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	Origin of KWOK family in Chinese History
		The Commander of the National Guards, Chiu Hong Yun, revolted and seized the throne from a widow and an orphan child, and established the Sung Dynasty.
		Chiu Hong Yun was covered with the "Yellow (Emperor's) robe" by his followers and he became the First Emperor of the Sung Dynasty.
		At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, heroes from the four corners arose and "pursued the Deer in (Chung Yuan) the Central Plain" {a metaphor for pursuing to be the ultimate ruler of the Land.} Of the many men, KWOK Tze Hing led a small force.
	members.aol.com /gordonkwok/kwok_origin.html (2208 words)

	Zhao Yun: biography and encyclopedia article
		Zhao Yun (趙雲; styled Zilong 子龍) was an important commander of the civil wars of the late Han Dynasty Han Dynasty quick summary:
		Zhao Yun left Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei to attend his elder brother’s funeral soon after.
		Zhao Yun was named General Xujun (詡軍將軍) after Liu Bei claimed Chengdu.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/z/zh/zhao_yun.htm (2604 words)

	Wang Yun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wang Yun (137 – 192) was the Minister over the Masses under Emperor Xian, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
		Portrait of Wang Yun from a Qing Dynasty edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
		Wang Yun himself was a official at the age of 19, and became the Inspector of Yuzhou (豫州刺史) at the time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wang_Yun (1208 words)

	Wavelet-based Multiresolution Random Browsing of the Asian Arts
		YUN Shouping: He was honored as the Six Great Masters in the early Qing Dynasty.
		Chinese painting, by YUN Shouping (1633-1690), Qing Dynasty
		The images are used by us ONLY for scientific research in artificial intelligence.
	wang.ist.psu.edu /cgi-bin/zwang/art/showbyid.cgi?id=1150 (1208 words)

	List of Chinese Medical Classics, Complementary and Alternative Healing University 現代中藥辭典
		Nan Jing 難經 (The Difficult Classics) The full title of Nan Jing is "Yellow Emperor's 81 Difficult Classics" The old writing was created by Bian Que (Qi Yue Ren) (407 - 310 B.C.) The book was completed circa the end of Western Han dynasty to Eastern Han dynasty period.
		Fu Qing Zhu Gynaecology 《傅青主女科》total 2 volumes, written by Fu San.
		Later in 1267 A.D. he completed the second book where he included 24 chapters of treatment discussion which was not included in the first book and he added 90 more formulae.
	www.chu.users2.50megs.com /list_of_Chinese_medical_classics.htm (1208 words)

	ancient coins of China - AD 221 to AD 590
		See below under Sung Dynasty for the explanation.
		Within one year Kong Ti was in turn killed and Liu Yu declared himself first Emperor of the Sung Dynasty.
		Reign titles were not used in the south until AD 454 with the "Hsiao-chien" issue of Sung (S-218), or the north until AD 495 with the "T'ai-ho" issue of Northern Wei (S-237).
	www.calgarycoin.com /reference/china/china3.htm (6836 words)

	A Summary of Korean Terminology for TaeKwonDo
		The ancient name for Korea is "Choson", which means literally "the land of morning calm" and comes from the "Choson" (or "Yi") dynasty of Korea's history (1392-1905).
		The name "Korea" comes from the "Koryu" dynasty of Korea's history (935-1392) during which westerners had their first contact with Korea.
		Since the Korean language is written using "Hangul" and not the Roman alphabet, all the spellings you see here are approximate romanizations and may not be the same spellings that some of you are used to seeing.
	www.martialartsresource.com /korean/TKD.list.htm (924 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Church in China
		Professor Chavannes writes that the Jews came to China from India by sea under the Sung dynasty, between 960 and 1126 (Revue de Synthèse historique, Dec., 1900).
		The Jews came to China through Persia after the capture of Jerusalem by Titus, during the first century of the Christian era, under the Emperor Ming-ti of the Han dynasty.
		This seems to confirm the theory of Chavannes and the text of the inscription of 1489; the arrival of the Jews at the court of the Sung, which was Ling-ngan, or Hang-chou.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03669a.htm (11454 words)

	East Asian Cinema: Media Resources Center UCB
		At the end of the Yuan dynasty, a group of Chinese gather at a bar for the task of overthrowing the dynasty.
		Qui Yun is a famous "Kunqu" Chinese opera actress who specializes in male roles, and attains her greatest success as Zhong Kui in "Zhong Kui Marries Off His Sister." Her career successes do not bring her happiness in her personal life.
		An undercover cop sent to infiltrate a notorious crime ring, Ko Chow must replace a fellow officer who was killed in a violent confrontation.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/Asianfilm.html (11454 words)

	China - The Sung Dynasty, 960-1280 A.D.
		The undivided Sung dynasty held sway from 96o to 1127; that of the southern Sungs from 1127 to 1280.
		in the northeast beyond the Wall were two Tartar kingdoms, one of which was the Kin or "Golden Horde"—remote ancestors of the Manchu dynasty.
		ON THE fall of the house of T'ang, a score of factions contended for the succession.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles27n/chinese-history-23.shtml (1194 words)

