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  2. Yi Xing - Wikipedia

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    Yi Xing also owed much to the scholarly followers of Ma Jun, who had employed horizontal jack-wheels and other mechanical toys worked by waterwheels. [4] The Daoist Li Lan was an expert at working with water clocks, creating steelyard balances for weighing water that was used in the tank of the clepsydra, [4] providing more inspiration for Yi Xing.

  3. Nuosu language - Wikipedia

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    Nuosu or Nosu (ꆈꌠꉙ, transcribed as Nuo su hxop), also known as Northern Yi, Liangshan Yi, and Sichuan Yi, is the prestige language of the Yi people; it has been chosen by the Chinese government as the standard Yi language (Chinese: 彝语) and, as such, is the only one taught in schools, both in its oral and written forms.

  4. Chinese name - Wikipedia

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    Chinese names are personal names used by individuals from Greater China and other parts of the Sinophone world. Sometimes the same set of Chinese characters could be chosen as a Chinese name, a Hong Kong name, a Japanese name, a Korean name, a Malaysian Chinese name, or a Vietnamese name, but they would be spelled differently due to their varying historical pronunciation of Chinese characters.

  5. Xiang Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Xiang or Hsiang (Chinese: 湘; Changsha Xiang: [sian˧ y˦˩], [2] Mandarin: [ɕi̯aŋ˥ y˨˩˦]), also known as Hunanese, is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages, spoken mainly in Hunan province but also in northern Guangxi and parts of neighboring Guizhou, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces.

  6. Xu (surname 徐) - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, Ruomu was one of the two sons of Boyi. Boyi successfully assisted Yu the Great with resolving the Flood, so the King conferred one of the eight noble tribal names, Yíng, to the family of Boyi; and simultaneously Ruomu was appointed as the King of the land of Xú.

  7. Xu (surname 許) - Wikipedia

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    The surname 許 / 许 Xǔ has multiple theories regarding its origin.. One of the more credible ones states that the surname Xu originated from the feudal state of Xu in the area of Xǔchāng, now known as Jian'an District in Xuchang City, [1] of present-day Henan, during the Zhou dynasty.

  8. Chinese star maps - Wikipedia

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    Tang Dynasty Armillary Sphere (唐代渾儀Tang Dai Hun Xi) (黃道遊儀Huang dao you xi) Yi Xing and Liang Lingzan: 683–727 AD: based on Han Dynasty Celestial Globe, recalibrated locations of 150 stars, determined that stars are moving - Tang Dynasty Indian Horoscope Chart (梵天火羅九曜) Yi Xing: 683–727 AD: simple diagrams of the ...

  9. Tang Yixin - Wikipedia

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    Tang began her career when she was picked by Zheng Xiaolong to play the role of Concubine Qi in Empresses in the Palace (2012). [2]In 2013, her role as Luo Cheng (played by Hans Zhang)'s lover in Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties received positive reviews from the audience, who said that her character was "refreshing" in a serious historical drama.