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Tsu Hsi
(Encyclopedia) Tsu Hsi, Chinese empress dowager: see Tz'u Hsi.Thich Nhat Hanh
(Encyclopedia) Thich Nhat Hanh, 1926-2022, Zen master, b. Hue, Vietnam, as Nguyen Xuan Bao. At age 16, he began Buddhist training, completing his…pacifism
(Encyclopedia) pacifism, advocacy of opposition to war through individual or collective action against militarism. Although complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of…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…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…Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 -- while serving a prison sentence in China for "inciting subversion" with writings that urged reform of the government. A poet and scholar, Liu earned…Hs-
(Encyclopedia) Hs-. For some Chinese names beginning thus, use X-; e.g., for Hsi, see Xi.Parsnip, river, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Parsnip, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in central British Columbia, Canada, and flowing northwest to join the Finlay River at Williston Lake and form the Peace River. Explored…Angell, Sir Norman
(Encyclopedia) Angell, Sir Norman, 1872?–1967, British internationalist and economist, whose name originally was Ralph Norman Angell Lane. He came to fame with The Great Illusion (1910, rev. ed. 1933…Pyrenees, Peace of the
(Encyclopedia) Pyrenees, Peace of the, 1659, treaty ending the warfare between France and Spain that, continuing after the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years War, had been complicated…Trending
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