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Yu Ching-tang ([y̌ tɕìŋ tʰǎŋ]; Chinese: 余井塘; pinyin: Yú Jǐngtáng) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the Vice Premier from 1963 to 1966. [ 1 ]
Yuchi Gong (尉遲恭) or Yuchi Rong (尉遲融) (585 – 25 December 658 [1]), courtesy name Jingde (敬德), also known by his posthumous name Duke Zhongwu of E, was a Chinese military general who lived in the early Tang dynasty.
The city then flourished, becoming a primary commercial and financial hub of Asia in the 1930s. During the Second Sino-Japanese War , the city was the site of the major Battle of Shanghai . After the war, the Chinese Civil War soon resumed between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with the latter eventually taking over ...
Lin Yutang (10 October 1895 – 26 March 1976) was a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. One scholar commented that Lin's "particular blend of sophistication and casualness found a wide audience, and he became a major humorous and critical presence", and he made compilations and translations of the Chinese classics into English.
Chang'an was the center of the central government, the home of the imperial family, and was filled with splendor and wealth. However, incidentally it was not the economic hub during the Tang dynasty. The city of Yangzhou along the Grand Canal and close to the Yangtze was the greatest economic center during the Tang. [192] [220]
The sixth asks why the Tang Priest becomes a general. He becomes a general to wipe out the forces of desire. The seventh indirectly asks why the Tang Priest cries when a young girl plays the pipa. [c] Dong quotes the Buddhist tenet that sorrow is the source of desire. The eighth asks how it's possible for Monkey to have a wife and children.
The Classic of Tea or Tea Classic (simplified Chinese: 茶 经; traditional Chinese: 茶 經; pinyin: chájīng) is the first known monograph on tea in the world, by Chinese writer Lu Yu between 760 CE and 762 CE, during the Tang dynasty. [1] Lu Yu's original manuscript is lost; the earliest editions available date to the Ming dynasty. [2]
The Records of the Western Regions, also known by its Chinese name as the Datang Xiyuji or Da Tang Xiyu Ji and by various other translations and Romanized transcriptions, is a narrative of the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang's nineteen-year journey from Tang China through the Western Regions to medieval India and back during the mid-7th century CE.