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  621 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
May 28 - Battle of Hulao, Li Shimin defeats numerically superior army of Dou Jiande.
June 4 - Wang Shichong surrenders to Li Shimin following Dou Jiande's defeat
Wang Shichong, warlord and opponent of Li Yuan
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 Shaolin (martial arts) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of those who had declared himself Emperor was Wang Shichong, who controlled the territory of Zheng and the ancient capital of Luoyang.
Sui Emperor Wen had bestowed the estate on a nearby monastery called Shaolin for its monks to farm but Wang Shichong, realizing its strategic value, seized the estate and there placed troops and a signal tower, as well as establishing a prefecture called Yuanzhou.
Without the fort at Cypress Valley, there was nothing to keep Li Shimin from marching on Luoyang after his defeat of Wang's ally Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao, forcing Wang Shichong to surrender.
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 Battle of Hulao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Hulao (May 28, 621), located just east of Luoyang, was a decisive victory for Li Shimin, through which he was able to subdue two warlords, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong.
Li Shimin led a siege on the city of Luoyang, head of the self-declared emperor Wang Shichong, who solicited help from Dou Jiande from the east.
Afterwards, Wang Shichong, seeing no other choice, surrendered Luoyang.
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 The Seventh Shanghai Art Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wang Anwei from the publicity department of the Shanghai Art Fair welcomed the interest from abroad, saying the increase in both the quantity and quality of foreign galleries marked the defining characteristic of the seventh fair.
Such an approach made sense, said Mr Wang of the fair's publicity section, since exhibitors were appealing to a Shanghai audience very likely to want to decorate their homes with Western-style paintings.
Wang said his paintings typically favoured very bright colours aiming to fill his viewer with peaceful feelings, a style deeply influenced by the way he lives his own life.
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 Wang Wei - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Wang Wei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He wrote a treatise on landscape painting, observing that ‘in painting landscapes the idea should exist in the mind before the brush is taken up’.
He was the inseparable friend of the famous Buddhist poet and doctor, Wang Wei.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Tang dynasty (China History Forum, online chinese history forum)
One morning in May 617, while he was hadnling public affairs with Wang Wei and Gao Junya, a local army official was brought to the court alleging a revolt had been planned.
Wang Shichong's main stronghold in the wesern frontier.
Wang Shichong organised a formation to the northwest of the town, squaring off with the Tang amry across a river.
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 Ethics of China 7 BC To 1279 by Sanderson Beck
Wang Mang, nephew of the empress dowager Wang and championing Confucian principles, consolidated his power in the reign of the boy Ping Di by marrying his daughter to the emperor.
Wang Bo (648-76) was dismissed from the Historical Department for satirizing the imperial princes' indulgence in cock-fighting.
Wang Jian (756-835), noting that in the past soldiers got one year's leave out of three, complained that in the current war they have to fight until they are dead.
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 historic story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wang Shichong seized Luoyang, a major town in China then, and founded the kingdom of Zheng.
He appointed his nephew Wang Renze as the marshal in charge of the military forces and ordered the army to fight here and there to defend or expand his land.
In contrast, people on the land ruled by Wang Shichong had been suffering great hardship and bitterness of life.
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 Tang dynasty - China History Forum, online chinese history forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wang and Gao were sent by Emperor Yang Di to watch Li Yuan.
While Luoyang was besieged, Wang Shichong desperately asked Dou Jiande for help.
To rescue Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande sent 100,000 soldiers to Chenggao (west of today's Xingyang, Henan Province).
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 Encyclopedia: 621
The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople.
May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years).
Emperor Taizong of Tang China (January 23, 599–July 10, 649), born Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China from 626 to 649.
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 Kenner Karate Center: Kung Fu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
By the end of the Sui Dynasty (58 1-618), Li Shimin, king of the Qin state, fought with the self-appointed emperor of the Zheng state, Wang Shichong.
Wang Shixing of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his tour of Mount Song, “All of the 400 Shaolin Temple monks have good Wushu skills.
It was in the latter half of the Ming Dynasty that the monks switched from cudgel fighting to fist fighting, so that fist fights could be promoted to match cudgel fights.
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 Luoyang,Regent Tour China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
There is a mural entitled Thirteen Shaolin Cudgeling Monks Rescue the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty on the walls of Baiyi Hall.
It depicts the fight for power toward the end of Sui Dynasty between Prince Qin (599-649) and General Wang Shichong (?-621).
