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Temples to the Trưng Sisters or Hai Bà Trưng Temples were found from as early as the end of the Third Era of Northern Domination. [34] The best known Hai Bà Trưng Temple is in Hanoi near Hoàn Kiếm Lake. [35] [36] [37] The temple was constructed by king Lý Anh Tông (r. 1138–1176) in 1158. According to tradition, in that year a ...
Hundred Family Surnames poem written in Chinese characters and Phagspa script, from Shilin Guangji written by Chen Yuanjing in the Yuan dynasty. The Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, [1] also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, [2] is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames.
The Mười hai Bà mụ (chữ Nôm: 𱑕𠄩婆媒), or Thập nhị Bà thư (chữ Hán: 十二婆姐), "Twelve Midwives" also called Mẹ Sanh (or Mẹ Sinh, 媄生) are deities from Vietnamese mythology and folk religion. They are twelve fairies who teach babies various prosperous traits and skills such as sucking and smiling. [1]
The Four Books for Women (Chinese: 女四書) was a collection of material intended for use in the education of young Chinese women. In the late Ming and Qing dynasties, it was a standard text read by the daughters of aristocratic families. [1] The four books had circulated separately and were combined by the publishing house Duowen Tang in ...
[2]: 135–138 He spent the first half of 1910 begging on the street, selling his books, and spending most of his money on alcohol. This went on until he met an elderly woman, Chu Bá Linh (Chu sư-thái), who took the entire movement into her house. [2]: 138–142 Funds arrived and he planned to move to Thailand. He arrived in Thailand in ...
There are as many as 46 character encodings for representing the Vietnamese alphabet. [3] Unicode has become the most popular form for many of the world's writing systems, due to its great compatibility and software support.
Indian authorities were to impose a ban on the book, Syed Shahabuddin asked that the government have the book examined "from the point of view of banning it under the law of the land." [86] [87] [88] 1995 The Moor's Last Sigh: Salman Rushdie: The book contained a character resembling Balasaheb Thackeray, the leader of the right-wing party Shiv ...