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Xi Shi is mentioned in the novel Journey to the West, as a sign of grace and beauty. Xi Shi is referenced in one of the Four Masterpieces of Chinese literature, Dream of the Red Chamber, where the heroine Lin Daiyu is described as having a delicate and frail appearance akin to that of Xi Shi. Both Lin and Xi Shi evoke the image of a beautiful ...
Xi Shi was from Zhuji, the capital of the Ancient Yue Kingdom. Goujian , the King of Yue, had surrendered to the rival state of Wu , with the aim of biding his time before enacting his revenge. Part of his plan was to dispatch Xi Shi as a gift to Fuchai , the King of Wu, in the hope that Fuchai would become infatuated with her and become ...
Sun Sheng Xi (Chinese: 孫盛希; born 13 November 1990), also known as Shi Shi (Chinese: 希希), is a Taiwanese-South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer. [1] In 2019, Sun won the Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album for her fourth studio album, Shi's Journey. It was also her first win at the music awards. [2] [3] [4]
The term in Chinese comes from Xi Shi, the legendary beauty of imperial China's Spring and Autumn period. Though betel nuts are chewed in many regions in Southeast Asia, the betel nut beauty phenomenon is distinctly Taiwanese.
Xi Jinping [a] (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central ...
Xi Shi is a 2009 Chinese-language western-style opera by woman composer Lei Lei to a libretto by Zou Jingzhi. The plot is based on the story of Xi Shi.
Leizu (Chinese: 嫘祖; pinyin: Léi Zǔ), also known as Xi Ling-shi (Chinese: 西 陵 氏, Wade–Giles Hsi Ling-shih), was a legendary Chinese empress and wife of the Yellow Emperor. According to tradition, she discovered sericulture , and invented the silk loom, in the 27th century BC .
Hua Tian Xi Shi, the Flowers' fifth album, was released in October 2006. In 2007, the Flowers began work on their sixth studio album. Hua Ling Sheng Hui, or Flower Age Pageant, was released on October 15, 2007, with "Qiong Kaixin" (or "Shiny Happiness") as its lead single. In an interview, Zhang Wei states that his motive was to incorporate ...