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  2. The Emperor and the Assassin - Wikipedia

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    The Emperor and the Assassin (Chinese: 荊軻刺秦王; pinyin: Jīngkē cì qínwáng; lit. 'Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin'), also known as The First Emperor, is a 1998–1999 Chinese historical romance film based primarily on Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, as described in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian.

  3. Time Is a Mother - Wikipedia

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    The collections contends with Vuong's grief of having lost his mother, who passed in November of 2019, as well as suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] Vuong said he experienced grief both as a son and also as a writer: "Like any child, I look at the blank page and I said, how do I play...the only place I could look to was the poems, because it was the only place I found linguistic ...

  4. Trưng sisters - Wikipedia

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    Lady Trưng was infuriated by the oppressive Han administrator. With her raised arm and one single yell, she almost rebuilt our Viet national continuation. Her heroic mettle during her lifetime not only prompted her nation-building and proclamation of queenship but also, even after she perished, hamper disaster and hinder peril.

  5. Vietnamese fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    Tấm Cám ("The Two Sisters") - a dark Cinderella story; Từ Thức Gặp Tiên ("Từ Thức and the Goddess") - A mandarin meets a girl at a Buddhist temple who is really a goddess. "The Student and the Painting" - a girl in a painting [5] [6] Ba Giai and Tú Xuất are a comical duo in South folk tales

  6. Farewell My Concubine (film) - Wikipedia

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    Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese-Hong Kong epic historical drama film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi.Adapted for the screen by Lu Wei, based on the novel by Lilian Lee, the film is set in politically tumultuous 20th-century China, from the early days of the Republic of China to the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.

  7. Âu Cơ - Wikipedia

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    Âu Cơ statue at Kỳ Quang Temple. Âu Cơ was a beautiful young tiên (immortal) who lived high in the snow-capped mountains. She traveled to help those who suffered from illnesses since she was very skillful in medicine and had a sympathetic heart.

  8. Kinh Dương Vương - Wikipedia

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    The Kinh Dương Vương story has [signs of] being copied from the novella Story of Liu Yi (SV: Liễu Nghị truyện) by Li Chaowei (SV: Lý Triều Uy) composed in the Tang dynasty. The story can be summarized as follows: Liu Yi was a failed contestant; while on his way he met a beautiful young goatherdess with a worn-out appearance.

  9. Wang Zhaojun - Wikipedia

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    As a reprisal, Mao Yanshou painted a mole of widowed tears on Wang's portrait. As a result, during her time in the Lateral Courts, Wang Zhaojun was never visited by the Emperor and remained as a palace lady-in-waiting. Wang Zhaojun's portrait was either never viewed by the Emperor or was inaccurate, and therefore the Emperor overlooked her.