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The Ni gave birth to all life. Ni is another name for the Yi people. It is sometimes translated as black because black is a revered color in Yi culture. [7] Yi tradition tells us that their common ancestor was named Apu Dumu ꀉꁌꅋꃅ or ꀉꁌꐧꃅ (Axpu Ddutmu or Axpu Jjutmu). Apu Dumu had three wives, each of whom had two sons.
Ye Shengtao (28 October 1894 – 16 February 1988) was a Chinese writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician. He was a founder of the Association for Literary Studies (文學研究會), the first literature association during the May Fourth Movement in China. He served as the Vice-Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China.
Dr. Mao Yisheng a.k.a. Thomson Eason Mao (Chinese: 茅以升; pinyin: Máo Yǐshēng; Wade–Giles: Mao 2 I 3-sheng 1; January 9, 1896 – November 12, 1989) was a Chinese structural engineer and social activist. He was one of the most famous Chinese structural engineers, a pioneer in bridge construction, and a social activist.
Gao Yisheng (simplified Chinese: 高义盛; traditional Chinese: 高義盛; pinyin: Gāo Yìshèng) (1866–1951) was the creator of the Gao style of baguazhang.His life bridged the second generation and third generation of baguazhang practitioners into the 20th century.
Li Sheng was from Nanyang Commandery (南陽郡), which is around present-day Nanyang, Henan. His father, Li Xiu ( 李休 ), was formerly a subordinate of the warlord Zhang Lu . After the Battle of Yangping in 215, Li Xiu switched allegiance to the warlord Cao Cao and eventually came to serve in the Cao Wei state during the Three Kingdoms period.
The relevancy of these figures to the earliest Chinese people is unknown, since most accounts of them were written from the Warring States period (c. 475–221 BCE) onwards. [22] The sinologist Kwang-chih Chang has generalized the typical stages: "the first period was populated by gods , the second by demigods / culture hero , and the third by ...
The Book of Documents (Chinese: 書經; pinyin: Shūjīng; Wade–Giles: Shu King) or the Classic of History, [a] is one of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature. It is a collection of rhetorical prose attributed to figures of ancient China , and served as the foundation of Chinese political philosophy for over two millennia.
The term yi (衣) generally refers to clothing. [6] In ancient times, the term yi referred to an upper outer garment. [6] The term yi appeared in ancient texts to refer to upper garments, such as in the Luyi, [7] in the Mao Commentary, [8]: 94 in the Analects, [9] and in the I Ching. [10]