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According to the genealogy of Tibetan White Crane, "Ng Mui" is the Chinese name of the Tibetan monk Jikboloktoto, [9] who was the last generation of transmission before Sing Lung, who brought the art to Guangdong. This account is most different from the others, with a male Ng Mui, the absence of a Manchu menace to flee from and, given the ...
Women in war in China (2 C, 52 P) Pages in category "Chinese warriors" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Mulan crossdresses as a man and enlists in her father's stead. She is intercepted by the forces of the Xia king Dou Jiande and is brought under questioning by the king's warrior daughter Xianniang (Chinese: 線娘), who tries to recruit Mulan as a man. Discovering Mulan to be a fellow female warrior, she is so delighted that they become sworn ...
Mu Guiying is sometimes venerated as a door goddess, usually in partnership with Qin Liangyu.. The Mu Guiying crater on Venus is named after her.. During China's Great Leap Forward period (1958–1960), Mu Guiying was widely praised and a women-led Mu Guiying Brigade was established.
The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four Chinese women who were renowned for their beauty. The four are usually identified as Xi Shi , Wang Zhaojun , Diaochan , and Yang Yuhuan . [ 1 ] Among them, Diaochan is a fictional character while the rest have been greatly embellished by legend .
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 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 ...
Kou Baimen (寇白門), born in 1624 [33] and also known as Kou Mei (寇湄; Mei was her given name, Baimen her courtesy name), was a famous Chinese Yiji known for her chivalry. [34] Kou was a Yiji and when she was 18 or 19 her indenture was bought out by a high official, Zhu Guobi (朱國弼), [35] whom she married. The wedding was a lavish ...