• Fu Jiezi (Chinese: 傅介子; Wade–Giles: Fu Chieh-tzu), born in Qingyang, Gansu, was responsible for the assassination of the Loulan king Angui in 77 BC. Although...
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    Han emissary Fu Jiezi and held a banquet for the envoy, who came under the guise of bringing many coveted gifts. During the banquet, Fu Jiezi requested a...
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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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    of the envoys, Fu Jiezi, gained entry to Loulan by claiming to carry silk and valuables as gifts for the king. Having received Fu Jiezi’s gifts, the king...
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    rude to Loulan officials. Huo sent an imperial messenger, Fu Jiezi (傅介子) to assassinate Angui. Fu accomplished this by claiming that he was there to reward...
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  • abolished when he died. Fu Jiezi (傅介子) – A Han dynasty officer who assassinated the king of the Xiongnu in 77 BC. Consort Fu (傅昭儀) (died 3 BC) – A Han...
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    (投筆從戎) – based on his words "A brave man has no other plan but to follow Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian's footsteps and do something and become somebody in a foreign...
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    Xin Qingji 070 Volume 70 傅常鄭甘陳段傳 Fu, Chang, Zheng, Gan, Chen and Duan – Fu Jiezi, Chang Hui (常惠), Zheng Ji, Gan Yannian (甘延壽), Chen Tang and Duan Huizong...
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    80 BC: Maues, King of the Sakas, conquers Gandhara and Taxila. 77 BC: Fu Jiezi assassinated the king of Loulan on behalf of the Han dynasty. c.75 BC:...
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    region until well into the 2nd century CE. In 77 BCE, the Chinese envoy Fu Jiezi was sent to kill the Loulan king, named Changgui or Angui (嘗歸 or 安歸), after...
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    to further cement its control over the Western Regions. The Han general Fu Jiezi assassinated the pro-Xiongnu King of Loulan in 77 BCE. The Han formed a...
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    near the Loulan Kingdom, supreme general Huo Guang has an envoy named Fu Jiezi assassinate the Loulan King Angui 75 BC Goguryeo attacks Xuantu Commander...
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    wrongful party when it hears an argument". It is described in the Shuowen Jiezi as being "a cattle-like beast with one horn; in ancient times. It settled...
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  • 77 BC, as the last king of Loulan, Angui, was assassinated by two of Fu Jiezi's men during a banquet. The Han deposited one of his kin, Weituyan. They...
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    analysis revolved around a model first popularised in the 2nd-century Shuowen Jiezi dictionary. More recent models have analysed the methods used to create...
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  • Fu Gu (209–255), courtesy name Lanshi, was an official of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Fu Gu's grandfather was Fu Rui...
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    I mount the heavens, In ivory chariot borne aloft." The 121 CE Shuowen Jiezi dictionary gives inconsistent definitions of qiu 虯. Some early editions...
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  • is based on the older system of 540 radicals used in the Han-era Shuowen Jiezi. Since 2009, the Chinese Government has promoted a 201-radical system (Table...
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    taxonomy. The first Chinese character dictionary, the (121 CE) Shuowen Jiezi defines many names of simians, primarily under the (犬部 "dog/quadruped" radical)...
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  • supplanted the Shuowen Jiezi in terms of breadth, and it is still relevant to etymological research today. According to the Shuowen Jiezi, Chinese characters...
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    *tipləj (執夷), and groups pi with tigers and leopards (虎豹之屬). The Shuowen jiezi entry links pi with the northeastern region Mo (貊 or 貉, also used for "panda"):...
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    the 貔 pi is male while the 貅 xiu is female. According to Erya and Shuowen Jiezi, the 貙 chū looks like a 貍 lí, Guo Pu's commentaries on Erya indicate that...
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    Han dynasty scholar Xu Shen organized his etymological dictionary Shuowen Jiezi by selecting 540 recurring graphic elements he called bù (部 , "categories")...
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  • 540-radical system of the Shuowen Jiezi. In the history of Chinese lexicography, the Zilin followed the Shuowen Jiezi (121; with 9,353 character entries)...
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    "food radical" 食. The first Chinese dictionary of characters, the Shuowen Jiezi(121 CE) notes that the primary qì 气 is a pictographic character depicting...
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  • based on the character creation method and etymology, especially Shuowen Jiezi. Mainland China mainly adopts the principle of "conforming to customs and...
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    ancient books has been interpreted as giant panda. The dictionary Shuowen Jiezi (Eastern Han Dynasty) says that the mo, from Shu (Sichuan), is bear-like...
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    accounts, including the Book of Han (111 CE) and the postface of Shuowen Jiezi (c. 100 CE), mistakenly attribute the clerical script to Qin dynasty clerks...
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    and unfinished Achilleid Egyptian: Oracle of the Lamb Chinese: Shuowen Jiezi: Ancient Dictionary Cantong Qi: The Kinship of the Three Fengsu Tongyi:...
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    Public access to the site is permitted. According to the 2nd century Shuowen Jiezi dictionary (說文解字), the Chinese character "殷" (yīn) originally referred to...
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