Western Guo (Chinese: 西虢; pinyin: Xī Guó) was a vassal state in China during the Zhou dynasty. "Guo" was a kinship group that held at least five pieces...
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"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese. It can also be transliterated...
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Eastern Guo (simplified Chinese: 东虢; traditional Chinese: 東虢; pinyin: Dōng Guó) was a Chinese vassal state of the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–770 BCE)...
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enfeoffed in Eastern Guo, also known as Guo Zhong [zh] (i.e. the "Second Son of Guo"), and the third eldest son in Western Guo, also known as Guo Shu [zh] (i.e...
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Guo Pei (Chinese: 郭培; pinyin: Guō Péi, Mandarin pronunciation: [ku̯ó pʰěɪ̯], born 1967) is a Chinese fashion designer. She is best known for designing...
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Yang Guo, courtesy name Gaizhi, is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong. Yang Guo traces his lineage...
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Siraitia grosvenorii (redirect from Luo han guo)
This was rendered in Chinese as luóhàn guǒ (羅漢果 literally "arhat fruit") which later became the Chinese and Western commercial designation for this type...
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Taibo Rulers of Eastern Guo and Western Guo, descended from Jili's two younger sons, Zhong of (Eastern) Guo and Shu of (Western) Guo Rulers of Han, descended...
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puppet ruler. This led to his political enemies, especially the Duke of Western Guo, to instate a rival king, who remained in opposition until 750 BCE. Despite...
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Viscountcy 1046 – 414 BC Văn Lang Anyang Confederation/kingdom 2879 – 258 BC Western Guo Yongdi, Shangyang, Xiayang Countship/dukedom 1046 – 687 BC Wey Shangqiu...
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Prince Guo Guo Prefecture (disambiguation) Eastern Guo, an ancient Chinese state Western Guo, an ancient Chinese state, divided into Northern Guo and Southern...
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of Hancheng in Shaanxi. In 703 BC, the rulers of the five states of Western Guo, Rui, Xun (荀國) and Jia (賈國), including the State of Liang, suppressed...
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Fun guo, or Chaozhou fun guo (潮州粉粿), sometimes spelled fun quor, fun gor, fen guo, Chiu Chow dumpling, Teochew dumpling, or fun kor, is a variety of steamed...
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beginning of the Warring States period. This periodization dates back to late Western Han (c. 48 BCE – c. 9 CE). In 771 BCE, a Quanrong invasion in coalition...
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after him. Zheng Guo was from the Han state. In the third century BCE, near the end of the Warring States period, the Qin state in western China was making...
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Guo Xi (Chinese: 郭熙; pinyin: Guō Xī; Wade–Giles: Kuo Hsi) (c. 1020 – c. 1090) was a Chinese landscape painter from Henan Province who lived during the...
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Guoji Zibai pan (redirect from Ji Zibai Plate of the Guo State)
year of King Xuan of Zhou. Guoji was a major branch of the Guo lineage that ruled the Western Guo, and Zibai was his courtesy name. According to the inscription...
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Xiaolu Guo FRSL (Chinese: 郭小橹; born 20 November 1973) is a Chinese-born British author, filmmaker and academic. Her writing and films explore migration...
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Ouyang Feng (redirect from Western Venom)
Yang Guo, who succeeds him as the "Western Eccentric" of the new Five Greats. Ouyang Feng is the master of a manor on Mount White Camel in the Western Regions...
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Guo Moruo (November 16, 1892 – June 12, 1978), courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official....
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authenticity of Zhan Guo Ce, along with the Shijing, Mozi, Yulingzi and Gongsun Longzi had never been questioned since the Western Han period. The earliest...
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the states conquered were Geng (耿), Huo (霍), old Wei (魏), Yu (虞) and Western Guo. His death led to a succession struggle which ended with the enthronement...
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from the Western Han imperial house, as a sixth generation descendant of Emperor Jing, and she carried the courtesy title of Lady. After Guo's maternal...
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Guo Pu (Chinese: 郭璞; AD 276–324), courtesy name Jingchun (Chinese: 景純; pinyin: Jǐngchún), was a Chinese historian, poet, and writer during the Eastern...
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the Western Zhou dynasty, Sanmenxia was part of the territory of the State of Western Guo, ruled by relatives of the ruling Ji family of Zhou. Guo moved...
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traditional painter who worked in a bookstore. As a result, Cai Guo-Qiang was exposed early on to Western literature as well as traditional Chinese art forms. As...
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Guo Si (pronunciation) (died 197), also known as Guo Duo, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord serving under the warlord Dong Zhuo during...
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Guo Wenjing (born 1 February 1956, in Chongqing) is a Chinese composer and educator. Guo Wenjing is a contemporary Chinese composer. Unlike many Chinese...
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Guo Gan (Chinese: 果敢; pinyin: Guǒ Gǎn; born November 15, 1968) is an erhu master from Shenyang, China, now based in Paris, France. Gan was recognized...
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms (redirect from San guo zhi tong zu yan yi)
in 184 AD and ending with the reunification of the land in 280 by the Western Jin. The novel is based primarily on the Records of the Three Kingdoms...
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