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  2. Quiet Night Thought - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Yue Guang - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. List of Chinese quotations - Wikipedia

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    Dao ke dao, fei chang dao; ming ke ming, fei chang ming. ”The path that can be walked is not always the path; the name that can be named is not always the name.” (Literally: "Path can walk, not always path; Name can name, not always name.") 千里之行﹐始於足下。 Qian li zhi xing, shi yu zu xia.

  5. Anita Mui - Wikipedia

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    She was a Chinese medicine practitioner, who opened Yuet Wah Chinese Medical Clinic, Wah Geong Chinese and Western Music College, and a music brand in Hong Kong. Her siblings are Mui Kai-Ming, Mui Tak-Ming and singer Ann Mui, [4] The children were raised in a single parent family. Mui's father died when she was very young.

  6. Hundred Family Surnames - Wikipedia

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    2nd: Qian (錢) is the surname of the kings of Wuyue. 3rd: Sun (孫) is the surname of the queen Sun Taizhen of Wuyue king Qian Chu. 4th: Li (李) is the surname of the kings of Southern Tang. The next four, Zhou 周, Wu 吳, Zheng 鄭, and Wang 王, were the surnames of the other wives of Qian Chu, the last king of Wuyue. [8]

  7. Eunuchs in China - Wikipedia

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    The Ming eunuch hats were similar to the Korean royal hats, indicating the foreign origins of the Ming eunuchs, many of whom came from Southeast Asia and Korea. [83] Yishiha was a Jurchen eunuch in the Ming dynasty during the Yongle emperor's period and Jurchen women were also concubines of the Ming Yongle emperor. [84] [85]

  8. List of Chinese classifiers - Wikipedia

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    In the tables, the first two columns contain the Chinese characters representing the classifier, in traditional and simplified versions when they differ. The next four columns give pronunciations in Standard (Mandarin) Chinese, using pinyin; Cantonese, in Jyutping and Yale, respectively; and Minnan (Taiwan).

  9. List of common Chinese surnames - Wikipedia

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    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.