When Prince Qin came to power as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, he conferred titles on the monks, granted land to the Shaolin Temple, and issued a special edict that allowed the monks to eat meat and drink wine.
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 Shaolin Quan Shaolin Boxing
During the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577), Shaolin monks could lift hundreds of kilograms in weight and were good at boxing and horse riding.
By the end of the Sui Dynasty (581-618), Li Shimin, king of the Qin state, fought with the self-appointed emperor of the Zheng state, Wang Shichong.
Shaolin monks Zhi Cao, Hui Yang, and Tan Zong took the side of Li and helped him catch the latter's nephew Wang Renze to force the self-appointed emperor to surrender.
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 Chinese History - Sui Dynasty 隋 event history (www.chinaknowledge.de)
Droughts and unindations further imposed a high toll on the suffering population of the Central Plain.
In 611 Wang Pu 王蒲 called "Zhishi Lang 知丗朗" and Liu Badao 劉霸道 were the first to stage an uprising against the exploitation by the Sui government in modern Shangong province, accompanied by Sun Anzu 孫安祗 and Dou Jiande 窦建德 in modern Hebei.
In Luoyang, Li Mi and general Wang Shichong 王丗充 fought for the imperial power, Li Mi surrendered to Li Yuan who had just founded his Tang Dynasty 唐, and Wang Shichong made himself emperor of Zheng 鄭.
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 Turk & Uygur (UIGUR, UIGHUIR, UIGUIR, and WEIWUER) -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China -- ...
Tang's emperor Taizong, son of Li Yuan, would quell all rivals including Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong etc. One rival at the border was aided by the eastern Turks; hence, Tang sought wars with the Turks in lieu of the old alliance with them.
Upon arrival, Wang Xuance was attacked and arrested by the new usurper Indian king A-e-qiu-na.
General Wang, using the strategy, had caused Tibetan internal fights at night to the extent of almost 10,000 deaths.
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 Chinese Martial Arts, Wushu, Kung fu, Regent Tour China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
At the end of the Sui dynasty, warlord Wang Shiyun took over Shaolin Monastery's land at Baiguwu by force.
Then,while LI Shimin was fighting Wang Shi-Chong, he was captured.
Zhi Cao, Hui Yang, Tan Zong and ten other Shaolin monks raided Wang Shichong's camp, captured his nephew, and rescued LI Shimin.
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 Tang Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
Wang Junkuo, who had sold out his master before, was recalled to the capital; and on the road to the capital, he fled to the Turks and was also killed while on the road to the Turks.
Wang Gui was conferred the post as "shi zhong" (i.e., imperial follower).
Wang Gui advised against Taizong's taking over King Lujiang-wang's concubine because this woman was grabbed by King Lujiang-wang after the killing of the woman's old man.
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This would mean that Wu Yu Xiang did have access to Wangþs teachings and that the Chen family does acknowledge his existance and that he taught Jiang Fa.
Tang Hao and Gu Liu Xin have written that Wang had learned his art from the Chen family but one must note that this is pure conjecture as there is no evidence to suggest that this is so.
In documents pertaining to Wangþs life, there is no mention that he learned his art from the Chen family.
www.hanweionline.org /wushu/wushu17.txt   (7064 words)

  
 Chinese Artist List | VMC | Northwestern University
Wang Chen-p'eng (Wang Zhenpeng),1280-1329, P 7 CH, Yüan
Wang Hsüeh-hao (Wang Xuehao), 1754-1832, P 10 CH, Ch'ing
Wang Mien (Wang Mien), 1287-1359, P 7 CH, Yüan
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 Wushu and Qigong
The boxing style of Shaolin Temple became very popular because in the early period of the dynasy the Shaolin monks had helped Li Shimin (Emperor Tai Zong) conquer Wang Shichong (King of the Zheng Kingdom); the emperor gave the temple special permission to train monks in wushu.
Even the students of the village's primary and junior middle schools practise taijiquan both at school, especially in their physical culture classes, and at home.
At present, Chen Xiaowang, Zhu Tiancai, Wang Xi'an, and Chen Zhenlai are known as the four eminent taiji masters of Chenjiagou.
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 Shaolin Monks Training- Kickboxing martial arts fitness. Boxing, karate, taekwondo, tae kwon do
He appointed his nephew, Wang Renzhe, the senior general, who stationed massive forces and built fortresses at a place called Baigu Village with which to stand the eastward drive of Li Shinmin, the Prince of Qin.
They were angry with Wang Shichong as the latter invaded the appointed fief of the Shaolin Temple.
