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    The Wen Xuan ([wə̌n.ɕɥɛ̀n]; Chinese: 文選), usually translated Selections of Refined Literature, is one of the earliest and most important anthologies of...
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  • Black tooth country (黒歯国, Kokushikoku, Original Chinese: 黑齒國) is an ancient Chinese legendary country of black-toothed people thought to be far to the...
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    Eastern Wei Dynasty ends, and Wen Xuan Di becomes emperor of Northern Qi. He forces Xiao Jing Di to yield the throne. Wen Xuan Di adopts a defensive policy...
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    Genie Chuo (redirect from Zhuo Wen Xuan)
    1986 (age 38) New Taipei, Taiwan Other names Genie Zhuo Zhuo Wenxuan Chuo Wen-hsuan Occupation(s) Singer, actress, television host Years active 2001–present...
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    translations of the early Chinese anthology Selections of Refined Literature (Wen xuan 文選) and the collected poems of Li Bai and Han Yu are still the only complete...
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  • Triplophysa cakaensis (category Taxa named by Cao Wen-Xuan)
    Triplophysa cakaensis is a small species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa. It is endemic to Ulan, Qinghai Province, China. It grows to 6.8 cm (2...
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    Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝; 21 July 541 – 13 August 604), personal name Yang Jian (楊堅), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (普六茹堅), alias Narayana (Chinese: 那羅延; pinyin:...
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  • improbably, are several fu collected in the 6th century literary anthology Wen Xuan. Biographic information about Song Yu tends to be anecdotal, rather than...
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  • kite carrying Yuan Huangtou lands in the proximity of Ye, China. Emperor Wen Xuan Di sponsors the flight; Yuan is taken prisoner; other imprisoned kite flyers...
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    collections of historical fu are the Selections of Refined Literature (Wen xuan), the Book of Han, New Songs from the Jade Terrace, and official dynastic...
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  • Triplophysa anterodorsalis (category Taxa named by Cao Wen-Xuan)
    Triplophysa anterodorsalis is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa. It is endemic to China. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Triplophysa...
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  • Yunnanilus elakatis (category Taxa named by Cao Wen-Xuan)
    Yunnanilus elakatis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Yunnanilus. Its type locality is in Yiliang County, Kunming in Yunnan...
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    anonymous note edited into the Tang dynasty writer Li Shan's annotated Wen Xuan had Cao Zhi meeting the ghost of the recently deceased Empress Zhen and...
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    the early Chinese literary anthology Selections of Refined Literature (Wen xuan), which is to be its first ever full translation into English. David Knechtges...
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  • Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou (Yuwen Yun), and her father was Yang Jian who later usurped the Northern Zhou throne to become the Emperor Wen of Sui. Yang...
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  • S.K.Y. The final 7-member group, which consist of members Lin Mo, Hu Wen Xuan, Zheng Ren Yu, Zuo Ye, Zuo Linjie, Guo Zhen and Li Xi Kan, were debuted...
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  • and killed. He was the youngest son of Huan Wen. Huan Xuan was born in 369, as the youngest son of Huan Wen, then the paramount general of Jin, and his...
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  • ISBN 0-8135-1304-9. Watson (1993), pp. 133, 194 Knechtges, David R (2014). Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume I. Princeton University Press...
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    2022-09-30. Kusy, Dominik; He, Jin‐Wu; Bybee, Seth M.; Motyka, Michal; Bi, WenXuan; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Li, Xue‐Yan; Bocak, Ladislav (2020-08-25). "Phylogenomic...
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    of Northern Wei. Xiao Tong, eldest son of emperor Wu Di, compiles the Wen Xuan (Literary Selections), a famous anthology of works dating from the Han...
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    Zhang's works in his literary anthology Selections of Refined Literature (Wen xuan 文選). Zhang's fu rhapsodies include "Western Metropolis Rhapsody" (Xī jīng...
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    Xuan paper, Shuen paper, or rice paper, is a kind of paper originating in ancient China used for writing and painting. Xuan paper is renowned for being...
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    the translator". A notable piece of work translated into English is the Wen Xuan, an anthology representative of major works of Chinese literature. Translating...
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  • 520 CE, when these poems were included in the famous literary anthology Wen Xuan, a compilation of literature attributed to the Liang Crown Prince Xiao...
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    tsūkai (動物通解), Monbushō henshūkyoku. Knechtges, David R., tr. (1982), Wen Xuan, Or, Selections of Refined Literature, Volume 1, Rhapsodies on Metropolises...
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    University Press. p. 113. ISBN 9780521374828. Knechtges, David R. (1996). Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature. Vol. 3. Princeton University Press...
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    with the Han era. A number of Ban's fu were collected by Xiao Tong in the Wen Xuan. The Ban family was one of the most distinguished families of the Eastern...
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    However, Tao Yuanming's inclusion in the 6th century literary anthology Wen Xuan argues for at least a beginning of fame in his own era, at least in his...
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    captive for 19 years, returning to China in 81 BC: 4 poems collected in the Wen Xuan are only questionably attributed to him. However, at the time, it was not...
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  • Duke Wen, to the Lu throne. After Duke Xuan died in 591 BC, his son, Prince Heigong (Duke Cheng), succeeded him. Prince Tui was born to Duke Wen of Lu...
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