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    The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (also known as the Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove, traditional Chinese: 竹林七賢; simplified Chinese: 竹林七贤; pinyin:...
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  • the Seven Sages in Ancient Mesopotamian tradition Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, scholars in ancient China Seven Wise Masters or Seven Sages of Rome...
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    Pavilion. It shows seven passionate literati of the 3rd century, known as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. The scholars, Ruan Ji, Ji Kang, Ruan Xian, Shan...
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  • 7 (redirect from Lucky Number Seven)
    Japanese mythology Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove in China Seven minor symbols of yang in Taoist yin-yang Other references to the number seven in traditions...
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  • Ling, Chinese god of wine. One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Mayahuel, Mexican goddess of pulque. Methe, Greek personification of drinking and drunkenness...
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  • reference to the Orchid Pavilion gathering Love and the Turning Year Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Han–Xiongnu War Tang poetry Timeline of Chinese history...
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    Liu Ling (poet) (category Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove)
    in the state of Pei of the Western Jin dynasty (266–316 CE), which is now the Suzhou of Anhui province. One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Liu...
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    wrote poems, played music and enjoyed the simple life. The group was known as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (竹林七賢). Since Ruan Xian was an expert...
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    Shan Tao (Taoist) (category Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove)
    name Juyuan, was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, a group of Chinese Taoist scholars, writers and musicians who lived in the 3rd century. Shan...
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  • Ji Kang (category Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove)
    Three Kingdoms period. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove who held aloof from the dangerous politics of third-century China to devote themselves...
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  • philosopher Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Ruan Ji Ji Kang Shan Tao Liu Ling Ruan Xian Xiang Xiu Huineng, 6th Buddhist patriarch of the Chan (Zen) School...
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    Ruan Ji (category Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove)
    lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. The guqin melody...
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  • Chang [zh; fr] (應瑒), and Kong Rong. Ruan Yu was the father of Ruan Ji, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Jian'an poetry Kwa, Shiamin (2020-10-26)...
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    being the north-facing shade and the south-facing brightness of a hill), gender (female and male), as well as the formation of the character of individuals...
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  • Xiang Xiu (category Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove)
    Xiang Xiu (Chinese: 向秀) is one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. His most famous contribution is a commentary on the Zhuangzi, which was later used...
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    Laozi (category Investiture of the Gods characters)
    2023[update], the oldest manuscript containing text from the Tao Te Ching dates to the late 4th century BC, written on bamboo slips excavated as part of the Guodian...
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    Examples of writings about them include: The Yueyang Tower by Ma Zhiyuan The Bamboo-leaved Boat (竹葉船; zhú yè chuán) by Fan Zi'an (范子安; fàn zǐ ān) The Willow...
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    members of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, were ardent admirers of the work; an essay written by Ruan entitled "Discourse on Summing Up the Zhuangzi"...
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    fúlù pài; 'the fulu sect', an informal group made up of priests from different schools of Taoism. Like most aspects of Taoist practice, use of these objects...
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    prominent scion of the clan, reaching the rank of Situ. He was also the youngest member of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. After the Disaster of Yongjia...
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    evolved into ruan, an instrument named after Ruan Xian, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and known for playing similar instrument. Yet another term...
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  • Taoist philosophy (category Commons category link is defined as the pagename)
    (d. 249), Xiang Xiu (223?–300, part of the famous intellectual group known as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove), Guo Xiang (d. 312), and Pei Wei (267–300)...
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    Ruan Xian (category Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove)
    lived in the Six Dynasties period. One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, he was a skilled player of the Chinese lute, an old version of pipa which...
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    Wang Rong (Jin dynasty) (category Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove)
    poet, and politician of the Western Jin dynasty. He was also one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Wang Rong served under the Jin dynasty as a military...
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    Ruan (surname) (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    479-536) Ruan Ji, is one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chinese: 阮籍;210-263) Ruan Xian, a Chinese scholar who lived during the Six Dynasties period...
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    Fukusa (category Culture of Japan)
    as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, a group of Chinese Taoist philosophers, who gathered in a bamboo grove to talk and drink. Several variants of fukusa...
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    Three Purities, are the three highest gods in the Taoist pantheon. They are regarded as pure manifestations of the Tao and the origin of all sentient beings...
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    'arts of the bedchamber') are the ways Taoists may practice sexual activity. These practices are also known as "joining energy" or "the joining of the essences"...
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  • state of ecstasy, and many of his friends and epigones were drug addicts." Many other famous literati, such as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, especially...
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    In the myths and folk religion of Chinese culture, the Jade Emperor or Yudi is one of the representations of the primordial god. In Taoist theology, he...
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