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Sheng is primarily a Swahili and English-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there. While primarily a language of urban youths, it has spread across social classes and geographically to neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda .
His style name was 'Sheng Yu' (圣俞). [1] He passed the jinshi exam in 1051 and had a career in the civil service , but was unsuccessful. He was a prolific poet, with around 3000 works extant; he was popularized as a poet by the younger Ouyang Xiu .
When Jiang Ziya first arrived at Kunlun Mountain, Yuanshi Tianzun ordered the Old Man of the South Pole to hand over the Register of Deities to Jiang Ziya. He also bestowed upon him the Divine Whip and ordered him to build the Platform of Gods on Mount Qi and hang the List of Gods on the platform.
An illustration of two yu from the Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China (c. 1700–25) The Yu (竽; pinyin: yú) is a free reed wind instrument used in ancient China. It is similar to the sheng, with multiple bamboo pipes fixed in a wind chest which may be made out of bamboo, wood, or a gourd. Each pipe contains a free reed, which is ...
The earliest record of Shenshu and Yulü occurs in a passage quoted from Shanhaijing (山海經; Classic of Mountains and Seas) in Wang Chong (d., c. 97 AD)'s Lunheng (論衡, "Discourses in the Balance"), although the passage is not found in surviving recensions of the Shanhajing, [1] and the attribution to the earlier work is disputed.
March of Happiness is a 1999 Taiwanese film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng.It tells the story of a teenage romance in a performing troupe set against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation and the 228 Massacre.
A second meaning of shen refers to the human spirit or psyche that is seen in the body as luster or vigor and in the mind as vitality and enthusiasm; it is the basic power or agency within humans that accounts for life, and in order to further life to its fullest potential, the spirit (Shen) is transformed to actualize potential (Jing 精 ).
The following three examples show that the meaning of the idiom can be totally different by only changing one character. 一 (yí) 日 (rì) 千 (qiān) 秋 (qiū) : "One day, a thousand autumns." Meaning: implies rapid changes; one day equals a thousand years; 一 (yí) 日 (rì) 千 (qiān) 里 (lǐ) : "One day, a thousand miles."