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Qin Liangyu (1574–1648), courtesy name Zhensu, was a female general best known for defending the Ming dynasty from attacks by the Manchu-led Later Jin dynasty in the 17th century. Early life and education
The living one will control the rise and fall of all under heaven. "When they rise the kings are frightened; when they settle the world rests in peace." Ge Nie ( Chinese : 盖聂 ; pinyin : gě niè ): possesses the Longitudinal Sword and has mastered the highest skill in the Hundred-Step Flying Sword technique.
Dong Rong (d. 1760) published a play about Shen Yuying and another notable female military figure, Qin Liangyu. [2] In the nineteenth century, Zhang Chaixin celebrated Shen Yunying's heroic deeds in the poem "The Ballad of General Shen", which depicts her as a powerful warrior and filial daughter, as well as a gifted writer, despite none of her ...
Qin Hailu (Chinese: 秦海璐; pinyin: Qín Hǎilù, born 11 August 1978) is a Chinese actress, screenwriter and singer. She has won Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards , Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards .
The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct ...
Liang Hongyu was a Chinese general of the Song Dynasty. [1] She became famous during the Jin–Song wars against the Jurchen-led Jin Dynasty.Her real given name was lost in time.
When the First Emperor threatens to drain the ocean and burn the palace of the dragon king in order to find her, a surrogate Lady Meng comes to the emperor's bed. In some versions, she is the mother of Xiang Yu, the prince who fights to replace the Qin dynasty and burns the Qin palace. Still another version portrays Lady Meng as a goddess who ...
She marries Shihao in gratitude. Eighteen years later, Liangyu returns as Beijing's most prominent mob ringleader. Unbeknownst to him, his son with Yunxiang, Shen Zikang, has grown up and become a police captain dead set on capturing Liangyu. Further complicating things, Zikang falls in love with Tianyu's daughter Yuyan, but she loves Liangyu.