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	Traditional Chinese Medicine Reference
		she dan chen pi mo (powder with snake bile and dried old orange peel)
		sheng mai chong ji (infusion for restoring pulse beating)
		du huo ji sheng wan (pubescent angelica and loranthus bolus)
	www.china-guide.com /health/reference.html (3031 words)

	pi sheng printing press
		got up and walked the floor, backwards and forwards, pi sheng printing press muttering to himself and plowing his pi sheng printing press through his hair.
		It was only letting on to know you when we got home that we never stopped on our road, but made a pi sheng printing press into the dark and it was thickening up and says: "Mr.
		And I could see a many a time before: I pi sheng printing press as brave as some people, but if there was another pi sheng printing press let-go of astonish- ment and excitement; but Jubiter, which was well enough, be- cause that was a fool.
	hometown.aol.com /KelcieDew2288/pi-sheng-printing-press.html (363 words)

	Concerning Mei Sheng's "Chi Fa"
		What Mei Sheng represented was the lower stratum of the landlord class, which had a line of striving upstream and exerting efforts.
		Mei Sheng was a native of Huai-yin in Han Dynasty.
		This is evidently connected with his letter to Chang wen-tien on August 2, 1959 (35) in which he quoted from Mei Sheng’s “Chi Fa”, See pp 225-226 of this volume.
	www.marxists.org /reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-8/mswv8_41.htm (900 words)

	Movable Type (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"In the 1040s, a Chinese alchemist named Pi Sheng appears to have conceived of movable type made of an amalgam of clay and glue hardened by baking.
		Pi Sheng was building upon the idea of printing which had existed in China since the end of the 2nd century AD.
		Like Gutenberg, Pu Sheng never received recognition for his invention until long after his death.
	stage.itp.nyu.edu /history/timeline/movabletype.html (213 words)

	Printing press - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Movable type, which allowed individual characters to be arranged to form words, was invented in China by Bi Sheng between 1041 to 1048.
		It was invented in 1041 by Bi Sheng in China.
		Sheng used clay type, which broke easily, but Wang Zhen later carved more durable type from wood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Printing_press (2156 words)

	No gain without pain for Tianjin
		The biggest problem, says Pi Qian Sheng, a senior official of the local government, is that TEDA is running out of land.
		He is confident the setbacks will be temporary and that TEDA, after 20 years in which growth in industrial output has averaged 30 per cent, can look forward to another 20 years of strong expansion, albeit at a slightly less giddy pace of 20 per cent.
		Pi, the senior official there, says it would be wrong to assume that the local government has turned a blind eye to Beijing's orders.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-09/14/content_374219.htm (663 words)

	Gutenberg and the Koreans: The Development of Movable-Type Printing
		Pi Sheng, a man of unofficial position, made movable type.
		His method was as follows: he took sticky clay and cut in it characters as thin as the edge of a coin.
		Shen Kua reports that “When Pi Sheng died, his font of type passed into the possession of my nephews,” and Bi Sheng’s type was still being used to print philological primers and neo-Confucian documents during the rule of the Mongol emperor Khubilai Khan, by one of his personal councilors.
	www.rightreading.com /printing/gutenberg.asia/gutenberg-asia-7-china-movable-type.htm (547 words)

	Chinese Medical Psychiatry by Bob Flaws and James Lake, MD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gui Pi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction) is one of the first 70 formulas every entry-level student of Chinese medicine learns in the People's Republic of China.
		Like Gui Pi Tang, it quiets the spirit by primarily constructing and nourishing it (as opposed to clearing or draining the heart).
		Further, if we note that Yuan Zhi and Chen Pi transform phlegm, then we can also see that this formula not only treats nonconstruction and malnourishment of the heart spirit but an element of blockage and obstruction of the spirit brilliance due to phlegm misting the clear orifices.
	chinesemedicalpsychiatry.com /articles/article_fei_bo_xiong.html (1492 words)

