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Since its conception during the Tang dynasty, "Quiet Night Thought" remains one of Li Bai's most famous and memorable poems.It is featured in classic Chinese poetry anthologies such as the Three Hundred Tang Poems and is popularly taught in Chinese-language schools as part of Chinese literature curricula.
Ming yun (Chinese: 命運), the personal destiny or given condition of a being in his world, in which ming is "life" or "right", the given status of life, and yun defines both "circumstance" and "individual choice"; ming is given and influenced by the transcendent force Tian (Chinese: 天), that is the same as the "divine right" (tianming) of ...
Temple to the Qian King in Hangzhou, one of many shrines to the kings of Wuyue which still exist in its former territory. Qian Liu, the founder of Wuyue. Beginning in 887, the Qian family provided military leaders (or jiedushi) to the Tang dynasty. Qian Liu was named Prince of Yue in 902, with the title of Prince of Wu added two
Yue Guang was born to a poor family and lived in the lowest social class, but was appreciated by several high-ranking government officials due to his moral integrity and ability in his childhood. With their assistance, Yue Guang began his political career and served as assistant minister , archer coordinator, and tutor of the crown prince .
Yue Guang Zhuan: Biography of Yue Guang: Xie Kun (謝鯤) Information on the activities and legacies of the descendants of Pei Qian [note 28] 23.674; biography of Pei Qian: 辛憲英傳 Xin Xianying Zhuan: Biography of Xin Xianying: Xiahou Zhan (夏侯湛) Biography of Xin Xianying, daughter of Xin Pi [note 29] 25.699–700 陸芝銘 Lu Zhi Ming
The Da Ming Hun Yi Tu (大明混一圖/Dai Ming gurun-i uherilehe nirugan), [12] a Ming period map with much later Manchu translations of its labels, is also considered to have been based ultimately on Li Zemin's map. The Shengjiao Guangbei Tu was a world map. It contained not only China but also Africa and Europe.
Japan has long been influenced by China for around 2 millennia and emulated many cultural and philosophical thought, with many Japanese undertaking studies that came from China or via Korea. [111] Culture, trade, and military confrontation has been a major focal point between the two as well and relations can become very fraught. [120]
Chinese names also form the basis for many common Cambodian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese surnames, and to an extent, Filipino surnames in both translation and transliteration into those languages. The conception of China as consisting of the "old hundred families" (Chinese: 老百姓; pinyin: Lǎo Bǎi Xìng; lit.