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  • dots of ink applied with a flat brush. His poetry followed the style of Li ... and exhibited exceptional talent in poetry, calligraphy, and memorization ...
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  • #039; respective languages. In folk poetry—which is by far the tradition ... * the basic structural unit of folk poetry became the quatrain (Turkish: ...
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  • time Confucius is said to have written the Shi Yi (“Ten Wings”), a series ... and chancellor to the first Qin Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, suggested to him that ...
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  • * Verse poetry of ancient states such as Lisao by Qu Yuan of the Chu state. ... by latter day kings and emperors. When Qin Shi Huang united China in 221 ...
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  • of the famous collections of essays and poetry, such as the Wenxuan (Selections ... that he began to read classics such as the Shi jing (Book of Odes) at 15 ...
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  • is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers (not necessarily ... Although it contains elements of both prose and poetry, and therefore ...
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  • writing. It differs from most traditional poetry, where the form consists ... literature, including free verse, concrete poetry, and prose poetry, have led ...
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  • Poetry (from the Greek " ποίησις ," poiesis, a "making ... Shi (poetry)#Jintishi|Jintishi The jintishi (近體詩) is a Chinese ...
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  • language led to the writing of Japanese poetry, known in Japanese as waka ... court every twenty years (known as Kentō-shi, Imperial embassies to China ...
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  • in erudite semi-wenyan, and in Chinese poetry. The novel's conversations ... Grandmother Jia, née Shi, is also called the Matriarch or the Dowager ...
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  • Zhang was one of the best known writers in literature and poetry in ... with the rank and salary of 600 bushels, or shi, of grain (mostly commuted ...
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  • (食べました ;"ate"), BE MA SHI TA is written in hiragana ... , an eighth-century imperial anthology of poetry. Hiragana came into wider ...
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  • of divine Love. Sufis can be associated with Shi'a Islam, Sunni Islam ... their monumental classics of Sufi literature and poetry. ...
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  • Ghinnawa: How Bedouin Women's' Poetry Supplements Social Expression ... the most integral part of Bedouin music. Poetry (al-shi'ir al-nabatî ...
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  • state. The Soga clan (蘇我氏, Soga-shi)intermarried with the imperial ... the Hata clan (秦氏), descendants of Qin Shi Huang, introduced sericulture ...
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  • use of mystic metaphors and symbols. His poetry shows influences from Persian ... Black, and Mehmet Kalpakli, Ottoman Lyric Poetry: An Anthology (Seattle, WA: ...
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  • is considered the greatest age for Chinese poetry. Two of China's most ... emissaries with music, acrobatic stunts, poetry, paintings, early dramatic ...
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  • #039;s death; these are known as Sunni and Shi'a (the words Sunni and ... God; Muhammad is the messenger of God" (Shi'a add, "and Ali ...
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  • classics, and their ability to compose poetry on given subjects using set ... examination were awarded the title of Jin Shi (进士). They would be selected ...
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  • population were Sunni Muslims. In 2008, Shi'ite Muslims made up 40 ... (in Kadhimiya) is one of the most important Shi'ite religious sites in ...
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  • Sunni Muslims. Of the citizen population, Shi'a Muslims account for ... The culture of Qatar is based on Bedouin poetry, song and dance. Traditional ...
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  • and Song-era artistic works (including poetry and visual art) that evidence ... the Daoist "priests" (道士 dao shi), whose religious practices ...
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  • works include Lan Tin Xu, Sheng Jiao Xu, Shi Qi Tie, and Sang Luan Tie. ... With a cup of wine here and a reciting of poetry there, it was sufficient ...
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  • man'yōgana (used in the ancient poetry anthology Man'yōshū ... man'yōgana (used in the ancient poetry anthology Man'yōshū ...
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  • (1502–1736). Iran's contemporary Shi’a character and significant ... into Iraq, especially on the majority Shi'a Arabs there. The war ...
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  • literature, drama, Beijing opera, and poetry for centuries. ... Wei. After Sima Yi’s death, his sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao continued ton ...
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  • or Qumm, in Persia in 1056 to a family of Twelver Shi'a Islam. Legend traces his lineage back to the "ancient H`imyaritic kings of Southern ...
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  • Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi (259 – 210 B.C.E.), who unified China under ... form under the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. The seal script, as ...
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  • jurisprudence; 19 percent is predominantly Shi'a. Despite attempts during ... Although literacy levels are low, classic Persian poetry plays an ...
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  • The classical collections such as Qin Shi, Qinshi Bu and Qinshi Xu ... singing is similar to that used to recite Tang poetry. Traditionally ...
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  • Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; pinyin: Qín Shǐhuáng; Wade-Giles: ... literature, names and dates, or original poetry. Some have been carved with ...
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  • to appear in written historical records, poetry and literature. Paintings ... , and combined literature, especially poetry, with painting. These monochromatic ...
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  • In 221 B.C.E., Qin Shi Huang of the Qin Dynasty unified China and ... 240px|Hand-painted Chinese New Year's poetry pasted on the sides of doors ...
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  • of Prince Ju and Empress Wei. Ju’s teacher, Shi De (石德), advised him to start an uprising and fight the conspirators. Ju learned that Jiang’s ...
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  • brief Chin dynasty that preceded it. (Qin Shi Huang) in 210–209 B.C.E ... a bourgeois/upper class avocation, as poetry and painting had been, and ...
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  • humanities like Philosophy, Literature and poetry. On another hand he quickly ... In 1584 Ricci published his famous book in Chinese: Tien Zhu Shi-lu ...
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  • interests in scholarship, literature, art, poetry, tea and music. ... general, pre-eminent in the arts of both sword and poetry.” ...
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  • inhabitants are Sunni, and 15 percent are Shi'a, 40 percent of whom ... wedding feast includes music, dancing, and poetry. A bride’s representative ...
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  • century. His works include 40 novels, poetry, essays and modern Kabuki ... *Death in Midsummer and other stories (真夏の死 Manatsu no Shi) 1966 ...
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  • Poetry dominates modern Turkish literature. The poetic tradition may ... Much aşık/ozan poetry, being almost exclusively oral until the nineteenth ...
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  • *Mahammat al-Sha'ir fi'l-Hayah wa Shi'r al-Jil al-Hadir (The Task of the Poet in Life and the Poetry of the Contemporary Generation ...
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  • At first we find the Three Augusts: Suiren Shi who invented fire, ... him to proclaim himself the First Emperor (Qin Shi Huang). ...
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  • Opium pellets, after which he recited poetry. He disdained warfare; after ... Jauhar. With that outward acceptance of Shi'ism, the Shah prepared ...
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  • Mahmud I spent most of his time writing poetry. Consequently, a large and ... but not the non-Sunni Muslim communities (Shi'as, Druzes, Alawis, Alevis ...
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  • this revelation, becoming known as dao shi ("Daoist experts" ... to arts such as calligraphy, painting, and poetry, or personal researches into ...
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  • of non-Druze Isma'ili and Twelver Shi'a, which has increased ... have a proud tradition of oral and written poetry. Poets include al-Mutanabbi ...
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  • percent Muslim (mostly Sunni, with a small Shi'a minority). ... Persian music. Interludes of spoken Sufi poetry interrupt the music, typically ...
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  • follow native Sufi orders, and a minority are Shi'ites. ... about women and tradition. Vernacular poetry is perhaps the most popular ...
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  • remaining two percent include several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations ... Rural zajal songs, with improvised poetry accompanied with a rabab ...
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