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- 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
- and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in Beijing. It developed ... edu/skozerow/wadegiles.htm |title=Chinese Language Transliteration Systems—Wade ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- [[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
- :For other uses, see Chinese nationality. t=中華民族|s=中华民族 ... Zhonghua minzu (Chinese: 中华民族; Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínzú ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- He also compiled a Grammar of the Chinese Language (1815) and a Dictionary ... In Canton City he learned the Chinese language from a student named ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- 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
- Daoist classics, attributed to the famous Chinese immortal Lü Dongbin (798 ... Golden Flower is attributed to the famous Chinese immortal Lü Dong bin (798 ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 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
- Zhang Binglin (December 25, 1868-June 14, 1936) was a Chinese philologist ... quot;), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He developed ...11 KB (1,492 words) - 05:54, 13 June 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
- Jingan (靜安) or Baiyu (伯隅), was a Chinese scholar, writer, philosopher ... ambiguity of meaning was a feature of Chinese language, and therefore Chinese ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 18:49, 17 April 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
- 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
- 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
- (Northeast China) in the tenth century. Chinese historians classified the ... and clothing and refused to use the Chinese language, devising a writing ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- Lin Yutang (Traditional Chinese:林語堂; Simplified Chinese:林语堂 ... a new method of romanizing the Chinese language, and created an indexing ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- 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
- ; 妙法蓮華經 Chinese: Miàofǎ Liánhuā Jīng; Japanese: Myōhō ... for everyone with great compassion. Such language has deep resonances in other ...10 KB (1,578 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- In Chinese mythology, Fu Xi or Fu Hsi ( c=伏羲|p=fúxī ... sānhuáng) of ancient China. According to Chinese mythology, he is a cultural ...11 KB (1,701 words) - 00:42, 18 October 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Rinzai school (臨済宗; Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: Linji ... end. Rinzai is the Japanese branch of the Chinese Linji school, which was ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography because of ... and, less formal than most classical language, his history was therefore ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- 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
- Jizi (chinese:箕 子) (Gija in Korean)The character "zi" ... had no basis in history. Dating classical Chinese text has been difficult ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- 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
- 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
- in 1582, Ricci began learning the Chinese language and customs, and eventually ... in Macao to start learning the Chinese language and customs. These Jesuits ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Halhūn be jailara gurung) or Ligong (Chinese: 离宫; pinyin: Lígōng ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- 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
- The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ་; Chinese: ... This tradition was been followed until the Chinese Communist takeover in the 1950s. ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- Han Chinese speak various forms of the Chinese language; one of the ... Wu dialects, which are part of the Chinese language family but are mutually ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 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
- , 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
- Latin, Persian, Arabic, and the basics of Chinese at an early age. By the ... Greek and Latin. In The Sanscrit Language (1786) he suggested that ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- kingdoms shared a similar culture and language. Their original religions ... fall. The first mention of Goguryeo in Chinese records dates from 75 B ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- Baekdu Mountain (Baekdusan), also known as Changbai Mountain in Chinese ... quot;white-headed mountain." Both the Chinese name, Changbai Shan and ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- 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 New Testament and the Psalms into Chinese and Uyghur. After working ... he familiarized himself with the native language, preached in it, and translated ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- ) 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
- ) is the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, ... ; translation: Baidu Encyclopedia) is a Chinese language collaborative ...20 KB (2,596 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- , 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
- → 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
- by the Arabs. Though the Sogdian language is extinct, there remains ... China were triggered by the embassy of the Chinese explorer Zhang Qian during ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- the original culture. For example, the Chinese written language Hanzi was ... languages. “Pidgin” is a mixed language that developed to help members ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- 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
- 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
- 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
