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(Encyclopedia) Hsüan-tsangHsüan-tsangshüän-dzäng [key], 605?–664, Chinese Buddhist scholar and translator. He early entered monastic life and later traveled in China, teaching and studying. Between…Shaw, Run Run
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Run Run, 1907–2014, Chinese film mogul, best known of the six Shaw brothers who founded an Asian movie empire. In Shanghai, he and his elder brother Runme Shaw made their first…South China Sea
(Encyclopedia) South China Sea, western arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.1,000,000 sq mi (2,590,000 sq km), between the SE Asian mainland and Taiwan, the Philippines, and Borneo. It is connected with the…Yüan Shih-kai
(Encyclopedia) Yüan Shih-kaiYüan Shih-kaiyüänˈ shēˈ-kīˈ [key], 1859–1916, president of China (1912–16). From 1885 to 1894 he was the Chinese resident in Korea, then under Chinese suzerainty. He…Hui Shih
(Encyclopedia) Hui ShihHui Shihhwē shûr [key], c.380–c.300 b.c., Chinese logician, remembered for his paradoxes. Little is known about his life, except that he was a provincial prime minister, or…Beijing
(Encyclopedia) Beijing Beijing bā-jĭng [key] or Peking Peking…Ashikaga
(Encyclopedia) Ashikaga Ashikaga äˌshēkäˈgä [key], city, Tochigi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An old silk-weaving center, it is famous for its spinning and nylon…Supung
(Encyclopedia) SupungSupungs&oomacr;ˈp&oobreve;ng [key], dam on the Yalu River, on the border between North Korea and Liaoning prov., NE China. One of the largest dams in Asia (525 ft/160 m…Fong, Hiram Leong
(Encyclopedia) Fong, Hiram Leong, 1906–2004, U.S. politician, b. Honolulu as Yau Leong Fong. The child of poor Chinese immigrants, he graduated from the Univ. of Hawaii (1930) and Havard Law School (…Thomsen, Vilhelm
(Encyclopedia) Thomsen, VilhelmThomsen, Vilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm tŏmˈsĕn [key], 1842–1927, Danish philologist. For many years Thomsen was professor of comparative philology at the Univ. of Copenhagen, where…Trending
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