Their battle turned out a victory and they captured Wang Renzhi and sent the POW to Li Shimin.
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 Constitution amendments welcomed by foreign business people
A word change in the draft amendments to the Constitution submitted to the second annual session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) has won approval from foreign business people in China.
"The difference between the private sector of the economy and the non-public economy is only one word in Chinese, but the difference in meaning is significant as the rights and interests of foreign capital hereby get constitutional protection," said Wang Maolin, vice-chairman of the Law Committee of the NPC.
As a businessman from China's Taiwan, Zhao Shichong, president of Shanghai Yishi Business Consulting Co ltd is encouraged by this change.
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 Shaolin (martial arts) - China-related Topics SE-SH - China-Related Topics
One of those who had declared himself Emperor was Wang Shichong, who controlled the territory of Zheng (state)Zheng and the Historical capital of Chinaancient capital of Luoyang.
Overlooking Luoyang on Mount Huanyuan was the Cypress Valley Estate, which had served as the site of a fort during the Jin Dynasty (265-420)Jin and a commandery during the Qi DynastyQi.
Sui DynastySui Emperor Wen of Sui ChinaEmperor Wen had bestowed the estate on a nearby monastery called Shaolin for its monks to farm but Wang Shichong, realizing its strategic value, seized the estate and there placed troops and a signal tower, as well as establishing a prefecture called Yuanzhou.
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 Shaolin development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the warlord Wang Shichong took over the Shaolin Monastery’s land at Baiguwu by force.
Later, while the prince Li Shimin of Qin was fighting Wang, Li Shimin was captured.
After Li Shimin ascended to the throne, becoming Emperor Tai Zong of the Tang Dynasty in 627 AD, he granted a generalship to the monk Tan Zong in addition to rewarding the others.
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 Chinese History - Tang Dynasty 唐 event history (www.chinaknowledge.de)
The first task of the new dynasty was to put down the rebellions, first that of Xue Ju 藛舉 in the northwest, then the northeast, the Gansu corridor 甘肅 走廊, and the usurpers Dou Jiande 竇建德 and Wang Shichong 王丗充 in the Yellow River plain中原, then Du Fuwei 杜伏威 in the River Huai 淮河 area.
On two occasions state officials sought to destroy the eunuch power: The first plot was in 805 when Wang Shuwen 王叔旇 and Wang Pi 王伾 and famous scholars like Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元 and Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫 tried to overcome the eunuchs.
Not so the uprising of the salt traders Wang Xianzhi 王仙芝, Shang Rang 尚讓 and Huang Chao 黃巢 in the region of Henan in 875.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Li Yuan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Li Yuan's reign was concentrated on uniting the empire under the Tang.
Aided by his son, Li Shimin, he defeated all the other contenders, including Li Gui, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou.
By 628, the Tang dynasty had succeeded in uniting all of China.
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 Temple Shaolin
They won fame in many great battles and so instilled imperial history with their glorious deeds.
At the beginning of the Tang dynasty, the monks played a decisive role in the subjugation of General Wang Shichong by Li Shimin (reign from 626 to 649 A.D.).
As an expression of his gratitude, the Emperor (also known as Tai Tsung) gave the monastery more land and authorized them to have their own army.
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 Chinese administrative divisions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
2003) Apr 1983 - Jun 1987 Wang Yuzhao (b.
1901) 1895 - 1898 Wang Wenshao 1898 Ronglu (b.
1810) 1810 - 1817 Wang Zhiyi 1817 - 1820 Dong Jiaozeng 1820 - 1822 Qingbao 1822 - 1825 Zhao Shenchen 1825 - 1832 Sun Erzhun (b.
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 GameIsLive- www.gameislive.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The story happened between the late Sui dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, you are playing as Li Shimin.
You lead your generals defeat Wang shichong and other opponents, at last pulled down Sui Dynasty and established a new dynasty---Tang Dynasty.
But soon the terrible thing happened in Xuanwu door, which in the north door of capital Chang An.What happened on earth there?Let's find out..
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 Origin of Turks and Uygur Turks
After the death of Khan Shibi, his brother, Chuluo Khan (same name as Chuluo Khan during Sui Dynasty time period), would be enthroned.
Chuluo Khan assisted another Tang rival, Wang Shichong.
Princess Yicheng's brother (Yang Sanjing) and Wang Shichong's emissary would somehow pursuade Khan Xieli into challenging Tang Dynasty on behalf of dethroned Sui.
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