• The New York Qin Society (Chinese: 紐約琴社; sometimes abbreviated as NYQS) is a guqin society based in New York, New York in America, serving guqin players...
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  • three major qin societies of the West (the other two being the North American Guqin Association and the New York Qin Society), this society was the most...
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    Qin (/tʃɪn/, or Ch'in) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. It is traditionally dated to 897 BC. The Qin state originated from a reconquest...
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  • currently existing qin societies, of which some are learned societies. There is a difference between qin schools and qin societies. The former concerns...
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    Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation; February 259 – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. Rather than...
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    Chinese musical instruments "New York Qin Society". Newyorkqin.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021. Photo of a zhu from New York Qin Society site Zhu page v t e v t...
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  • the three major qin societies of the West (the other two being the London Youlan Qin Society and the New York Qin Society), this society was the world's...
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    Guqin (redirect from Gu qin)
    qin schools and qin societies. The former concerns itself with transmission of a style, the latter concerns itself with performance. The qin society will...
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    if they are publicly known and/or have made a significant contribution to qin music). Personal Names (English): Gives name(s) of person in English. If...
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    (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from...
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    New York. Born in Shanghai, Qin and his family moved to Melbourne when he was thirteen years of age. He began learning the cello with his father, Qin...
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    Qin Hui (Chinese: 秦晖; pinyin: Qín Huī; born 1953) is a Chinese historian and public intellectual. He previously held the position of Professor of History...
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    The Art of War, New York, NY: Oxford University Press Li Xueqin (1985). Eastern Zhou and Qin Civilizations. Translated by Chang, K.C. New Haven: Yale University...
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    she wasted her youth upholding the strict standards of behavior. Qin Keqing (秦可卿; Qín Kěqīng; Ch'in K'o-ching;a homophone with "look down upon love") Daughter-in-law...
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    China) in 207 BC primarily between forces of the Qin dynasty and the insurgent state of Chu. The Qin commander was Zhang Han, while the Chu leader was...
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    in the ending day of a year to expel illness in Qin (state). Later, after Qin unified China and the Qin dynasty was founded, the ritual was continued....
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    southern China were acquired through conquest and colonization during the Qin and Han dynasty. Han Chinese people and culture then spread south from the...
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    11, 2006. "China yearns for Hu's 'harmonious society'." Asia Times. Ko, Yi-Fang. 2006. "Confucianism in Qin Music." Chinese Music 29(2):32–39. Arnold, Perris...
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    Daqin (redirect from Da Qin)
    the Near East, especially Syria. It literally means "Great Qin"; Qin (Chinese: 秦; pinyin: Qín; Wade–Giles: Ch'in2) being the name of the founding dynasty...
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    Terracotta Army (category Qin dynasty)
    Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried...
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  • monarchs ruled China for a total of two millennia since then, including the Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. The word "China" has been...
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    Kong Film Critics Society Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards. Born with a movie projectionist father and an amateur actress mother, Qin learned to dance...
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    the Qin dynasty was founded; and the ritual spread. It evolved into the practice of cleaning one's house thoroughly in the days preceding Chinese New Year...
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    Great Wall of China (category Qin Shi Huang)
    with selective stretches later joined by Qin Shi Huang (220–206 BC), the first emperor of China. Little of the Qin wall remains. Later on, many successive...
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    Qin dynasty of China. The Qin government was highly bureaucratic and was administered by a hierarchy of officials, all serving the First Emperor, Qin...
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  • marriages. The strongest male pilot in history was the legendary emperor Qin Zheng, rumored to be frozen in stasis within his Chrysalis, the Yellow Dragon...
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  • Hero (2002 film) (category Cultural depictions of Qin Shi Huang)
    227–221 BC, the Qin state was about to unify the other six states, assassins from the six states were sent to assassinate the king of Qin. One of the most...
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    each new combination could ultimately be defined by its relation to Qin." The first anti-hegemonic or perpendicular alliance was formed in 322 BC. Qin was...
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    in modern Chinese, the title of the emperors of China first employed by Qin Shi Huang, and is usually translated as "emperor". The imperial examinations...
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  • Four arts (section Qin (琴))
    qin has come to refer to other types of stringed instruments. The guqin is a seven-stringed zither that owes its invention to ancient Chinese society...
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