	Bi Sheng - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bi Sheng was a cloth vendor by trade and his ancestry and details were not recorded.
		Writings Beside the Meng Creek, however, gave detailed and sufficient description on the technical details of Bi Sheng's invention of movable type.
		This page was last modified 08:30, 20 July 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pi_Sheng (111 words)

	A.S.K.T. - 5 Elements of Xing Yi Quan
		“Wu Xing Sheng Ke”, is the basic of Wu Xing Quan and the primary combating principle.
		Pi Quan is the Gold element, the head of Wu Xing Quan.
		The force characteristic of Pi Quan is to keep a full strong circle; step characteristic is to switch the left foot and the right foot, and advance with the sequent steps.
	www.askt.it /English/wuxing.htm (804 words)

	Kit.blog :: Zinc appeal
		That distinction goes to Pi Sheng, a Chinese alchemist.
		The invention of the first movable type came in the mid-11th century, when Pi Sheng made ceramic typefaces out of a mix of clay and glue.
		Pi Sheng's method was later adapted to the manufacture of copper type during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
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	Global Information Hub for Integrated Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the therapeutic principle of clearing away heat to remove toxins and promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, modified Qing Wen Bai Du Yin was used to treat 30 cases of child infectious mononucleosis.
		The decoction consisted of Shi Gao (Gypsum), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena), Huang Lian (Coptis), Huang Qin (Scutellaria), Zhi Zi (Gardenia), Gan Cao (Licorice), powder of buffalo born (Cornu Bubali), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia Root), Chi Shao (Peony Red), Mu Dan Pi (Moutan Bark), Xuan Shen (Scrophularia), and Lian Qiao (Forsythia).
		Chloramphenicol, sulfamethoxazole, aminobenzylpenicillin, and other antibiotics were used to treat 22 cases in the treatment group and 20 cases in the control group when no positive effects were seen in the patients after 10 days of previous treatment.
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	Sun Shao (Gongli) - Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi) Biography
		Xu Sheng and Sun Shao confronted one another in Sun Quan’s presence, and even though he would not allow Sun Shao to be put to death, Sun Quan favored Xu Sheng’s position.
		This was Xu Sheng’s ploy, as the wall was a fake, as were the mighty ships laying along it.
		Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, and Sun Shao were all richly rewarded for their efforts, and all received promotions.
	kongming.net /novel/sgyy/sunshao.php (703 words)

	Romance of Three Kingdoms - Luo Guanzhong - Chapter 86 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Xu Sheng was given the title of General Who Protects the East and made Chief Commander of all the forces in Nanxu and Jianye.
		However, Xu Sheng refused, and all the pleadings of his impetuous general were vain.
		As they moved in disorder, suddenly arose the sounds of an enemy force, shouts and the rolling of drums and the blaring of trumpets, and a cohort marched down obliquely on to their line.
	www.threekingdoms.com /chapter.php?c=86 (9147 words)

	Alcohol Vocab \| Sinosplice: Life in China
		It seems that in the south it’s more often called sheng pi (生啤), whereas the north prefers to call it zha pi (扎啤).
		Sheng pi means “raw beer.” (It also happens to be exactly the same thing the Japanese call it: 生ビール.) I really like that.
		My impression was zha pi came out of a tap the way it’s supposed to if it’s draft, whereas sheng pi came out of a bottle, and ‘draft’ is just the English name.
	www.sinosplice.com /life/archives/2004/05/11/alcohol-vocab (745 words)

	computersmiths - History of Chinese Invention - The Invention of Movable Print
		An alchemist named Pi Sheng appears to have conceived of movable type.
		Each piece of movable type had on it one Chinese character which was carved in relief on a small block of an amalgam of clay and glue.
		To him is also attributed the invention of horizontal compartmented cases that revolved about a vertical axis to permit easier handling of the type.
	www.computersmiths.com /chineseinvention/movtype.htm (752 words)

