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Yan Zi Ling
Yan Guang (, – 75), courtesy name Ziling ( zh, 子陵), also known as Zhuang Guang (), was one of the four important sages of Yuyao. Study He became a scholar and studied together with Emperor Liu Xiu (courtesy name: Wenshu), known as Emperor Guangwu of Han. Legacy Liu Xiu offered Yan Ziling a high position in the court. Yan refused the offer, fearing he would become corrupt, and chose to live as a hermit in the mountains. This act made Yan Ziling a famous Chinese hero and gave him a place in the Wu Shuang Pu (, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang. The images and poems for this book are widely spread and reused over again, including in porcelain art In popular culture * Yan Ziling is portrayed by Ma Tianyu in the 2016 Chinese drama ''Singing All Along ''Singing All Along'' is a 2016 Chinese television series produced by Ruby Lin, starring Lin and Yuan Hong (actor), Yuan Hong. Set in 1st-century imperial China, the drama is based on Li Xin's (李歆) 2007–2009 ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Zi Ling, WuShuangPu (1694, 1996)
Yan may refer to: States * Yan (state) (11th century BC–222 BC), a major state in northern China during the Zhou dynasty * Yan Kingdom (Han dynasty), first appearing in 206 BC **Prince of Yan title held in various dynasties of China * Yan (Three Kingdoms), from 237 to 238 * Former Yan (337–370), a Xianbei state in present-day Hebei * Western Yan (384–394), a Xianbei state in present-day Shanxi * Later Yan (384–409), a Xianbei state during Sixteen Kingdoms Period * Southern Yan (398–410), a Xianbei state in present-day Shandong * Northern Yan (407–436), successor of Later Yan * Yan (An–Shi) (756–763), a rebel state founded by the An Lushan rebellion * Yan (Five Dynasties period) short-lived state in Hebei from 911 to 913 Names Surname * Yan (surname), romanization for several Chinese surnames * Yan, a Cantonese transcription of surname Zhen (甄) Given name * Yan, a transliteration of the name "Ян" ( Jan) from the Russian language Mononymous persons * Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtesy Name
A courtesy name ( zh, s=字, p=zì, l=character), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing their given name. This tradition is prevalent in the East Asian cultural sphere, particularly in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. Courtesy names are a marker of adulthood and were historically given to men at the age of 20, and sometimes to women upon marriage. Unlike art names, which are more akin to pseudonyms or pen names, courtesy names served a formal and respectful purpose. In traditional Chinese society, using someone's given name in adulthood was considered disrespectful among peers, making courtesy names essential for formal communication and writing. Courtesy names often reflect the meaning of the given name or use homophonic characters, and were typically disyllabic after the Qin dynasty. The practice also extended to other East Asian cultures, and was sometimes adopted by Mongols and Manchu people, Manchus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuyao
Yuyao () is a county-level city in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the sub-provincial city of Ningbo. It is located west of central Ningbo, east of Hangzhou, bordering Hangzhou Bay in the north. Yuyao covers an area of . Demographics As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,254,032. Its built-up (or metro) area with the county-level city of Cixi largely conurbated, had 3,083,520 inhabitants. However, recently the migrated workers and their families have increase the total population to about 1.6 million, but they do not show up in the official census and other related statistics data. Geography and climate Yuyao lies in a subtropical monsoon zone, rich in sunshine and rain fall, warm and humid, distinct in the four seasons. The mean annual sunshine is 2,061 hours and the annual rate of sunshine is 47%. The mean annual temperature is 16 degrees Celsius, and the coldest months perennially are January and February, the hottest are Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scholar
A scholar is a person who is a researcher or has expertise in an academic discipline. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researcher at a university. An academic usually holds an advanced degree or a terminal degree, such as a master's degree or a doctorate (PhD). Independent scholars and public intellectuals work outside the academy yet may publish in academic journals and participate in scholarly public discussion. Definitions In contemporary English usage, the term ''scholar'' sometimes is equivalent to the term ''academic'', and describes a university-educated individual who has achieved intellectual mastery of an academic discipline, as instructor and as researcher. Moreover, before the establishment of universities, the term ''scholar'' identified and described an intellectual person whose primary occupation was professional research. In 1847, minister Emanuel Vogel Gerhart spoke of the role of the scholar in society: Gerhart argued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Guangwu Of Han
