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  • Wang Guowei ( t=王國維|s=王国维|w=Wang Kuowei ) (December 2, 1877 – June 2, 1927), courtesy name Jingan (靜安) or Baiyu (伯隅), was ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Wang Xizhi (Wang Hsi-chih, 王羲之) (303 – 361) was the most celebrated Chinese calligrapher, traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, most familiarly known as Pearl Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973), was ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Wang Guowei ( t=王國維|s=王国维|w=Wang Kuowei ) (December 2, 1877 – June 2, 1927), courtesy name Jingan (靜安) or Baiyu (伯隅), was ...
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  • Gwangjong (광종 光宗) (949 – 975) was the fourth Emperor of the Goryeo dynasty which ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the ...
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  • The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes ( 莫高窟|p=mò gāo kū ) (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves), forms a ...
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  • Chang Tsai or Zhang Zai ( c=張載/长载|p=Zhāng Zǎi| w=Chang Tsai Chang Heng-ch'ü. 1020-1077) was a Chinese Neo-Confucian moral philosopher ...
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  • Taejo of Goryeo (877-943, r. 918-943 Combining his rule of Taebong and Goryeo. He only established Goryeo in 936. ), the founder of the Goryeo ...
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  • Wang Xizhi (Wang Hsi-chih, 王羲之) (303 – 361) was the most celebrated Chinese calligrapher, traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy ...
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  • The Gang of Four ( s=四人帮|t=四人幫|p=Sì rén bāng ) was a group of Chinese Communist Party leaders in the People's Republic of ...
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  • King Gongmin (공민왕 恭愍王1330 – 1374) ruled Goryeo (Korea) from 1351 until 1374. He was the second son of King Chungsuk( 충숙 忠肅王 ...
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  • Abeno Nakamaro or Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍仲麻呂, abe (no) nakamaro) (c. 698 – c. 770 C.E.) was a Japanese scholar, administrator, and waka ...
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  • The Shūyuàn (书院), usually known in English as Academies or Academies of Classical Learning, were private research and educational institutions ...
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  • Yin Xu ( c=殷墟|p=Yīnxū|l=Ruins of Yin ) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.E.-1046 B.C.E.), also known ...
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  • Qi Baishi ( s=齐白石|t=齊白石|p=Qí Báishí , also Ch'i Pai-shih or Ch'i Huang) (January 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957) was a ...
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  • Lao She ( c=老舍|p=Lǎo Shě , original name Shū Qìngchūn (舒庆春) (Sumuru in Manchu). (February 3, 1899 – August 24, 1966) was a notable ...
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  • Jin Shengtan ( t=金聖歎|s=金圣叹|p=Jīn Shèngtàn|w=Chin Shêng-t'an ) (1610?- August 7, 1661), former name Jin Renrui (金人瑞 ...
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  • Wu Zetian (625 – December 16, 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor although ...
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  • Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang ( t=張學良|p=Zhāng Xuéliáng|w=Chang Hsüeh-liang ; English occasionally: Peter Hsueh Liang Chang); ...
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  • Xu Guangqi ( t=徐光啟|s=徐光启|p=Xú Guāngqǐ|w=Hsu Kuang-ch'i , Christian name Paul Hsü) (1562 – 1633), courtesy name Zixian ...
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  • Tōju Nakae (April 21, 1608 – October 11, 1648) was a Japanese Confucian philosopher known as "the sage of Ōmi." Nakae was a feudal ...
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  • Wei Zheng ( c=魏徵|w=Wei Cheng 580-643), courtesy name Xuancheng (玄成), formally Duke Wenzhen of Zheng (鄭文貞公), was a Chinese politician ...
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  • The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ( c=竹林七賢 ) were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians who came together ...
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  • Seongdeok Daewang, or Seongdeok the Great reigned from 702–737 C.E. as the thirty-third king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla, in the ...