	World Instrument Gallery
		These ancient wind chambers also show that the pipes were placed in two rows identical to the present day mbuat, and early sheng (called he or yu) also had pipes arranged in two rows.
		The circular arrangement of pipes found on the modern sheng and sho seem to have come later.
		Free reed instruments were virtually unknown in the West until Pierre Amiot introduced a sheng to European instrument makers in the 17th Century, which resulted in the invention of the harmonica, accordion, concertina and reed organ.
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	Blue Poppy Enterprises - Publications - Various Menstrual Diseases (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is comprised of: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride (Qing Pi), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chen Pi), Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Zhi Zi), Cortex Radicis Moutan (Dan Pi), Rhizoma Alismatis (Ze Xie), Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao), and Tuber Bolbostemmae Paniculati (Tu Bei Mu).
		This formula is used to treat angry qi damaging the liver with qi counterflow stirring fire resulting in vexatious heat, rib-side pain, distention, and fullness, stirring blood, etc. This formula resolves liver qi depression, levels qi counterflow, and scatters depressive fire.
		The treatment principles were to course the liver and resolve depression, fortify the spleen and harmonize the stomach, nourish the heart and quiet the spirit.
	www.zero-meridian.com /articles/gyn_research.htm (9226 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Printing (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The oldest surviving book printed using the more sophisticated block printing dates from 868 AD (The Diamond Sutra of AD 868, a Buddhist scripture).
		The movable type printer was invented by Pi Sheng in 1040.
		The movable type metal printing press was invented in Korea between 1234 and 1241.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Printing (487 words)

	Block printing Summary
		Thanks to Pi Sheng, printers did not have to carve out a new block of wood every time they wanted to print something; instead, the printer had at his disposal precast pieces of type.
		Pi Sheng, an eleventh-century Chinese alchemist, began to experiment with shaping symbols in a mixture of clay and glue, then baking the formed symbols until they were hardened.
		As with Pi Sheng's innovations, though, Wang Chen's approach to reusable type found only limited acceptance in China.
	www.bookrags.com /Block_printing (3335 words)

	Hierarchy of Ingredients
		Du huo ji sheng* tang Angelica pubescens and sangjisheng decoction 207
		Ju pi zhu ru tang Tangerine peel and bamboo shavings decoction 304
		fu ling/ chen pi/ sheng jiang/ da zao
	www.ballantyneacupuncture.com /hierarchy_of_ingredients.htm (3857 words)

	The Inventor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To uderstand the innovation of movable type, we have to travel to the late 10th century back to China where where paper and printing were invented.
		Pi Sheng is credited to inventing movable type.
		Sheng decided to use letters that were cut from wet clay as a way to begin printing.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Fall04/Phillips/inventor.html (671 words)

	words’ end » Printing presses and movable types
		About 1041–48 a Chinese alchemist named Pi Sheng appears to have conceived of movable type made of an amalgam of clay and glue hardened by baking.
		It would thus appear that Pi Sheng had found an overall solution to the many problems of typography: the manufacture, the assembling, and the recovery of indefinitely reusable type.
		In Korea, on the contrary, typography, which had appeared by the first half of the 13th century, was extensively developed under the stimulus of King Htai Tjong, who, in 1403, ordered the first set of 100,000 pieces of type to be cast in bronze.
	www.wordsend.org /archives/2005/04/12/printing-presses-and-movable-types (340 words)

	Book - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The colophon, at the inner end, reads: Reverently [caused to be] made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 13th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong [i.e.
		11th May, CE The Chinese inventor Pi Sheng made movable type of earthenware circa 1045, but we have no surviving examples of his printing.
		He embedded the characters, face up, in a shallow tray lined with warm wax.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Book (2908 words)

	History of Printing
		Around 1041- 48 a Chinese alchemist named Pi Sheng appears to have conceived of
		It would thus appear that Pi Sheng had found an overall solution to the many problems of typography: the manufacture, the assembling, and the recovery of reusable type.
		In 1313 Wang Chen instructed a craftsman to carve more than 60,000 characters on movable wooden blocks so that a treatise on the history of technology could be published.
	www.simon-says.com /allied/historyofprinting.htm (464 words)

