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  Dong Zhuo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dong Zhuo was eventually assassinated by his adoptive son Lü Bu as part of a plot by Interior Minister Wang Yun.
Perhaps the most popular story about Dong Zhuo was the fictional triangular love relationship involving Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu and Diao Chan, which eventually led to the death of Dong Zhuo in the hands of his own adoptive son, Lü Bu.
The conspirators sent Li Su to fetch Dong Zhuo from his castle in the county of Mei (郿) under the pretense that the emperor intended to abdicate the throne to the warlord.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dong_Zhuo   (2225 words)

  
 Dong people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dong (Chinese: 侗and26063; pinyin: Dòngzú; own name: Gaeml, in IPA [kɐm]) people are an ethnic group.
They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, and are famed for their carpentry skills and unique architecture, in particular a form of covered bridge known as the "wind and rain bridge" (Chinese: 风雨桥).
The Ethnologue distinguishes two Dong dialects with the codes kmc for the southern dialect and doc for the northern.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dong_people   (393 words)

  
 Ba Gua
Dong later combined the circle walking mechanics with the martial arts he had mastered in his youth to create a new style based on mobility and the ability to apply techniques while in constant motion (heretofore unknown in the history of Chinese martial arts).
Dong's teachings were limited to a few "palm changes" executed while walking the circle and his theory and techniques of combat.
Dong later combined the circular footwork and body method learned from the Daoists with the martial arts he studied in his youth to create a new martial art, later to become known as Ba Gua Zhang.
www.shenwu.com /bagua.htm   (2367 words)

  
 dong
Animal studies suggest that dong quai may treat abnormal heart rhythm, prevent accumulation of platelets in blood vessels (contributing to plaque formation or atherosclerosis), protect the liver, promote urination, act as a mild laxative, promote sleep and fight infection.
Dong quai should not be used by those who have chronic diarrhea or abdominal bloating.
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Dong quai should not be used during pregnancy because it may affect the muscular functioning of the uterus.
nwclinic.com /dong.html   (1321 words)

  
 Dong Minority - Chinese Nationalities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
About 65% of Guizhou's population is Han and the rest is a mixture of minorities such as Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yi, Shui, Hui, Zhuang, Bai, nd Gelo.
The minority villages of Leishan, Tashi, Chejiang, Ronjiang, Maogong and Gaojin have Dong wind and rain bridges and drum towers.
The Dong are found in Guizhou, Hunan and Gansu Provinces and also the Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet).
www.paulnoll.com /China/Minorities/min-Dong.html   (160 words)

  
 Ethnic Chinese: Dong People
The Dong ethnic group live primarily in the border regions between Guizhou, Hunan and Hubei Provinces, and it was during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), that this group separated from the mixed group 'Bai Yue', naming themselves Dong.
The Dong people's beliefs remain original, believing all things have spirits and gods - of land, water, ox, and the spirit of ancestors, etc. Every time there is natural disaster or disease, the Dong people will think devils are responsible and ask a wizard to ward them off.
The staple food of the Dong ethnic group is rice, millet, corn, wheat sorghum and glutinous rice.
www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/nationality/dong   (472 words)

  
 Natural Menopause Product - Dong Quai Herbal Treatments for Menopause
Dong Quai, one of the most important of the Chinese tonic herbs, is used as a nourishing blood tonic and to regulate the menstrual cycle.
Dong Quai has been used for centuries by Asian healers to balance female hormones and to prevent the troublesome symptoms of menopause and PMS.
Research has show that Dong Quai is extremely effective in providing long term relief from symptoms of Menopause when taken regularly for between 8 and 12 weeks, and its effects are most noticeable at the end of the treatment period.
www.nativeremedies.com /dong_quai_for_menopause.shtml   (870 words)

  
 Master Alex Dong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Master Alex Dong will give a workshop in September in Montreal and return to London at the end of September 2006.
Andy Holmes wrote an article on the Dong Family Fast set which was published in the January 2005 edition of Inside Kung-Fu magazine.
Photographs from the China 2002 trip and 10 Years of Taiji with the Dong Family which shows a decade of experience of Taijiquan with the Dong Family between 1993 and 2003 (through over 80 images).
www.dongtaichi.com /Master_Alex_Dong   (425 words)

  
 DBLP: Guozhu Dong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jinyan Li, Thomas Manoukian, Guozhu Dong, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao: Incremental Maintenance on the Border of the Space of Emerging Patterns.
Guozhu Dong, Jianwen Su: Deterministic FOIES are Strictly Weaker.
Guozhu Dong, Leonid Libkin, Limsoon Wong: On Impossibility of Decremental Recomputation of Recursive Queries in Relational Calculus and SQL.
www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/d/Dong:Guozhu.html   (1341 words)

