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T'ao Yüan-ming
(Encyclopedia) T'ao Yüan-ming or T'ao Ch'ien, 365–427, Chinese poet. After several bitter experiences in government employment, he became a gentleman farmer. His poems, composed in simple diction at…Wei, river, China
(Encyclopedia) WeiWeiwā [key], river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in SE Gansu prov. and flowing E through Gansu and Shaanxi provs. to the Huang He. Its wide, alluvial valley was the site of some…Chen Duxiu
(Encyclopedia) Chen Duxiu or Ch'en Tu-hsiuChen Duxiuboth: chŭn d&oomacr;-shy&oomacr; [key], 1879–1942, Chinese educator and Communist party leader. He was active in the republican revolution…Cheng Ho
(Encyclopedia) Cheng Ho or Zheng HeCheng Hoboth: jŭngˈ h&oobreve;ˈ [key], 1371–c.1433, admiral, diplomat, and explorer during China's Ming dynasty. At 10 he was captured by Chinese troops in…Hu Jintao
(Encyclopedia) Hu JintaoHu Jintaoh&oomacr;ˈ jĭnˈtouˈ [key], 1942–, Chinese political leader, b. Jixi, Anhui prov. A hydroelectric engineering graduate (1965) of Tsinghua Univ., he joined the…Bo Xilai
(Encyclopedia) Bo Xilai, 1949–, Chinese political leader. The son of Bo Yibo, a Communist revolutionary leader, he joined the Communist party in 1980. Bo studied history at Peking Univ. and earned (…Hong Kong
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Hong KongHong Konghŏng kŏng [key], Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2015 est. pop. 7,246,000), land area 422 sq mi (1…Mongolia, region, Asia
(Encyclopedia) MongoliaMongoliamŏn-gōˈlēə, mŏng– [key], Asian region (c.906,000 sq mi/2,346,540 sq km), bordered roughly by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the west; the Manchurian…Percy Bysshe Shelley: 1.-Victoria
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems from St. Irvyne, or, the...Posthumous Fragments of Margar...1.-Victoria Another version of "The Triumph of Conscience" immediately preceding. 1. 'Twas dead…Matabei
(Encyclopedia) Matabei (Iwasa Matabei)Matabeiēwäˈsä mätäbāˈ [key], 1578–1650, Japanese artist, specializing in genre scenes of historical events and illustrations of classical Chinese and Japanese…