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  • Larch is the common name for any of the deciduous coniferous trees comprising the genus Larix of the pine family (Pinaceae), characterized by ...
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  • The Han Dynasty 206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E.) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was founded by the ...
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  • Qu Yuan ( c=屈原|p=Qū Yuán , Ch’u Yuan) (ca. 340 B.C.E. - 278 B.C.E.) was a Chinese patriotic poet from southern Chu during the Warring ...
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  • Dà Xué (大學 or 大学), usually translated as The Great Learning, refers to a short text of indeterminate authorship that is primarily concerned ...
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  • Mi Fu ( c=米黻|p=Mǐ Fú , 1051 – 1107), also known as Mi Fei (米芾), Pinyin Mi Fei, original name (Wade-Giles Romanization) Mi Fu, also ...
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  • Oracle bone script ( c=甲骨文|p=jiǎgǔwén|l=shell bone writing ) refers to incised (or, rarely, brush-written) ancient Chinese characters ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • category:image wanted A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ...
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  • Liu Shaoqi ( s=刘少奇|t=劉少奇|p=Liú Shàoqí|w=Liu Shao-ch'i ) (November 24, 1898 – November 12, 1969) was a Chinese Communist ...
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  • Red panda is the common name for a mostly herbivorous, bamboo specialized mammal, Ailurus fulgens, that has soft, thick, reddish or reddish brown ...
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  • Zhang Jiuling ( t=張九齡|s=张九龄 ) (673–740), courtesy name Zishou (子壽), nickname Bowu (博物), formally Count Wenxian of Shixing ...
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  • Cao Yu ( c=曹禺|p=Cáo Yǔ|w=Ts'ao Yü ) (September 24, 1910 - December 13, 1996), born as Wan Jiabao (萬家寶), was a renowned Chinese ...
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  • Yan Zhitui ( c=顏之推|p=Yán Zhītuī|w=Yen2 Chih1-T'ui1 , 531–591) was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher, painter, musician, and government ...
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  • Ouyang Xiu ( t=歐陽修|s=欧阳修|w=Ou-yang Hsiu ) (1007 – September 22, 1072 Eighth day of the eighth month of Xining 5 (熙寧五年八月八日 ...
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  • The Secret of the Golden Flower ("Tai Yi Jin Hua Zong Zhi",《太乙金華宗旨》), is one of the most important Daoist classics ...
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  • Fang Xuanling (房玄齡) (579–648), formal name Fang Qiao (房喬) but went by the courtesy name of Xuanling, That Fang's formal name ...
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  • Jiang Qing ( c=江青 , March 1914 – May 14, 1991), born Lǐ Shūméng, known under various other names, including the stage name Lan Ping ...
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  • The Goryeo Dynasty marks the last Buddhist-shaped dynasty in Korea after 1000 years of political influence. Goryeo, established in 918, united ...
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  • category:image wanted {{Infobox Korean name |hangul=신문왕 |hanja=神文王 |rr=Sinmun Wang |mr=Sinmun Wang |hangulborn=정명 or 일초 ...
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  • The terms, denotation and connotation, are used to convey and distinguish between two different kinds of meanings or extensions of a word. A ...
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  • Xiang Yu (項羽, 项羽, Xiàng Yǔ, Hsiang Yü, original name Hsiang Chi) (232 B.C.E. - 202 B.C.E.) was a prominent general during the fall ...
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  • A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest ...
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  • Injong of Goryeo (인종 仁宗 1109 – 1146, r. 1122-1146) was the seventeenth emperor of the Korean Goryeo dynasty. He was the eldest son ...
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  • The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT), also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China ...
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  • Wen Tianxiang ( c=文天祥|p=Wén Tiānxiáng|w=Wen T'ien-hsiang ; June 6 1236 – January 9 1283), also Man Tin Cheung, Duke of Xingguo ...
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  • Emperor Kangxi of China, also known as K'ang-hsi, May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722) was the fourth Emperor of China of the Manchu Qing ...
