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Brewer's: Peaceful
(The). Kang-wâng, third of the Thow dynasty of China, in whose reign no one was either put to death or imprisoned. (1098-1152.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Hsüan-tsung
(Encyclopedia) Hsüan-tsungHsüan-tsungshüän dz&oomacr;ng [key], 685–762, Chinese emperor (712–56), 9th of the T'ang dynasty. Under his brilliant early rule the T'ang reached the height of its…Confucius
(Encyclopedia) ConfuciusConfuciuskənfy&oomacr;ˈshəs [key], Chinese K'ung Ch'iu or K'ung Fu-tzu, Pinyin Kong Fuzi, c.551–479? b.c., Chinese sage. Positive evidence concerning the life of Confucius…The Chinese Zodiac Calendar
The Years of the Zodiac The Chinese lunisolar calendar is divided into 12 months of 29 or 30 days. The calendar is adjusted to the length of the solar year by the addition of extra months at regular…Poems from the Chinese
Ezra PoundAbstractThese poems, for the most part from the chinese of Rihaku (as contained in the notes of the late Ernest Fenollosa), appeard in Cathay, Lustra, and in The New Age.…Brewer's: Chinese Gordon
General Gordon (afterwards killed at Khartoum), who succeeded in putting down the Taëping rebellion, which broke out in 1851 and lasted fifteen years. The rebels had ravaged sixteen of the…Chinese & Korean Words
Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Asian Loan Words IntroductionWords derived from: Chinese & Korean JapaneseMalay & TagalogPolynesianAmoy (eastern China) pekoe…Chinese Zodiac Quiz
The Chinese Zodiac is expansive, from the energetic and outgoing Year of the Rat to the loyal and hardworking Year of the Ox. This quiz will challenge you to match each animal with its corresponding…Peace
(Encyclopedia) Peace, river, 945 mi (1,521 km) long, formed by the junction of the Finlay and Parsnip rivers at Williston Lake, N central British Columbia, Canada. It flows east through the Rocky Mts…Liu Xiaobo
(Encyclopedia) Liu XiaoboLiu Xiaoboly&oomacr; shoubō [key], 1955–2017, Chinese literary critic, poet, and political and human-rights activist, b. Changchun, grad. Jilin Univ. (B.A., 1982),…Trending
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