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The Pillow Book (simplified Chinese: 三生三世枕上书; traditional Chinese: 三生三世枕上書; pinyin: Sānshēng Sānshì Zhěnshàng Shū), written by Tang Qi Gong Zi, is the second book in the Three Lives, Three Worlds series. This Chinese novel consists of two books, and the first volume was initially published in 2012 by the Hunan ...
Qi is the central underlying principle in traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts. Gong (or kung) is often translated as cultivation or work, and definitions include practice, skill, mastery, merit, achievement, service, result, or accomplishment, and is often used to mean gongfu (kung fu) in the traditional sense of achievement through ...
The Sino-Italian love culture festival was held on Wednesday, 24 September 2008 in the northern Italian city of Verona, co-sponsored by the municipal governments of Verona and Ningbo city. Verona is the literary hometown of Romeo and Juliet, the lead characters in Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet. Ningbo is the setting for the Chinese ...
Love and Destiny (Chinese: 宸汐缘; pinyin: Chen Xi Yuan) is a 2019 Chinese television series starring Chang Chen and Ni Ni. [1] The series premiered on iQiyi on July 15, 2019. [ 2 ] It later went on national broadcast and aired on Hubei Television and Shenzhen Satellite TV on January 26, 2020.
A scene from Min Qiji's multi-colored woodblock printing album depicting scenes from the play. Romance of the Western Chamber (traditional Chinese: 西廂記; simplified Chinese: 西厢记; pinyin: Xīxiāng Jì; Wade–Giles: Hsi-hsiang-chi), also translated as The Story of the Western Wing, The West Chamber, Romance of the Western Bower and similar titles, is one of the most famous Chinese ...
Hong Qigong was formerly a slave of Jurchen officials of the Jin Empire before he escaped and joined the Beggars' Gang and eventually became the gang's chief. He is nicknamed "Northern Beggar/Beggar North" (北丐; běi gài) after emerging as one of the top five champions of a martial arts contest on Mount Hua, and is also known as the "Nine Fingered Divine Beggar" (九指神丐; jiúzhǐ ...
A printed edition of The Peach Blossom Fan, volume one, Lan Xuetang version, 1895. The Peach Blossom Fan (Chinese: 桃花扇; pinyin: Táohuā shàn; Wade–Giles: T'ao-hua shan; Jyutping: Tou4faa1 sin3) is a musical play and historical drama in 44 scenes that was completed in 1699 by the early Qing dynasty playwright Kong Shangren after more than 10 years of effort.
Jiang Ziya (fl. 12th century BC – 11th century BC), also known by several other names, also known by his posthumous name as the Duke Tai of Qi, was the founding monarch of the Qi state. He was a military general and strategist who assisted King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou overthrow the Shang dynasty and establish the Zhou dynasty .