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  • Chung Dojeon (Jeong Dojeon; 1342 – 1398), also known by the pen name Sambong, was the most powerful medieval Korean noble and politician of ...
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  • Footbinding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú, literally "bound feet") was a custom practiced ...
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  • Shandong ( s=山东 |t=山東 |p=Shāndōng |w=Shan-tung ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on the eastern coast ...
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  • Wade-Giles ( ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz ; s=威妥玛拼音 or 韦氏拼音|t=威妥瑪拼音 or 韋氏拼音|p=wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn ), sometimes abbreviated ...
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  • Category:Public Dōgen (also Dōgen Zenji 道元禅師; Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, or Eihei Dōgen 永平道元) (January 19, 1200 - September ...
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  • Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and the father of King Sejong the Great, did not take the throne ...
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  • Yonsei University (IPA: / 'jənsɛː /) a private, coeducational university located in Seoul, South Korea, has earned recognition as one ...
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  • Emperor Taizong of Tang ( c=唐太宗|p=táng tàizōng , January 23, 599 – July 10, 649), personal name Lǐ Shìmín ( c=李世民 ...
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  • Sòng Qìnglíng or Soong Ch'ing-ling ( s=宋庆龄|t=宋慶齡|p=Sòng Qìnglíng|w=Sung Ch'ing-ling ) (January 27, 1893 – May 29 ...
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  • Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist, short story author, and screenwriter famous as a writer for both ...
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  • Kana is a general term for the syllabic Japanese scripts hiragana (ひらがな) and katakana (カタカナ) as well as the old system known ...
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  • Emperor Huizong (November 2, 1082 – June 4, 1135; r. 1100-1126) was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song Dynasty of China ...
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  • Chrysanthemum is the common name and genus name for a group of erect, herbaceous perennial plants in the flowering plant family Asteraceae (aster ...
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  • Yúnmén Wényǎn (862 or 864 Dumoulin (1994), 230. – 949 C.E.), (雲門文偃; Japanese: Ummon Bun'en; he is also variously known in English ...
    14 KB (2,283 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
  • Sòng Měilíng or Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek ( t=宋美齡|s=宋美龄|p=Sòng Měilíng ...
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  • Unified Silla (668 – 935) refers to the unification of the Three Kingdoms of southern Korea: Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla. The fall of Baekje ...
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  • Dahui Zonggao (大慧宗杲) (1089–1163) (Wade-Giles: Ta-hui Tsung-kao; Japanese: Daie Sōkō) was a twelfth century Chinese Chan (Zen) master ...
    16 KB (2,594 words) - 16:55, 13 May 2020
  • Korean literature is the body of literature produced in Korea or by Korean writers. For much of history, it was written both in classical Chinese ...
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  • Judo (Japanese: 柔道, jūdō; "gentle way") is a martial art and combat sport, which originated in Japan. Judo, now primarily a sport ...
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  • Zheng He ( t=鄭和|s=郑和|p=Zhèng Hé|w=Cheng Ho ; Birth name: 馬三寶 / 马三宝; p=Mǎ Sānbǎo ; Islamic name: حجّي محمود شمس ...
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