Emperor Guangwu of Han (; 15 January 5 BC29 March AD 57), born Liu Xiu (), courtesy name Wenshu (), was a Chinese monarch. He served as an emperor of the Han dynasty by restoring the dynasty in AD 25, thus founding the Eastern Han dynasty. He ruled over parts of China at first since his dynasty was formed through rebellion against the short-lived Xin dynasty, and through suppression and conquest of regional warlords, the whole of China proper was consolidated by the time of his death in AD 57. During his reign, Taoism was made the official religion of China, and the Chinese folk religion began to decline. Liu Xiu was one of the many descendants of the Han imperial family. Following the usurpation of the Han throne by Wang Mang and the ensuing civil war during the disintegration of Wang's Xin dynasty, he emerged as one of several descendants of the fallen dynasty claiming the imperial throne. After assembling forces and proclaiming himself emperor in the face of competitors, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Shuang Pu
''Wu Shuang Pu'' () is a book of woodcut prints, first printed in 1694, early on in the Qing dynasty. This book contains the biographies and imagined portraits of 40 notable heroes and heroines from the Han dynasty to the Song dynasty, all accompanied by a brief introduction and guided by a related poem in yuefu style. The illustrations from the book were widely distributed and re-used, often as motifs on Chinese porcelain. The original book has a seal that says Nanling, which is why the book is also known as Nanling Wu Shuang Pu. A re-edition of this book from the year 1699 is kept in the National Museum of China. The scholar and philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ... Mao Qiling praised the book in the preface, he felt that the prose in this book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corporation established by a charter dated 9 April 1511. The aims of the college, as specified by its statutes, are the promotion of education, religion, learning and research. It is one of the largest Oxbridge colleges in terms of student numbers. For 2022, St John's was ranked 6th of 29 colleges in the Tompkins Table (the annual league table of Cambridge colleges) with over 35 per cent of its students earning British undergraduate degree classification#Degree classification, first-class honours. It is the second wealthiest college in Oxford and Cambridge, after its neighbour Trinity College, Cambridge. Members of the college include the winners of twelve Nobel Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Tianyu
Ma Tianyu ( zh, s=马天宇, p=Mǎ Tiānyǔ; born 12 July 1986), also known as Ray Ma, is a Chinese singer and actor. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. Career Early life Ma was born to an ethnic Hui people, Hui family in Wucheng county, Dezhou, Shandong, China. At the age of 5, his mother passed away due to suicide, and subsequently, his father left the family due to debts. Ma, along with his two sisters, went on to live with their elderly grandparents. To support his family, at the age of 16, Ma relocated to Beijing, where he began working in various capacities. During his time as a bartender in Beijing, he encountered individuals associated with the entertainment industry who recognized his potential. They suggested that he pursue a career as an actor and advised him to undertake the entrance examination for the Beijing Film Academy. In the absence of a clear career path, Ma followed the suggestion. Grappling with shyness during the auditions, Ma decided to pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singing All Along
''Singing All Along'' is a 2016 Chinese television series produced by Ruby Lin, starring Lin and Yuan Hong (actor), Yuan Hong. Set in 1st-century imperial China, the drama is based on Li Xin's (李歆) 2007–2009 romantic novel series ''Xiuli Jiangshan'' (秀丽江山) and focuses on the relationship between Liu Xiu (Emperor Guangwu of Han, Emperor Guangwu), a peasant-turned-Eastern Han dynasty founder, and Yin Lihua (Empress Guanglie), the love of his life. Although the original novel involved time travel, the television series does not contain those parts. Filming began in October 2013 in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang, China with a budget of ¥150 million (over 24 million). The show premiered on Jiangsu Television on 21 July 2016. Synopsis In 22 AD, the peasant brothers Liu Yan (Xin dynasty), Liu Yan and Liu Xiu led a rebel force to overthrow the oppressive Xin dynasty, Xin empire and restore the Han dynasty. Yin Lihua, their beautiful childhood friend, joined their fight. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
