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    Xu Shen (c. 58 – c. 148 CE) was a Chinese calligrapher, philologist, politician, and writer of the Eastern Han dynasty (25–189 CE). During his own lifetime...
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    The Shuowen Jiezi is a Chinese dictionary compiled by Xu Shen c. 100 CE, during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–206 CE). While prefigured by earlier Chinese...
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    The Shuowen Jiezi dictionary created by Xu Shen uses 540 radicals to index its characters. List of Kangxi radicals - a system of 214 components used by...
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    [relevant?] Xu Shen, b. 58, Han dynasty dictionary compiler Xu Shao, (許劭; 150–195), commentator Xu Chu, (許褚; d. 230), Cao Wei general Xu Gong (許貢; died...
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    section of the dictionary. In the 2nd century AD, the Han dynasty scholar Xu Shen organized his etymological dictionary Shuowen Jiezi by selecting 540 recurring...
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    Shizhoupian (c. 800 BCE), preserved by their inclusion within the Shuowen Jiezi. Xu Shen, the latter text's author, included the variants differing from the structures...
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    being repeatedly referenced to the Black Tortoise Eastern Han philologist Xu Shen stated that 武; wǔ "warrior" was a Jianghuai dialectal word for 士; shì "knight"...
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  • ideographic characters to suggest the meaning of the word to be represented. Xu Shen gave two examples: 武; 'military', formed from 戈; 'dagger-axe' and 止; 'foot'...
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  • gets bullied by Consort Xu and her husband's other wives. Wang Lan as Consort Xu, Shen Zi's mother. Li Sha as Princess Rui Shen Shu's mother and Prince...
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    for chronology and the genus of each person. In the Eastern Han dynasty, Xu Shen said that the character si (巳) was the image of a snake, and the same was...
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    or extend themselves. An early Chinese dictionary, the Shuowen jiezi by Xu Shen, explains that they "are the spirits of Heaven" and they "draw out the...
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  • because they do not want to see it or cannot bear to see it. Here is how Xu Shen explained the character used to write mín around the year 100 CE: "Southeastern...
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    Shen Gongbao (申公豹) is a major character featured within the famed classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods. Shen Gongbao is a disciple of Yuanshi...
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    (国訓) and include characters such as the following: Han-dynasty scholar Xu Shen, in his 2nd-century dictionary Shuowen Jiezi, classified Chinese characters...
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    S2CID 236392304. You, Hualin; He, Min; Pan, Di; Fang, Guanqin; Chen, Yan; Zhang, Xu; Shen, Xiangchun; Zhang, Nenling (2022). "Kavalactones isolated from Alpinia...
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    Mair (2007), pp. 12–13. Mair (2007), p. 9. Liu An (original compiler), Xu Shen (annotator). Huainan Honglie (Annotated), "Survey Obscurities". Main text:...
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  • Chinese character composition is the Shuowen Jiezi, compiled by Xu Shen c. 100 CE. Xu did not have access to the earliest forms of Chinese characters...
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  • Xu Dongdong (Chinese: 徐冬冬; pinyin: Dōngdōng; born 16 February 1990) is a Chinese actress, singer and model. Xu first rose to prominence in 2016 for...
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    Wu (1982, p. 56) Wu 1982, p. 56. Wu 1982, p. 56, note 26, referencing Xu Shen. Chinese: 《左轉·左丘明》: "昭公十七年:炎帝氏以火紀,故為火師而火名。" Various (1991). Chinese America:...
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    ISBN 978-1-4443-3529-3. Archived from the original on 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2016-10-20. Xu Shen. "15 - Radical 厹". Shuowen Jiezi. Archived from the original on 2023-04-25...
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    were Shen Dinglan (沈定兰), Shen Shupei (沈淑佩, younger sister of Shen Dinglan), Wang Huicheng (王慧珵) and Ping Fangchun (平芳春). Xu had two daughters (Xu Pei (徐佩)...
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    784-787 Li Fu 787-792 Xue Jue 792-795 Wang E 795-801 Zhao Zhi 801-802 Xu Shen 802-806 Zhao Chang 806-808 Yang Yuling 808-810 Zheng Yin 810-813 Ma Zong...
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    Yingxi (許迎溪), had given up his second son, Xu Shen (許慎), for adoption by a relative, Li Xinzhuang (李心莊). Xu Shen and his descendants had taken Li (李) to...
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    longer extant. Not long after, the Shuowen Jiezi (c. 100 AD) was written by Xu Shen. The Shuowen's 9,353 entries reproduce the standardized small seal forms...
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    147 AD), China's earliest dictionary, under the entry for Nüwa author Xu Shen describes her as being both the sister and the wife of Fuxi. Nüwa and Fuxi...
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    damage already caused by bruxism. Two thousand years ago, Shuowen Jiezi by Xu Shen documented the definition of Chinese character "齘" (bruxism) as "the clenching...
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  • Xu, Meilin (29 January 2022). "电影《一周的朋友》定档4月2日,赵今麦、林一、沈月等出演" [en:Movie "Friend of the Week" set for April 2, starring Zhao Jinmai, Lin Yi and Shen Yue]...
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    discussed by the Eastern Han dynasty calligrapher, politician, and writer Xu Shen (許慎, 58 – c. 147). In his Shuowen Jiezi, he wrote "Ink, whose semantic...
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    PMID 29385084. You, Hualin; He, Min; Pan, Di; Fang, Guanqin; Chen, Yan; Zhang, Xu; Shen, Xiangchun; Zhang, Nenling (2022). "Kavalactones isolated from Alpinia...
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    Xu Kai (simplified Chinese: 许凯; traditional Chinese: 許凱; pinyin: Kǎi, born 5 March 1995), also known by his nickname "Soso", is a Chinese actor and...
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