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    Pei County, or Peixian (simplified Chinese: 沛县; traditional Chinese: 沛縣; pinyin: Pèi Xiàn), is under the administration of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China...
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    divisions bordering New Taipei City are Keelung to the northeast, Yilan County to the southeast, and Taoyuan to the southwest, and it completely encloses...
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  • pei or PEI in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PEI or Pei may refer to: Matecaña International Airport, Pereira, Colombia, IATA code PEI Pei County (沛县)...
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    New book of Tang, in 639, the total population of Pengcheng County, Fei County and Pei County was only 21,768, versus 205,286 in 742. In 781, Li Na marched...
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    dynasty bureaucracy as a minor law enforcement officer in his home town Pei County, within the conquered state of Chu. During the political chaos following...
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    Ieoh Ming Pei FAIA RIBA (/ˌjoʊ mɪŋ ˈpeɪ/ YOH ming PAY; Chinese: 貝聿銘; pinyin: Bèi Yùmíng; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was a Chinese-American architect...
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    Li Guangsu (category People from Pei County)
    Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. Li was born in the town of Huzhai [zh], Pei County, Jiangsu, in July 1987, to Li Houlin (李厚林), and Xu Guilan (徐桂兰). He has...
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    gongcao (功曹; magistrate's secretary) in the administrative office of Pei County. He was studious, tactful and amiable. He was well versed in law and had...
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    contributed greatly to the founding of the Han dynasty. Cao Shen was from Pei County in present-day Jiangsu and he served as a prison warden in his early days...
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  • King-to Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa (Chinese: 京都念慈菴川貝枇杷膏; Jyutping: ging1 dou1 nim6 ci4 am1 cyun1 bui3 pei4 paa4 gou1; pinyin: Jīngdū niàn cí ān chuānbèi pípá...
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    fictitious. Lady Gan was born to a family of commoners from Pei (沛), which is in present-day Pei County, Jiangsu) though a diviner predicted a bright future...
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    friend of Liu Bang and they were from the same hometown of Pei County (present-day Feng County, Jiangsu). In his early days, he was a butcher and specialised...
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  • territory. In 117 BC, part of Pei was split off to form the new Linhuai Commandery. In 2 AD, the commandery consisted of 37 counties: Xiang (相), Longkang (龍亢)...
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  • Pei Songzhi (372–451), courtesy name Shiqi, was a Chinese historian and politician who lived in the late Eastern Jin dynasty and the Liu Song dynasty...
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    Pei Wei Asian Diner, LLC, doing business as Pei Wei Asian Kitchen, (/ˌpeɪ ˈweɪ/)) is an American restaurant chain serving Pan Asian fare, operating in...
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  • was from Pei County in present-day Jiangsu. He started his career as a minor officer in charge of horses, chariots and carriages in the county office....
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  • because of his ancestors' status as imperial officials, Pei Mian was made the sheriff of Weinan County (in modern Weinan, Shaanxi), and he became known for...
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  • father Lü Wen (呂文) brought their family to Pei County, settled there, and became a close friend of the county magistrate. Many influential men in town came...
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  • township in Li County, Gansu Qishan, Pei County (栖山镇), town in Pei County, Jiangsu Qishan, Ju County (棋山镇), town in Ju County, Shandong Qishan, Zhaoyuan (齐山镇)...
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  • Shao's rival Cao Cao, once said that Shen Pei was "strong of will but without tact". Shen Pei was from Yin'an County (陰安縣), Wei Commandery (魏郡), which is located...
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    little insight into his life. Cao Cao's ancestral home was in Qiao County (譙縣), Pei State, which is present-day Bozhou, Anhui. He was purportedly a descendant...
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  • created ViolaWWW, the first popular graphical web browser. Pei-Yuan Wei was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan. He graduated from Berkeley High School [citation...
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  • The Pei Plan was an urban redevelopment initiative designed for downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, in the 1960s and 1970s. It is the informal...
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  • of Zhi County (銍縣), a small county in Pei State (沛國). When Liu Bei rebelled against Cao Cao and passed by Xiaopei (小沛; present-day Pei County, Jiangsu)...
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    Taipei (redirect from T'ai-pei)
    including the Olympics. The spellings Taipei and Tʻai-pei derive from the Wade–Giles romanization Tʻai²-pei³ which means the North of Taiwan in Chinese. The...
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    in present-day Pei County, Xuzhou. According to the 7th-century gazetteer Kuodi Zhi, Zhang Liang's tomb was 65 li east of Pei County, near Liucheng,...
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  • Tsuyee Pei or Pei Tsu-yi (Chinese: 貝祖貽; 1893 – 27 December 1982) was a Chinese banker. Pei was a native of Wuxian, Jiangsu, born in 1893. He attended...
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  • Ch'ung) "Eight-armed Nezha" (八臂哪吒) Infantry Infantry leader Bandit leader Pei County, Xuzhou 59 Spear, Flying daggers 65 29 Dizou (地走); Walking Star (地走星)...
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  • Zhou Bo's ancestral home was in Juan County (卷縣; present-day Yuanyang County, Henan) but he was born in Pei County in present-day Jiangsu. He was a friend...
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  • Health PEI is the single health authority for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It delivers medical care on behalf of the Government of Prince...
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