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Hejiang

(Encyclopedia) Hejiang or HokiangHejiangboth: hô-jyäng [key], former province, c.52,300 sq mi (135,500 sq km), NE China. The capital was Jiamusi (Kiamusze). Created in 1945, largely out of the former…

Pao-chi

(Encyclopedia) Pao-chi or Paoki: see Baoji, China.

Chilung

(Encyclopedia) Chilung or Chi-lung, city, Taiwan: see Keelung.

Hsia

(Encyclopedia) HsiaHsiashēä [key], semilegendary first dynasty of China, which ruled, according to traditional dates, from c.2205 b.c. to c.1766 b.c. or, according to some modern scholars, from c.…

The Commentators

The Text of Sun Tzu Appreciations of Sun Tzu The Commentators Sun Tzu can boast an exceptionally long distinguished roll of commentators, which would do honor to any classic. Ou-yang Hsiu…

Peter Ho Davies Biography

Peter Ho Davies authorBorn: 1966Birthplace: Britain Born to Welsh and Chinese parents, Davies grew up in Britain before moving to the United States. He refuses to be pigeon-holed into an…

Brewer's: Clak-ho-haryah

At Fort Vancouver the medium of intercourse is a mixture of Canadian-French, English, Indian, and Chinese. An Englishman goes by the name of Kint-shosh, a corruption of King George; an…