a great port ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- The Chinese pilgrim-monk Xuanzang Samuel Beal, Buddhism In China. ... The Tang Dynasty Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang left detailed accounts of ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- in English has been carried out on the Chinese Yogācāra traditions. ... Southeast Asian, Tibetan, and Early Chinese. New York: The Crossroad ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- and Silla. During the fourth century, Chinese monks brought Buddhism to ... Mahayana sutras, had profound influence on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Buddhists. ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- on. In this manner we would end up with a "Chinese box series of propositions" of ever decreasing material content ascribed to the original ...13 KB (2,023 words) - 02:56, 24 November 2022
- a holy land of Buddhism and attracted Chinese pilgrim to see monuments ... The travel records of many Chinese Buddhists pilgrims record that ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- thumb|A pair of bronze cymbals from the Chinese Jin dynasty (1115–1234)]] ... [[Image:Chinese New Year Seattle 2007 - 25.jpg|thumb|left|Chinese ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- * Budai, the Chinese monk who lived during the Later Liang Dynasty ... Terms and Doctrines. San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center, 1977. ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- ) is a Chinese word for an enlightened person or “immortal." ... ) are a group of legendary xian in Chinese mythology, first described ...38 KB (6,009 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- continuously used written language system: Chinese characters. It is also said ... of modernization and full appreciation of Chinese culture in the modern world. ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- [[Image:Mokugyo.jpg|thumb|right|A Chinese wooden fish, a percussion ... Musical instruments such as zithers appear in Chinese literature written ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- Records made by the Chinese pilgrim Fa Xian were also used in the ... Image:Chinese_Maitreya_Temple_Lumbini.JPG|Chinese Maitreya Temple ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- of languages (with examples ranging from Chinese to Nootka) to speculation on the phenomenon on "language drift" and the arbitrariness ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- the local capital of the Imperial Chinese Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 ... The first imperial palace was built in the Chinese style. The most prosperous ...24 KB (3,621 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- |Hynobiidae||Asiatic salamanders||Western Chinese Mountain Salamander (Batrachurperus pinchonii)|| - |- |colspan="100%" align="center ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- way as coriander (which is also known as Chinese parsley or cilantro), although ... *Tea may be used as an enema. Chinese and German herbologists recommend ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- played a crucial role in 1972 talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai that ... with Premier Zhou Enlai, then in charge of Chinese foreign policy. This paved ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 00:39, 3 January 2024
- K. Chen, "Filial Piety in Chinese Buddhism" Harvard Journal ... known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, the Chinese counterpart to Obon is celebrated ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- major city, and in contrast to other major Chinese cities, has only a few ancient ... their capital, building large modern Chinese residential areas, with ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- and spiritual aspects of a person. In Chinese medicine, traditional chakra ... where it was absorbed and harmonized with Chinese concepts of the flow of ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- ***** Chinese white dolphin, Sousa chinensis **** Genus Sotalia ... ****** Chinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer **** Family Platanistidae ...13 KB (1,677 words) - 05:01, 4 November 2022
- throne. This decision was opposed by the Chinese Emperor, who had some control ... reign was marked by invasions by the Qing Chinese, who took his two sons to ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- celebrated in other cultures, such as the Chinese New Year which occurs based ... In Asia, the Chinese New Year, based on the lunisolar calendar, is ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- Pictograms were also used by the ancient Chinese culture since around 5000 B.C.E. and began to develop into logographic writing systems around ...12 KB (1,772 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- Chinoiserie is the catch-all term for decorations involving Chinese ... Westerners appear in many works of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese artists. In ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