	Flowers of the Twelve Months Birthday Book
		A descendant of the celebrated Qing dynasty court artist Yun Shouping, Yun Bing achieved fame in her own right, especially for her finely detailed and brilliantly colored paintings of flowering plants, rendered in a style influenced by Yun Shouping's work and by the tastes of the time.
		Yun Bing's album Flowers of the Twelve Months, which is reproduced in full in this elegant birthday book, is in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art.
		In the time of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722), to hear the name Yun in association with a flower painting was to know, sight unseen, that the painting was of the highest caliber.
	www.pomegranatecommunications.com /pomegranate/aa207.html (1194 words)

	The Fisherman's Calendar
		Born in Seoul, Yun Sondo achieved early success as a government official during the Choson dynasty, but his straightforward character made enemies at court and he was banished for imprudent criticism of those in power.
		Yun is considered the greatest master in the history of Korean literature.
		The innovative Yun transformed the pattern established by generations of previous writers of fisherman verses.
	members.tripod.com /~theWORDshop/Sijo/fishermanscalendar.htm (1194 words)

	Amazon.com: Living Affinity: Books: Xingyun,Hsing Yun
		Throughout the book, Hsing Yun includes sayings from sages such as the following one by Wang Yangming, a famous Confucian scholar of the Ming Dynasty: "To catch the bandit in the hills is easy; to arrest the thief in ourselves is tough." There are also several memorable teaching stories on compassion and enlightenment.
		Venerable Master Hsing Yun is the founder of Fo Guang Shan, an order of Buddhists dedicated to the promotion of "Humanistic Buddhism," which seeks to make Buddhism useful and relevant to today’s spiritual seekers, and has temples and institutions of learning all over the world, including Hsi Lai University in Los Angeles.
		Hsing Yun is convinced that our relationships with others and with the environment give us plenty of opportunities to bring affinity to life.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590560582?v=glance (835 words)

	Origin of KWOK family in Chinese History
		At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, heroes from the four corners arose and "pursued the Deer in (Chung Yuan) the Central Plain" {a metaphor for pursuing to be the ultimate ruler of the Land.} Of the many men, KWOK Tze Hing led a small force.
		Origin of the surname Guo, Kuo, Kuok, Kwok is the "Yutopian" website, which mentioned in the West Chou Dynasty, the brother of CHOU Wen Wang (Wang or Wong = the King), CHOU Ji Zhong was awarded the Guo (Kwok) kingdom, in around (770-719 B.C.) by CHOU Ping Wang.
		KWOK (GUO) Song Shou served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ching (Qing) Dynasty (1644-1910 A.D.).
	members.aol.com /gordonkwok/kwok_origin.html (2208 words)

	nl03dec1115.html
		'Yun Ge (Yun Shouping, Nan Tien 1633-1690) excelled in flowers-and-bird paintings and is counted, along with the four Wangs and Wu Li, as one of the Six Masters of the early-Qing Dynasty.
		This scroll, however, is proof that Yun was also an accomplished, landscape artist...
		In his youth, he is said to have been much impressed by the landscapes of Wang Hui.
	www.nutcote.demon.co.uk /nl03dec1115.html (2208 words)

	The Art of Lingnan School, 嶺南畫派的繪畫藝術
		The use of liubai can be traced back through the Lingnan school co-founders Gao Jianfu and Gao Qifeng to the Ju brothers, under whom they studied, and who themselves were fans of the work of the early Qing dynasty painter Yun Nantian.
		Yun emphasized that painters should "concentrate on the empty spaces." To appreciate the work of Au Ho-nien it is important to note how he uses blank space, perfectly set off with poetic inscriptions.
		It's an approach that reflects the influence of Taoist thought, with its notions of substance and nothingness and the interplay of yin and yang.
	www.lingnanart.com /au/L-master-au-1a.htm (2064 words)

	Notable Women during the Three Kingdoms
		A beautiful damsel, she agreed to Wang Yun ploy to turn the great general Lu Bu and the tyrant Dong Zhuo who seized court power against each other in order to get rid of both of them and restore order to the Han Dynasty.
		Both men were attracted to her and with this arrangement Wang Yun was able create jealousy and misunderstandings between these two men which eventually drove Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo.
		Wang Yun betrothed Diao Chan to Lu Bu but sent her to Dong Zhuo's residence.
	www.3kingdoms.net /women.htm (936 words)

	Chinese Paintings, Oriental Art, Chinese Art at Artoriental.com
		The Four Masters Wang, Wang Shimin, Wang Jian, Wang Yun and Wang Yuanqi, who brought Literati landscape painting to prosperity in the early Qing dynasty, together with Wu Li and Yun Taoping are regarded as The Six Great Masters of The Early Qing.
		Wang Li The Qing paintings are not lacked of creativeness though painters of the period are anxious to assimilate the traditions of previous dynasties.
		They received high recognition from the royal court by imitating the Ming tradition.
	www.artoriental.com /HPaint9.html (411 words)

