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Taixu (Tai-hsu [1], traditional Chinese: 太虛; simplified Chinese: 太虚; pinyin: Tàixū; Wade–Giles: T'ai Hsü; January 8, 1890 – March 17, 1947) [2] [3] [4] was a Buddhist modernist, activist and thinker who advocated for a reformation and revival of Chinese Buddhism by drawing upon eclectic domestic and foreign sources and ideologies.
Sic bo. Sic bo (Chinese: 骰寶), also known as tai sai (大細), dai siu (大小), big and small or hi-lo, is an unequal game of chance of ancient Chinese origin played with three dice. Grand hazard and chuck-a-luck are variants, both of English origin. The literal meaning of sic bo is "precious dice", while dai siu and dai sai mean "big [or ...
SEHK: 40 Gold Peak Technology Group Ltd. (Formerly: Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Ltd.) SEHK: 41 Great Eagle Holdings. SEHK: 42 Northeast Electric Development Company Limited. SEHK: 43 C.P. Pokphand Co. Ltd. SEHK: 44 Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company. SEHK: 45 The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited.
Wade–Giles. ts'ai hsü k'un. Cai Xukun (born August 2, 1998), better known by the mononym Kun (stylized as KUN), is a Chinese singer-songwriter, dancer and actor. He debuted as a member of SWIN and its sub-unit SWIN-S on October 18, 2016, after participating in the first and second seasons of the Chinese reality show Super Idol. [1]
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, officially the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (1851–1864), was a theocratic monarchy which sought to overthrow the Qing dynasty. The Heavenly Kingdom, or Heavenly Dynasty, [1][a] was led by Hong Xiuquan. Its capital was at Tianjing, present-day Nanjing.
Xiuzhou District ( Chinese: 秀洲区; pinyin: Xiùzhōu Qū) is a district in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the north. There is 90 km (56 mi) to central Shanghai in the northeast, 80 km (50 mi) to Hangzhou in the southwest and 70 km (43 mi) to Suzhou in the north. It is an important urban district of Jiaxing city.
Incantation (Chinese: 咒; pinyin: Zhòu) is a 2022 Taiwanese found footage supernatural folk horror film directed by Kevin Ko, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Chang Che-wei. The film was released in Taiwan on March 18, 2022, and it became the highest-grossing Taiwanese horror film. It received an international distribution from Netflix ...
In reinsurance, the HK-based Taiping Reinsurance (formerly China International Reinsurance [nb 1]), had a market share of 17.0% in 2005. [ 7 ] : 268 In January 2018, Taiping Trustees, a second-tier subsidiary of China Taiping Insurance Holdings (Taiping Trustees is a subsidiary of Taiping Financial Holdings [ 8 ] ), partnered with other ...