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Wang Wu (other)
Wang Wu is the romanisation of a number of different Chinese characters and may refer to: * Wang Wu, a Chinese placeholder name *Dadao Wang Wu, the sobriquet of martial artist Wang Zhengyi *Wang Wu (painter), a 17th-century Chinese painter *Mount Wangwu, an alternative name for which is Wang Wu Mountain See also *Wu Wang (other) Wu Wang may refer to: Chinese royalty Wu Wang (武王 or 吴王/吳王), may be translated as Prince Wu, King Wu, Prince of Wu, or King of Wu, depending on context: Zhou dynasty *King Wu of Zhou (died 1043 BC), first king of the Zhou dynasty * Ki ..., a traditional title of founding emperors in China {{disambig Human name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Placeholder Names
This is a list of placeholder names (words that can refer to things, persons, places, numbers and other concepts whose names are temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, unknown or being deliberately withheld in the context in which they are being discussed) in various languages. Arabic Arabic uses , ( / ) and when a last name is needed it becomes , ( / ). When a second person is needed, , ( / ) is used. The use of has been borrowed into Spanish, Portuguese, Persian, Turkish and Malay, as shown below. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ''Inna'' ܐܸܢܵܐ or ''hinna'' are used for "thingy", "thingamabob", etc. "Ayka dre-li inna?" roughly translates to "Where did I put the thingamabob?" A verb of the root '-N-L () likely derived from the noun is used to express actions similarly; for verbs that don't immediately come to mind. Though not directly translatable into English, e.g. "Si m’annil-leh" roughly translates to "go do that thing". Similarly to other Semitic languages, plān (masculin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Zhengyi
Wang Zhengyi (, courtesy name: Zibin / 子斌, Xiao'erjing: ) (1844–1900) was a martial artist during the late Qing dynasty, hailing from Cangzhou, Hebei. He was of Hui Muslim ethnicity. Being the fifth by seniority of his master's students, Wang came to be called Wang Wu (; i.e. Wang the fifth). His use of the '' dadao'' (Chinese greatsword) would lead to him earning the sobriquet by which he is best known, Dadao Wang Wu (; sometimes rendered in English as Broadsword Wang Wu or Great Sword Wang Wu). Liang Qichao also called him the Hero of Yānzhào from the traditional name for Hebei. Life In the fifth year of the Guangxu Emperor's reign (1879), Wang opened the Shunyuan Protection Agency just outside Beijing's Zhengyangmen. The agency was a secure courier business which served a broad area, from Shanhai Pass in the north to Huai'an (Jiangsu) in the south. Wang Wu was chivalrous in nature and became friends with members of the reform movement, including a young Tan Sitong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Wu (painter)
Wang Wu (); ca. 1632-1690 was a Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). Wang was born in Wu country in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Qingzhong' and his sobriquets were 'Xuedian daoren and Wang'an'. Wang specialized in bird-and-flower painting Bird-and-flower painting, called () in Chinese, is a kind of Chinese painting with a long tradition in China and is considered one of the treasures of Chinese culture. The was named after its subject matter. It originated in the Tang dynasty ..., using a brilliant and minute style. Unlike many painters of the time, Wang was not affiliated with any school of painting.Barnhart: Page 171. Notes References * Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. 1632 births 1690 deaths Qing dynasty painters Qing dynasty poets Painters from Suzhou Writers from Suzhou Poets from Jiangsu {{China-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Wangwu
Mount Wangwu () is a mountain situated about north west of Jiyuan City in China’s Henan province. Located in the Wangwushan-Yuntaishan National Park, Mount Wangwu is a famous Taoist site that includes the “Celestial Grotto of the Small Pristine Void” (), one of the Ten Grotto-heavens of Taoism. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor used an altar on top of the mountain to offer sacrifices to Heaven or Tian () where he received the Book of Nine Elixirs (), one of the earliest Chinese alchemical Alchemy (from Arabic: ''al-kīmiyā''; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, ''khumeía'') is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim wor ... texts. p. 397 References External linksImages of Mount Wangwu Mountains of Henan {{PRChina-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Wang (other)
Wu Wang may refer to: Chinese royalty Wu Wang (武王 or 吴王/吳王), may be translated as Prince Wu, King Wu, Prince of Wu, or King of Wu, depending on context: Zhou dynasty *King Wu of Zhou (died 1043 BC), first king of the Zhou dynasty * King Wu of Chu (died 690 BC), first king of the state of Chu *Kings of Wu (state): **Shoumeng (died 561 BC) **Liao of Wu (died 515 BC) ** Helü (died 496 BC) **Fuchai (died 473 BC) * King Wu of Qin (329–307BC), king of the state of Qin * King Wuling of Zhao (died 295BC), also known as King Wu of Zhao Nanyue, Han dynasty, and Three Kingdoms *Zhao Tuo (died 137BC), King Wu of Nanyue from 204BC to 196BC * Liu Pi, Prince of Wu (216–154 BC), prince of the Han dynasty *Cao Cao (155–220), created Prince Wu of Wei by the Han dynasty *Sun Quan (182–252), created Prince of Wu by Cao Wei Jin dynasty, Sixteen Kingdoms, and Northern and Southern Dynasties *Zhang Gui (255–314), posthumously honored by the Former Liang as King of Wu * Emperor Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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