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  2. Battle of Xiangji Temple - Wikipedia

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    He then led 2,000 glaive armed troops in repeated charges against the enemy cavalry. The battle became deadlocked, and several thousand of Yan's armored cavalry, commanded by An Shouzhong, attempted a flank attack, intending to encircle the Tang forces by repeating tactics used earlier during the Battle of Qingqu.

  3. Xu Shouhui - Wikipedia

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    Rebels and warlords at the end of Yuan Dynasty, including the location of Xu Shouhui's force. Xu Shouhui (simplified Chinese: 徐寿辉; traditional Chinese: 徐壽輝; pinyin: Xú Shòuhuī; Wade–Giles: Hsü Shou-hui) (1320–1360) was a 14th-century Chinese rebel leader who proclaimed himself emperor of the Tianwan (天完) dynasty during the late Yuan dynasty period of China.

  4. Xu Wenrong - Wikipedia

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    Xu Wenrong was born in Dongyang, Zhejiang in 1935. [10] He grew up in Hengdian town, at the time a poverty-stricken farming village. [11] He was a primary school dropout, leaving school when he was just 13 years old, [12] due to poverty and the misfortune of spending his childhood years during the wars (the anti-Japanese war from 1938 to 1945 followed by the civil war until 1949).

  5. Xu Fu - Wikipedia

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    Xu sailed for several years without finding the mountain. In 210 BC, when Qin Shi Huang questioned him, Xu Fu claimed there was a giant sea creature blocking the path, and he asked for archers to kill the creature. Qin Shi Huang agreed, and sent archers to kill a giant fish. Xu then set sail again, but he never returned from this trip.

  6. Ten Attendants - Wikipedia

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    Five of these ten eunuchs were not among the historical Ten Attendants: Cheng Kuang is a fictional character (there was a eunuch by the name Cheng Huang [fl. 126–189] in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, his given name 璜 written and pronounced slightly similar to the fictional character 曠); Feng Xu and Jian Shuo existed historically, but ...

  7. Lady Xu (Eastern Wu) - Wikipedia

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    Lady Xu (徐氏, 2nd century) was a Chinese noble woman during the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period. She was married to Sun Yi , who was the brother of Sun Quan , the founder of the Eastern Wu state.

  8. Tomb of Xu Xianxiu - Wikipedia

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    The Tomb of Xu Xianxiu (Chinese: 徐显秀墓; pinyin: Xú Xiǎnxiù mù) is located in Wangjiafeng village, Haofeng Township, Yingze District, Shanxi Province, China. It is the tomb of the Northern Qi Prince of Wu’an, and the head of the imperial armies, Xu Xianxiu. The tomb, noted for its murals, was excavated during 2001–2003.

  9. A Book from the Sky - Wikipedia

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    Title page of Book from the Sky, in pseudo-Chinese characters.The characters “天書” do not appear anywhere in the book. A Book from the Sky (simplified Chinese: 天书; traditional Chinese: 天書; pinyin: Tiānshū) is a book produced by Chinese artist Xu Bing in the style of fine editions from the Song and Ming dynasties, but filled entirely with meaningless glyphs designed to resemble ...