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	Sichuan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sichuan (Chinese: 四川; pinyin: Sìchuān; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; obsolete romanizations include Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu.
		The area lies in the Sichuan basin and is surrounded by the Himalaya to the west, Qinling Range to the north, and mountainous areas of Yunnan to the south.
		Sichuan's nominal GDP for 2003 was about 545 billion Yuan (about 66 billion USD) and a per capita of 6270 RMB (757 USD).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Szechuan (853 words)

	Eight Immortals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The most significant of the writings is The Eight Immortals Depart and Travel to the East (《八仙出處東游記》 bā xiān chī chù dōng yoú zì) by Wu Yuantai (吳元泰 wú yuán taì) in Ming Dynasty.
		It is about the Immortals on their way to attend the Conference of the Magical Peach (蟠桃會 pán taó huì) and encountered an ocean.
		Stemming from this, the Chinese proverb "The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each reveals its divine power" (八仙過海，各顯神通 ~, gè xiǎn shén tōng) indicates the situation that everybody shows off their powers to achieve a common goal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eight_Immortals (470 words)

	ba sin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Eight Immortals (八仙 in pinyin: ba1 xian1; in Wade-Giles: pa hsien) are Chinese deities who are represented as a group and rarely individually.
		The Immortals are the subject of many artistic creation, like paintings and sculptures.
		Stemming from this, the Chinese proverb "The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each reveals its divine power" (八仙過海，各顯神通 ~, ge4 xian3 shen2 tong1) indicates the situation that everybody shows off their powers to achieve a common goal.
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	Eight Immortals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Eight Immortals (八仙 in pinyin : ba1 xian1; in Wade-Giles : pa hsien)are Chinese deities who are represented as agroup and rarely individually.
		The most significant of the writings is The Eight Immortals Depart and Travel to the East(《八仙出處東游記》 ba1 xian1 chu1 chu4 dong1 you2 zi4) by Wu Yuantai(吳元泰 wu2 yuan2 tai4) in Ming Dynasty.
		It is about the Immortals on their way to attend theConference of the Magical Peach (蟠桃會 pan2 tao2 hui4) and encountered an ocean.
	www.therfcc.org /eight-immortals-55233.html (461 words)

	Encyclopedia: Yang Shangkun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sichuan (Chinese: å››å·; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; obsolete romanizations include Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu.
		Born in Tongnan, Sichuan province, he was a veteran of the Long March.
		He is considered as one of the Eight Immortals of Communist China.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yang-Shangkun (1458 words)

	Eight Immortals from Sichuan -- This article is about one of the less famous... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Eight Immortals from Sichuan -- This article is about one of the less famous...
		For the most popular set of "Eight Immortals", see Eight Immortals, which also contains a list of other sets of Eight Immortals.
		Eight Immortals from Sichuan (蜀中八仙 in pinyin: shǔ zhōng bā xiān) describe eight Sichuanese who became immortals at various times.
	eight-immortals-from-sichuan.en.tracking24.net (112 words)

	Eight Immortals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Immortals such as Henrik Lundqvist, Martin Gerber, John Grahame and Nolan Schaefer have...
		Revolution, one of the close colleagues to Mao Tse-Tung." (Bo Yibo, the father of Bo Xilai, is actually known as one of the "Eight Immortals" of Communist China...
		It is also a great place to play mahjong with a couple of friends on the Baxianzhuo, or Eight Immortals table, an old-fashioned square table for eight people.
	eight-immortals.wikiverse.org (630 words)

	Eight Immortals - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Eight Immortals (八仙 in pinyin: bā xiān; in Wade-Giles: pa hsien) are Chinese deities who are represented as a group and rarely individually.
		The new Argonautica,: An heroic poem in eight cantos, of the voyage among the stars of the immortal spirits of Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Ponce de Leon & Nunez da Vaca
		Lao Tzu and the eight immortals of China =: T'ik, T'ak, T'oh : a classic historical novel of China
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /eight_immortals.htm (484 words)

	Black Sheep Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		and is the oldest Daoist temple in the region of Ba and Shu (Sichuan).
		The eight pillars with winding dragons at the tips of the eight corners of the outer eaves are eight hollowed gold dragons in relief, giving a sense of great momentum.
		Dongbin and Han Xiangzi of the Eight Immortals
	www.eng.taoism.org.hk /general-daoism/grotto-heavens&blissful-realms/pg1-5-6-5.asp (752 words)

	The Eight Immortals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For most Chinese people, the Eight Immortals represented eight factors in their daily life: men and women, old and young, the rich and the poor, the noble and the lowly.
		In addition, the things the Eight Immortals held in their hands -- castanets, fan, stick, sword, calabash, duster and flower basket -- were popularly found among and used by ordinary people in later period.
		It shows that the Eight Immortals were very close to the daily life of Daoist believers as well as to ordinary Chinese people.
	www.eng.taoism.org.hk /daoist-beliefs/immortals&immortalism/pg2-4-8-3.asp (1967 words)

	Eight Immortals
		Each Immortal's power can be transferred to a tool (法器) that can give life or destroy evil.
		Located in central Taiwan, Pa-hsien Mountain (八仙山 ba1 xian1 shan1), or Eight Immortals Mountain, is a branch of Jade Mountain[?].
		The pronunciation of eight thousand and eight immortals are similar in Chinese, hence the name.
	www.fastload.org /ei/Eight_Immortals.html (522 words)

	Eight Immortals of Communist China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Chinese however they are called instead the Eight Great Eminent Officials (八大元老 in pinyin : bā dà yuán lǎo) abbreviated as Eight Elders (八老 bā lǎo).
		By 2000 most of the Immortals had died.
		The name originated in the 1990s and is an allusion to the Taoist deities by the same name.
	www.freeglossary.com /Party_elders (376 words)

	Daoist Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		The struggle to wu wei was an effort to become immortal, to be born anew, to grow the embryo of immortality inside.
		For him, longevity and immortality are not the same, the former is only the first step to the latter.
		The importance of these texts philosophically speaking is to be found in their idealization of the quest for immortality and transference of the material practices of the alchemical science of Ge Hong into a form of reflective meditation.
	www.iep.utm.edu /d/daoism.htm (7141 words)

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		At Oxford University, Eights Week constitutes the main intercollegiate rowing event of the year, and happens in May. Both men's and women's coxed eights compete in separate divisions for their
		Eight Immortals was a group of elderly members of the Communist Party of China who held substantial power during the 1980s and 1990s.
		Eirin (映倫) is the abbreviated name for the Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee in Japan, which serves the same purpose there as the MPAA does in America and the BBFC does in the
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	immortals - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Immortals : Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
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	Sichuan Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Sichuan (Chinese: 四川; pinyin: Sìchuān; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; obsolete romanizations include Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu.
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		The Eight Immortals (八仙 in pinyin: bā xiān; in Wade-Giles: pa hsien) are Chinese deities who are represented as a group and rarely individually.
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	User: Menchi - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Immortal Woman He (He Xiangu), Royal Uncle Cao (Cao Guojiu), Iron-crutch Li (Li Tieguai), Lan Caihe, Lu Dongbin, Philosopher Han Xiang (Han Xiang Zi), and Zhongli Quan
		Zhaojun Tomb, Han commoner who became a Hun chief-consort
		Namesakes: Eight Immortals of Communist China, Eight Immortals of Huainan, Eight Immortals from Sichuan, Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine
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