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Tsu Hsi
(Encyclopedia) Tsu Hsi, Chinese empress dowager: see Tz'u Hsi.Taoism
(Encyclopedia) TaoismTaoismdäuˈĭzəm [key], refers both to a Chinese system of thought and to one of the four major religions of China (with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Chinese popular religion).…Koo, Vi Kuiyuin Wellington
(Encyclopedia) Koo, Vi Kuiyuin WellingtonKoo, Vi Kuiyuin Wellingtonvē jün wĕlˈĭngtən k&oomacr; [key], Mandarin Ku Wei-chün, 1887–1985, Chinese Nationalist diplomat, b. Shanghai. Koo was educated…Tu Fu
(Encyclopedia) Tu FuTu Fud&oomacr; f&oomacr; [key], 712–70, Chinese poet. In Pinyin, his name is romanized as Du Fu. Tu Fu is often considered the greatest of Chinese poets. He did not pass…Zao Wou-Ki
(Encyclopedia) Zao Wou-Ki or Chao Wu-chi, 1920–2013, Chinese-French painter who combined a traditional Asian sensibility with Western abstraction. He studied ink painting and calligraphy as well as…Taipei 101
(Encyclopedia) Taipei 101, skyscraper in the Hsinyi dist., Taipei, Taiwan; also known as the Taipei Financial Center. With 101 floors and reaching 1,667 ft (508 m) high, Taipei 101 became the world's…Hs-
(Encyclopedia) Hs-. For some Chinese names beginning thus, use X-; e.g., for Hsi, see Xi.China
(Encyclopedia) CE5 CE5 China, Mandarin Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo [central glorious people's united country; i.e., people's republic],…Klimt, Gustav
(Encyclopedia) Klimt, GustavKlimt, Gustavg&oobreve;sˈtäf klĭmt [key], 1862–1918, Austrian painter. He cofounded the Vienna Secession group, an alliance against 19th-century eclecticism in art,…Orlando, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) OrlandoOrlandoôrlănˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most…Trending
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