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Marquis Hoài Văn, better known as Trần Quốc Toản (chữ Hán: 陳 國 瓚), born 1267 (fl. 1267–1285), was a marquis of the Trần dynasty who was well known for his active role in the second war of resistance of Đại Việt against the Mongol invasion.
This is a list of individuals who held the post of Kapitan Cina, a government position that existed in colonial Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.The role came with vastly varying degrees of power, depending on historical and local circumstances: from near-sovereign authority with legal, political and military powers to an honorary title for a community leader.
Date: 30 September 2022; 2 years ago (): Location: Southern and Eastern Ukraine: Organised by: Russia: Outcome: Formal annexation of an undefined area in and around Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts by the Russian Federation, [1] including a part of Mykolaiv Oblast, [2]
Crown Prince Dan (Chinese: 太子丹; pinyin: Tàizǐ Dān) was a crown prince of the State of Yan during the Warring States period of ancient China. He was also called Yan Dan (Chinese: 燕丹; pinyin: Yān Dān). He lived in the State of Qin as a hostage, but returned to Yan in 232 BC.
Danforth Toan (1918–2013) was an architect known for Brutalist architecture who specialized in college libraries across North America. As a founding partner at Warner Burn Toan & Lunde Architects, he contributed to the design of dozens of buildings at university campuses, most notably the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto and the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library and the Sciences ...
A dan or shi (Chinese: 石; pinyin: dàn, shí) in China, koku in Japan and seok in Korea, is a unit of volume mainly for grains. It originated in China and later spread to other places in East Asia. [1] One dan is divided into 10 dous or 100 shengs. It is 100 litres in China, [2] [3] 180.39 litres in Japan [4] and 180 litres in Korea. [5]
Shōreikai 3-dan players who either win or finish runner-up in one of the two 3-dan league tournaments held each year are awarded the rank of 4-dan and granted professional status. Although there is no difference in the systems used for men and women amateurs, the JSA and the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan, or LPSA, do ...
Professional dan ranks go up to 9th dan, but the strength difference between a 1st dan and a 9th dan professional is generally no more than 2–3 handicap stones. To distinguish between professional dan and amateur dan ranks, the former is often abbreviated to "p" (sometimes called ping) and the latter to "d". There was no such abbreviation in ...