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  2. Ziwei enclosure - Wikipedia

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    The Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣 Zǐ wēi yuán) is one of the San Yuan (三垣 Sān yuán) or Three Enclosures.Stars and constellations of this group lie near the north celestial pole and are visible all year from temperate latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere.

  3. Zi Wei - Wikipedia

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    Zi Wei may refer to: Zi Wei (crater), on the Moon; Ziwei enclosure, or the Purple Forbidden enclosure, a constellation in Chinese astronomy;

  4. Sima Shi - Wikipedia

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    Sima Shi (pronunciation ⓘ) (208 – 23 March 255), [1] [2] [3] courtesy name Ziyuan, was a military general and regent of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. In February 249, he assisted his father Sima Yi in overthrowing the emperor Cao Fang's regent Cao Shuang, allowing the Sima family to become paramount authority in the state, and he inherited his father's authority after ...

  5. Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms - Wikipedia

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    When the war ended in 1842, Lin's exile to the remote northwestern city of Yili meant that he passed his draft manuscript to Wei Yuan with a request that he complete it. Lin's contributions to the treatise proved so important that Karl Gützlaff mistakenly attributed the work to him in his September 1847 review for the Chinese Repository .

  6. List of people of the Three Kingdoms (Y) - Wikipedia

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    Name Courtesy name Birth year Death year Ancestral home (present-day location) Role Allegiance Previous allegiance(s) Notes Lady Yan 嚴氏: Lü Bu: Yan Baihu

  7. List of people of the Three Kingdoms (Z) - Wikipedia

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    Name Courtesy name Birth year Death year Ancestral home (present-day location) Role Allegiance Previous allegiance(s) Notes Zang Ai 臧艾: Hua County, Taishan (Fangcheng Town, Fei County, Shandong)

  8. Zhu Bajie - Wikipedia

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    Hammered by Lord Lao Zi himself, While Ying Huo fed the fire with coal−dust. The Five Emperors of the Five Regions applied their minds to it, The Six Dings and Six jias went to great efforts. They made nine teeth of jade, Cast a pair of golden rings to hang beneath them, Decorated the body with the Six Bright Shiners and the Five planets,

  9. Yan Hui - Wikipedia

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    In 495 CE, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei, who venerated Confucius and his teachings, bestowed official ranks upon two scions of Yan Hui's lineage. [ 11 ] The clan had resided in the south for eight generations when Yan Zhitui (531–591) was born. [ 12 ]