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Suzhou ( t=蘇州 |s=苏州 |p=Sūzhōu ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. Called the cradle of Wu culture, Suzhou ...

| motto = Truth, Goodness, and Beautyja|眞 • 善 • 美 | established = May 31 1886 as Ewha School, college-course installed in 1910, re-established as a university on August 15 1945. | type = Private ...

The Chinese character for beauty (美) consists of the components of "sheep" (羊) and "big" or "great" (大). As Confucius described in Analects, a sheep is an animal used at religious ...