  
 Dong - Wikimedia Commons
The Dong (侗族) are an ethnic group in south-western China (Guangxi and Guizhou provinces), famous for their "wind and rain bridges".
Chengyangqiao (程阳桥) "Wind and Rain Bridge" of the Dong minority, Sanjiang county, north Guangxi
Dong minority woman in traditional clothes during Autumn festival in Chengyangqiao, Guangxi
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Dong   (74 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Man Utd | Man Utd sign Dong
If Dong is a success, United would benefit from an explosion of interest in the world's most populous country.
Under the terms of the deal, United are reported to be sending two or three coaches to work with Dalian Shide's development squad.
Dong, who was also linked with Real Madrid and Inter Milan, emerged as the cream of a crop of youngsters sent by China's top clubs to England for trials in August.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/3378641.stm   (215 words)

  
 Dong Kingman: Watercolor Master   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dong Kingman, whose watercolor paintings enrich the collections of over 50 museums and institutions in the United States, is recognized as one of America’s premier watercolor masters.
Recipient of virtually every major award in this medium, the artist was honored in 2001/2002 with a highly successful exhibition, “Dong Kingman: American Master,” spanning seven decades of Kingman’s artistic career.
At the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, People's Rebublic of China, the retrospective was being expanded and renamed “Dong Kingman: Watercolor Master.” This major exhibition of 100 paintings and drawings, organized by Century Masters, Incorporated, toured in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai in 2002/2003.
www.dongkingman.org   (111 words)

  
 Li Dong Yuan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Li Dong Yuan, in his Pi Wei Lun treatise, based all diseases and imbalances, including yin deficiency, on deficiency of the righteous qi of the Spleen and Stomach represented by the Earth element.
Treatment strategy is to warm and tonify the center with spleen qi tonics and Qi moving herbs, while using cool herbs with an upbearing energy to drain deficiency Fire.
This formula is normally recommended for prolapsed or sinking Qi but being the representative formula of Li dong Yuan’s spleen school it has a very wide range of application.
www.planetherbs.com /articles/li_dong_yuan.htm   (1838 words)

  
 MissileThreat :: Taep’o-dong 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The test was said to have taken place in early May, at the Musudan missile complex, in the North Hamgyong province some 120 miles from the Russian border.
The Taepo Dong II has been long believed to have a range sufficient to hit Alaska and the Western United States.
The two stage version of the Taepo-Dong II is believed to use a Chinese liquid fuel engine for its first stage, and the North Korean Rodoing missile as its second stage.
www.missilethreat.com /missiles/taep-o-dong-2_north_korea.html   (4339 words)

  
 Dong Family International Tai Chi Chuan Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The URL of this page is http://www.dongtaichi.com/ and the domain dongtaichi.com is the home of official website for Dong Family International Tai Chi Chuan Association.
Grand Master Dong Zeng Chen teaches in Hawaii and at workshops around the world.
His son, Master Alex Dong, who lived and taught in Hawaii, has now moved to New York City.
www.dongtaichi.com   (116 words)

  
 Taep'o-dong 2 (TD-2) - North Korea
A declassified CIA report to the Congress estimated that North Korea would require 10-15 years to develop an ICBM capable of delivering a chemical, biological, or nuclear warhead.
Taepo Dong 2 intercontinental ballistic missile may be ready for testing.
This missile could deliver a nuclear warhead to parts of the United States in a two stage variant and target all of North America with a three stage variant.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/dprk/td-2.htm   (2519 words)

  
 Guozhu Dong
Guozhu Dong, Xiuzhen Zhang, Jinyan Li, Limsoon Wong.
Guozhu Dong, Richard Hull, Bharat Kumar, Francois Llirbat, Eric Simon, Jianwen Su, Gang Zhou.
Guozhu Dong, Richard Hull, Bharat Kumar, Jianwen Su, and Gang Zhou.
www.cs.wright.edu /~gdong   (372 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for language code:kmc
68% of the 1,463,000 Dong speakers speak Southern Dong.
Area where southeastern Guizhou (Yuping Autonomous County), western Hunan, and northern Guangxi provinces meet, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 20 contiguous counties.
Lexical similarity 93% within Southern Dong, 71% between Northern Dong and Southern Dong.
www.ethnologue.org /show_language.asp?code=kmc   (245 words)

  
 No-Dong 1 - North Korea
To date the flight test program has consisted of this single North Korean test to partial range, along with what were apparently two tests by Pakistan and three by Iran [only one of which was completely successful].
As of late 2000 the US Department of Defense reported that North Korea continued to make and field No Dong missiles able to strike American forces based in Japan.
The No-dong program has evidently been plagued by numerous technical and financial problems.
www.fas.org /nuke/guide/dprk/missile/nd-1.htm   (2080 words)

  
 Dong Qichang Online
Search AllPosters for reproductions of works by Dong Qichang
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All images and text on this Dong Qichang page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/dong_qichang.html   (106 words)

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