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  2. The Tale of Kieu - Wikipedia

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    The story takes place during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in Ming China. [9] The entire plot in the Tale of Kiều spans over fifteen years. At the beginning of the story, set in Peking , Vương Thuý Kiều ( Wang Cuiqiao ) ( 王翠翹 ) — a beautiful and educated girl — visits her ancestors' graves with her younger sister Thuý Vân ...

  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. Lady of the Lake - Wikipedia

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    The Lady of the Lake (French: Dame du Lac, Demoiselle du Lac, Welsh: Arglwyddes y Llyn, Cornish: Arlodhes an Lynn, Breton: Itron al Lenn, Italian: Dama del Lago, Vietnamese: Hồ trung yêu nữ) is a title used by multiple characters in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Wikipedia

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    Dwight Garner of The New York Times gave the novel a mixed review, writing, "Vuong's writing about nail salons, and the way mothers raised their children in them, is moving and rarely less than excellent. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is, at the same time, filled with showy, affected writing, with forced catharses and swollen quasi ...

  9. The Queen Who Crowns - Wikipedia

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    The Queen Who Crowns (Korean: 원경) is an ongoing South Korean television series starring Cha Joo-young in the title role, along with Lee Hyun-wook, Lee Yi-dam, and Lee Si-a.