	Part 2 Investigation of improper activities in 1996 election
		35Hsing Yun once wrote a novel about a Buddhist monk named Yu Lin, who was appointed to political office as ''Preceptor of State'' by an emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty.
		As Hsing Yun put it to Committee staff who met with him at his temple in Kiaoshung in June 1997, In [the] Hsi Lai Temple there were some monastic and lay disciples who, influenced by my own conduct, also wanted to help Mr.
		Hsing Yun, accompanied by three other Temple monastics 153 as well as both Hsia and Huang, met with the Vice President for approximately ten minutes.
	www.ipsn.org /court_cases/part_2_investigation_campaign_activities.htm (17933 words)

	The story of Li Bai 力士脫靴、貴妃斟酒
		He was born in the steppe of Central Asia to a Chinese family whose ancestors migrated there from China to escape the turmoil there when Lee Yun (李淵) and his sons were busy establishing the Tang Dynasty (唐朝).
		The fact that Li Bai never did participated in the examination combined with his place of birth had many later day scholars speculating he might be the descendent of one of Lee Yun's sons who lost the famous bloody struggle for the dragon throne (玄武門之變).
		Information on his ancestors might revealed this linkage and subjected him and his family to prosecution if not outright execution.
	www.legacy1.net /lee_ba.html (439 words)

	Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 A.D.)
		Yong Zheng succeded Kang Xi as the third king of the Qing Dynasty.
		Cixi was also notorious for taking the money that would have gone to strengthen the military and built a park for her own enjoyment, know as the Yi He Yuan.
		Sunu tried to crown Emperor Kang Xi's eighth son, Yun Yi to be king but failed.
	www.yutopian.com /history/qing.html (901 words)

	China
		Emperor Guangwu of Han China reinstated the Han dynasty with the support of land-holding and merchant families at Luoyang, east of Xian; hence the new era is termed the Eastern Han Dynasty.
		Along with the refugees from the North, Emperor Yuan of Jin China reinstated the Jin regime at Nanjing in the south; from this came the sequence of Southern dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, which all had their capitals at Jiankang (near today's Nanjing).
		Further, the suppression of the rebellions was achieved chiefly by armies commanded or advised by western leaders, which undermined the credibility of the Qing regime, and by local initiatives spearheaded by provincial leaders and gentry which decentralized authority within the Empire and helped contribute to the rise of warlordism in China.
	www.xishuangbanna.org /chinesehistory (901 words)

	Notable Women during the Three Kingdoms
		A beautiful damsel, she agreed to Wang Yun ploy to turn the great general Lu Bu and the tyrant Dong Zhuo who seized court power against each other in order to get rid of both of them and restore order to the Han Dynasty.
		Zhao Yun went in search of her and the little master Liu Shan in the disarrayed battleground and finally found both of them.
		Being hurt and not wanting to burden Zhao Yun anymore, she committed suicide by ditching into a well so that Zhao Yun will have an easier time breaking out of the enemy encirclement with the infant Liu Shan.
	www.3kingdoms.net /women.htm (901 words)

	eBay.co.uk - yun, DVDs, Videos VHS PAL UK, Film Memorabilia items at low prices
		DW005 Zhao Yun Figure Dynasty Warriors 4 5 PSP PS2
		Yun Qi Sha® Soft Bra 38D/85D - White
		Rare rosewood inlay "Yun Nan "stone folding screen
	search.ebay.co.uk /yun_W0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3 (560 words)

	Gamerz-Edge - Dynasty Warriors Advance for Game Boy Advance Review
		Now, there is an encyclopedia mode that allows you to read about each officer, but unless the back stories are implemented into the gameplay, it’s really hard to remember anything significant about the characters.
		So, names like Xu Zhu, Zhou Yu, and Zhao Yun won’t ring a bell.
		And, the game doesn’t really do its job of teaching you the stories along the way.
	www.gamerz-edge.com /gameboy/reviews/dwa.html (1642 words)

	Wang Yun
		An early Yuan-dynasty poet and prose writer, who rose at court to the position of Hanlin Academician.
		In his poetry collected in Qiujian ji [Autumn Stream Collection] Wang laments the sufferings of the people.
	www.renditions.org /renditions/authors/wangy.html (34 words)

	yun fei chen - ResearchIndex document query
		On the day of his death, Sung Yun, an official of the Northern Wei dynasty,
		, Yun, H.S.and Poland, A. 1997, ApJ, 480,817 Cheng, Q.Q. 1992, A&Ap, 263, 581 Dere, K.P.Bartoe,
		Semantic Resolution for E-Commerce Yun Peng University of Maryland Baltimore County
	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /cis?q=Yun-Fei+Chen (531 words)

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