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    (蒲) mentioned in the Book of Han and the Book of the Later Han. Later it became known as Varshadeh. Mentions in the Weilüe of the Kingdom of Manli (滿)...
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    Chányú) or Shanyu (Chinese: 善于), short for Chengli Gutu Chanyu (Chinese: 撐孤塗單于; pinyin: Chēnglí Gūtu Chányú), was the title used by the supreme rulers...
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    The Plough flag (simplified Chinese: 头旗; traditional Chinese: 頭旗; pinyin: lítóu qí) is a red banner with a white or yellow plough positioned in the...
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    ,水正曰玄冥,土正曰后土。……少皞氏有四叔,曰重、曰該、曰修、曰熙,實能金、木及水。使重為句芒,該為蓐收,修及熙為玄冥,……此其三祀也。顓頊氏有子曰,為祝融;共工氏有子曰句龍,為后土,……」. Translation by Durrant, Li, & Schberg (2016) "Every...
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    at the Wayback Machine quote: "東胡黃羆。... 正北空同、大夏、莎車、姑他、旦略、豹胡、代翟、匈奴、樓煩、月氏、孅、其龍、東胡,請令以橐駝、白玉、野馬、騊駼、駃騠、良弓為獻。" Classic of Mountains and Seas, "Classic of...
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    the 4th century BC as the sky god of the Xiongnu, using the Chinese form 撐 (chēnglí, Old Chinese /*rtʰaːŋ.riːl/). Tengrism formed from the various Turkic...
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    for minority population figures. The Xueyantuo were first known as Xinli 薪, later Xue 薛 in the 7th century; the Yenisei Kyrgyz were first known as Gekun...
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    2 hours behind Beijing. 行政区划. 尉县政府网 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 28 November 2019. 尉县行政区域面积6万平方公里,县辖5乡3镇,为尉镇、团结镇、兴平镇、塔里木乡、墩阔坦乡、喀尔曲尕乡、阿克苏甫乡、古...
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  • the title of the monarchs of Tibet. Chanyu, short for Chengli Gutu Chanyu (撐孤塗單于) was a title used by supreme nomadic rulers of Inner Asia. Meaning "Son...
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  • According to the Book of Han, the Xiongnu called Heaven (天) 'Chēnglí,' (撐) a Chinese transcription of Tengri. The Xiongnu were a nomadic people. From...
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    Gekun (鬲昆), along with the Hunyu (渾庾), Qushe (屈射), Dingling (丁零), and Xinli (薪). In 50 BC, Xiongnu chanyu Zhizhi defeated the Wusun, Wujie (Oguzes?), Dinglings...
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    simplified to the Eighteen Levels of Hell in the Sutra on the Eighteen Hells (十八泥經) for convenience. Some literature refers to eighteen types of hells or to...
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    used by the Xiongnu's supreme leaders, prefaced with Chinese transcription 撐孤塗; Chēnglí gūtú which was glossed as "Son of Heaven" by Book of Han. Eno,...
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  • Gekun (鬲昆), along with the Hunyu (渾庾), Qushe (屈射), Dingling (丁零), and Xinli (薪). Duan Chengshi wrote in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang that the mythological...
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    NUS Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-9971-69-207-0. Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 35, 鞭檐头尖 bian yan li tou jian, Typhonium flagelliforme (Loddiges) Blume, Rumphia...
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  • Xiongnu and neighbouring the Qushi (屈射), Hunyun (渾窳), Gekun (隔昆), and Xinli (薪), all of whom had once been conquered by the Xiongnu. Murphy (2003) proposes...
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  • Xiao-Li Meng (Chinese: 孟晓; born 1963) is a Chinese American statistician and the Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics at Harvard University. He...
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  • Verlag, Wiesbaden. p. 87 Sima Qian, Shiji vol. 110 txt: "後北服渾庾、屈射、丁零、鬲昆、薪之國。" tr: "Later (in the) north (Modu Chanyu) subjugated the nations of Hunyu...
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    Different Months]. 礼记 [Book of Rites]. 中央土,其帝黄帝,其神后土。此黄精之君,土官之臣。后土,亦颛顼氏之子,曰,兼为土官。 天文训 [Patterns of Heaven]. 淮南子 [Huainanzi]. 中央,土也,其帝黄帝,其佐后土,执绳而制四方。其神为镇星,其兽黄龙,其音宫,其日戊己。...
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    4th century BC, describing the beliefs of the Xiongnu. It takes the form 撑/Cheng-li, which is hypothesized to be a Chinese transcription of Tängri. (The...
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  • Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. His grandfather, Bo Zhouli (伯州), who was an official in the state of Chu, was executed, and Bo Pi fled to...
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  • Group Wang Li (cyclist) (王莉; born 1962), Olympic cyclist Wang Li (pianist) (王; born 1974), pianist Wang Li (actor) (王力), in 2 Champions of Shaolin Wan Li...
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    Xulihu Chanyu (Chinese: 呴湖; r. 102-101 BC) was a ruler of the Xiongnu Empire. Xulihu Chanyu was the younger brother of Wuwei Chanyu. He succeeded his...
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    4th century BC, describing the beliefs of the Xiongnu. It takes the form 撑/Cheng-li, which is hypothesized to be a Chinese transcription of Tengri. Umay...
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    va:n31li55 (Zhuang) ɑ:31 li33 still, yet 尚;还 tsai55 (Zhuang) tsɔ:435 to plow (地) thaŋ55 (Dai) dᴇ354 hole/pit 坑 hai21 (Zhuang) hɑ53 filth 污垢 za:n11 (Bouyei)...
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    northeast corner of the Great Wilderness there is a mountain. Its name is [凶土丘] Mount Haplessplough-soilmound. Responding Dragon lives at the South Pole...
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    Zhanjie Town 站街镇 Weicheng Town 卫城镇 Xindian Town 新店镇 Anliu Town 暗流镇 Liwo Town 倭镇 ethnic townships Maige Miao and Bouyei Ethnic Township 麦格苗族布依族乡 Wangzhuang...
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    Chinese clothing". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 February 2021. 崔榮榮、牛. 明代以來漢族民間服飾變革與社會變遷(1368–1949年). 武漢理工大學出版社. "Ancient Chinese shoes: Etiquette"...
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    man wearing a guapi mao. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0. 崔, 荣荣; 牛, (2017). "从瓜皮帽的流行演变看社会变迁". 江西社会科学 (in Chinese) (8): 133–137. Tang, Qicui (2020-07-18)...
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