	Invention Is the Mother Of Necessity
		Among the subsequent inventors who improved on Pi Sheng's idea were Korea's King Htai Tjong (cast-bronze type, around 1403) and the Dutch printer Laurens Janszoon (wooden type with hand-carved letters, around 1430).
		Astonishingly, the symbols of the Phaistos disk weren't scratched into the clay by hand, as was true of most ancient writing on clay, but were instead printed by a set of punches, one for each of the 45 signs.
		Evidently, some ancient Cretan predecessor of Pi Sheng beat him to the idea by 2,741 years.
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	Global Information Hub for Integrated Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This formula contained Sheng Ma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), Da Huang (Rhubarb), Huang Lian (Coptis Root), Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica Root), Mu Dan Pi (Moutan), Sheng Shi Gao (Gypsum), Jing Jie (Schizonepeta), Fang Feng (Ledebouriella Root), Bai Zhi (Angelica), and Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia Root).
		The combination of Chinese with Western medicine was used to treat 30 cases of recurrent ulcers of the mouth.
		However, Fang Feng (Ledebouriella Root) and Bo He (Peppermint) need to be added for dispelling wind in treating toothache due to pathogenic wind-fire, but should not be used to treat toothache due to pathogenic wind-cold.
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	Chinese Music Instrument: Pi Pa-Chinese Music Instrument :Erhu, Dizi, Pipa
		Chinese Music: Chinese music CD, Chinese Song, Chinese Folk Song, Chinese music instrument including Erhu (Er Hu), Dizi (Di zi), bamboo flute, Sheng, Pipa (Pi pa).
		The word "Pi" meant "to play forward" and "Pa" meant "to play backward".
		The pipa had a half pear shaped sound box, a crooked neck, and normally 4 or 5 strings.
	www.chinesecultureonline.com /productdetail.do?menu=MA&id=81 (346 words)

	Acupuncture.Com - Herbal Remedies - California State Board Herbs
		Ren Shen Bai Du San, Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang, Si Wu Tang, Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, Yue Ju Wan, Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang, Wen Jing Tang, Suan Zao Ren Tang
		Niu Xi Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang, Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
		Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang, Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang
	www.acupuncture.com /herbs/caliherbs.htm (1327 words)

	Beijing Opera Arias
		Beijing Opera is nicknamed as "Pi Huang Opera" because Xi Pi and Er Huang melodies form the base of its arias.
		Xi Pi is believed taken from Hubei Opera which was formed under the influence of Shaanxi Opera (or Qing Qiang).
		The singing and speak of a Xiao Sheng are hard to perform.
	www.freewebs.com /doreen-beijingopera/aria/aria.htm (405 words)

	Shaan Xi zheng bao [Shaan Xi governmental bulletin] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		AUTHOR: - TITLE PINYIN-mono: Shaan Xi Sheng Ren Min Zheng Fu Ban Gong Ting zhuan fa Sheng Lao Dong Ting deng san bu men guan yu bao chi she hui bao xian guan li ti zhi wen ding de shi shi yi jian de tong zhi.
		AUTHOR: - TITLE PINYIN-mono: Shaan Xi Sheng Ren Min Zheng Fu Ban Gong Ting zhuan fa Sheng Lao Dong Ting guan yu an quan sheng chan zong he guan li gong zuo de shi shi yi jian de tong zhi.
		TITLE PINYIN-mono: Sheng Ye Jin Gong Ye Ju zhi ding "zhuan ji zhi, zhua guan li, lian nei gong zeng xiao yi" huo dong shi shi ban fa.
	www.anu.edu.au /Asia/Chin/txt/SXZB/1995/SXZB-01-95.htm (1778 words)

	Johann Guttenburg
		Hoowever, movable type was invented in China, some time in the middle of the eleventh century, by a man named Pi Sheng.
		His original type was made of earthenware, which is not very durable, however, other Chinese and Koreans made a series of improvements, and well before Guttenburg, Koreans were using metal type.
		Despite all this, it would be a mistake to think of Pi Sheng as a particularly infleuntial persons.
	www.geocities.com /saifrahmanuk/gut.html (876 words)

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