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  • Tao or Dao (道, Pinyin: Dào, Cantonese: Dou) is a Chinese character often translated as ‘Way’ or 'Path'. Though often seen as ...
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  • Eliezer Wiesel (commonly known as Elie) (September 30, 1928 - July 2, 2016) was a world-renowned Hungarian Romanian Jewish novelist, philosopher ...
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  • The Transcendental Ego (or its equivalent under various other formulations) refers to the self that must underlie all human thought and perception ...
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  • Ban Chiang ( บ้านเชียง ), denotes an archeological site located in Nong Han district, Udon Thani Province, Thailand. Discovered ...
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  • Taejo of Joseon (1335-1408; r. 1392-1398), born Yi Seonggye, was the main figure in overthrowing the Goryeo Dynasty and the founder and the first ...
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  • The Yuan dynasty (Pinyin: Yuáncháo; Mongolian: Dai Ön Yeke Mongghul Ulus), lasting officially from 1279 to 1368, followed the Song dynasty ...
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  • Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was one of the most prominent social reformers in nineteenth-century ...
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  • Emperor Wu of Han ( s=汉武帝|t=漢武帝|p=hànwǔdì ), (156 B.C.E. His date of birth is sometimes noted as being August 27. –March 29, ...
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  • Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf or sometimes, The Howlin' Wolf, was an influential ...
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  • Ganghwa Island (江華島), known as the first line of defense for the capital city of Seoul and the royal palaces of the Joseon Dynasty, played ...
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  • Unified Silla (668 – 935) refers to the unification of the Three Kingdoms of southern Korea: Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla. The fall of Baekje ...
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  • Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was one of the most important political leaders in twentieth century Chinese history, serving ...
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  • Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ki (in romanized Japanese), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese ...
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  • Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is a Bodhisattva that many Buddhists believe will eventually appear on earth ...
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  • Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and newspaper columnist, ...
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  • Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh ( t=水滸傳|s=水浒传|p=Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn ) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature ...
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  • Emperor Taizong of Tang ( c=唐太宗|p=táng tàizōng , January 23, 599 – July 10, 649), personal name Lǐ Shìmín ( c=李世民 ...
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  • The List of Monarchs of Korea provides a insightful look at the development of Korea since its legendary founding in 2333 B.C.E. until the end ...
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  • Yejong of Goryeo (1079 - 1122) was the 16th emperor of the Korean Goryeo dynasty. He was the son of Emperor Sukjong (숙종; 肅宗; the 15th ...
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  • Taejo Lee Sung-gye founded Joseon (July 1392 - August 1910) (also Chosun, Choson, Chosŏn) in 1392. The dynasty continued until 1910, lasted ...
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  • Shanxi ( c=山西 |p=Shānxī |w=Shan-hsi ; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northern ...
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  • Karl Georg Büchner (October 17, 1813 – February 19, 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of prose. He was the brother of physician and ...
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  • Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. The materials used in Chinese painting, brush and ink on paper ...
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  • The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known simply as the (Chinese) Cultural Revolution(文革 - wéngé), was a massive social upheaval ...
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  • Alfred Emanuel "Al" Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was elected Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic ...
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  • Zhū Xī (朱熹; Wade-Giles: Chu Hsi; 1130 – 1200 C.E.) was a Confucian scholar of the Song dynasty who became one of the most significant ...
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  • Liu Zongyuan( Liu Tsung-yüan , Liu Zongyuan, 柳宗元, Liǔ Zōngyuán, 773 – 819) was a Chinese writer, Chinese poet and prose writer who ...
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  • The guqin ( c=古琴|p=gǔqín|w=ku-ch'in ; kutɕʰin ; literally "ancient stringed instrument") is the modern name for a plucked ...
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  • Pǔyí (Traditional Chinese: 溥儀; Simplified Chinese: 溥仪) (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro Aisin-Gioro is ...
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  • The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 “Beat (a drum) Platform”) is a raised fighting platform, without railings, where often ...
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  • Hubei ( c=湖北 |p=Húběi |w=Hu-pei ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation ...
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  • 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) ...
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  • Category: Image wanted The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the western name for a collection of funerary texts that are used, especially by Tibetan ...
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  • Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was a prominent American suffragist, vocal advocate of gender equality, the wife of abolitionist ...
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  • Xian ( c=仙/仚/僊|p=xiān|w=hsien ) is a Chinese word for an enlightened person or “immortal." References to the term “xian” appeared ...
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  • Semiotics, semiotic studies, or semiology, is the study of signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems. It includes the ...
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  • Chung Dojeon (Jeong Dojeon; 1342 – 1398), also known by the pen name Sambong, was the most powerful medieval Korean noble and politician of ...
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  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 in United States created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and opened new lands for settlement, and allowed ...
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  • Footbinding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú, literally "bound feet") was a custom practiced ...
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  • Blueberry is the common name for flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium, sect. Cyanococcus of the heath family Ericaceae, characterized by bell ...
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  • The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe from the twelfth through the seventeenth centuries, told of a Christian ...
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  • Cai Lun ( t=蔡倫|s=蔡伦|p=Cài Lún|w=Ts'ai Lun ) (ca. 50–121 C.E.), courtesy name Jingzhong (敬仲), is conventionally regarded as ...
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  • The Long March ( t=長征|s=长征|p=Chángzhēng ) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the Communist Party of China ...
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  • Baekdu Mountain (Baekdusan), also known as Changbai Mountain in Chinese, is a volcanic mountain on the border between North Korea and the Manchurian ...
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  • Shaanxi ( s=陕西 |t=陝西 |p=Shǎnxī |w=Shan-hsi ; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's Republic of China located ...
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  • Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan fought over the control of Korea in the First Sino-Japanese War ( s=中日甲午战争|t=中日甲午戰爭 ...
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  • Willard Van Orman Quine (June 25, 1908 – December 25, 2000), usually cited as W.V. Quine or W.V.O. Quine but known to his friends as Van, was ...
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  • Bai Juyi (Po Chü-i c=白居易|p=Bái Jūyì|w=Pai Chüi. Pinyin Bo Juyi , 772–846) was a poet of the T'ang dynasty (618–907) in China ...
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  • The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC or HCUA 1934–1975) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives ...
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  • In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most famous temples are located high up in the mountains, where Buddhist monks ...
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  • Yi Hwang (李滉, 이황 1501-1570) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger ...
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  • The Monroe Doctrine is a United States doctrine which, on December 2, 1823, proclaimed that European powers would no longer colonize or interfere ...
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  • Yi I (1536-1584), known as "Yulgok" according to his pen name, which means ("Chestnut valley"), is as prominently recognized ...
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  • Guo Moruo ( c=郭沫若|p=Guō Mòruò|w=Kuo Mo-jo , courtesy name Dǐng Táng 鼎堂) (November 16, 1892 - June 12, 1978) was a Chinese author ...
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  • The Three Gorges Dam ( s=三峡大坝|t=三峽大壩|p=Sānxiá Dàbà ) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping ...
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  • Chao Cuo ( c=晁錯|p=Cháo Cuò , d. 154 B.C.E.) was a Chinese political adviser and official of the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.), renowned ...
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  • In philosophy, materialism is a monistic (everything is composed of the same substance) ontology that holds that all that can truly be said to ...
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  • Tai chi chuan ( t=太極拳|s=太极拳|p=tài jí quán|w=t'ai4 chi2 ch'üan2 ) is an internal (neijia, Wudangquan) Chinese martial ...
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  • Zhejiang ( c=浙江|p=Zhèjiāng ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located along the country's southeastern coast. It ...
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  • Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/ BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 - September 18, 2020) was an American ...
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