asked, they replied that they had been robbed by the Qingzhou Army. The Qingzhou Army was the name ... the Qingzhou Army had spoken foully of him before Cao Cao, Yu shrugged it off on account that his ... more details
Water Margin character infobox Name Ou Peng Nickname Golden Wings Brushing Against the Clouds br Aliases Rank 48th, Wide Star of the 72 Earthly Fiends Image imagesize Caption Allegiance Liangshan Designation Tiger Cub Scouting General Origin Bandit leader from Mount Yellow Gate Hometown Huangzhou District Huangzhou , Hubei First appearance Chapter 41 Weapon Simp Trad Pinyin u P ng WG Ou P eng Other Chinese name Ou surname Ou Ou Peng is a fictional character in the Water Margin , one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature . He ranks 48th of the 108 Liangshan heroes and 12th of the 72 Earthly Fiends. He is nicknamed Golden Wings Brushing Against the Clouds . Background The Water Margin describes Ou Peng as a tall and muscular man who walks at a fast pace. He is highly skilled in martial arts and renowned for his ability to catch projectiles, such as arrows, in mid flight. He earns himself the nickname Golden Wings Brushing Against the Clouds . Ou Peng is from Huangzhou District Huangzhou , Hubei . He works as a military officer in the county office. Once, he offends an official and becomes afraid of being punished. He resigns and leaves. He becomes a bandit leader on Mount Yellow Gate together with Jiang Jing , Ma Lin Water Margin Ma Lin and Tao Zongwang . Joining Liangshan The outlaws from Mount Liang Liangshan Marsh rescue Song Jiang and Dai Zong from Jiangzhou present day Jiangxi and make their journey back to Liangshan. They pass by Mount Yellow Gate along the way. The four bandit leaders stop Song Jiang s party and request to join them. Song Jiang agrees and they return to Liangshan together. After Huyan Zhuo surrenders and joins Liangshan, Ou Peng and nine others follow Huyan Zhuo to Qingzhou in present day Shandong . They trick Governor Murong Yanda into opening the city gates and the outlaws swarm in and capture the city. Campaigns and death Ou Peng becomes one of the leaders of the Liangshan calvary after the Grand Assembly. ... more details
Water Margin character infobox Name Duan Jingzhu Nickname Golden Haired Hound br Aliases Rank 108th, Hound Star of the 72 Earthly Fiends Image imagesize Caption Allegiance Liangshan Designation Scout leader Origin Horse thief Hometown Zhuozhou , Hebei First appearance Chapter 60 Weapon Simp Trad Pinyin Du n J ngzh WG Tuan Ching chu Other chinese name Duan Duan Jingzhu is a fictional character in the Water Margin , one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature . He ranks 108th of the 108 Liangshan heroes and 72nd of the 72 Earthly Fiends. He is nicknamed Golden Haired Hound . Background The novel describes Duan Jingzhu as a man with red hair and a yellow beard, which earns him the nickname Golden Haired Dog . He is from Zhuozhou , Hebei , and used to be a horse thief. He steals horses in the north and sells them in the south. He manages to get his hands on the Jade Lion , a precious steed belonging to a Jurchen people Jurchen prince. Duan Jingzhu intends join the outlaws at Mount Liang Liangshan Marsh and present the steed to Chao Gai . He passes by the Zeng Family Fortress along the way and the Jade Lion is stolen from him by the Zengs. The Zengs hurl abusive remarks at Liangshan and taunt Liangshan to attack them. Joining Liangshan At the same time, Song Jiang and the outlaws are returning to Liangshan after a campaign and they meet Duan Jingzhu. Song Jiang sends Duan Jingzhu back to Liangshan and Duan tells Chao Gai everything. Chao Gai is furious and wants to teach the Zengs a lesson. The Zengs had wounded Liu Tang earlier and Chao Gai wants to avenge his fellow. He personally leads the outlaws to attack the fortress but is killed in the battle by a poisoned arrow from Shi Wengong. Duan Jingzhu, Yang Lin Water Margin Yang Lin and Shi Yong travel north to purchase horses for Liangshan s forces later. Their horses are stolen by Yu Baosi and his gang when they stop at Qingzhou in present day Shandong for a rest. Yu Baosi presents ... more details
Image LuZhongI.jpg right 200px Lu Zhongyi 1849 1925 was the 17th Patriarch of I Kuan Tao . His religious titles were Tung Li Zu and Jin Gong Zu Shi Golden Elder . He was born on the 24th day of 4th Lunar month in 1849, in Jining, Shandong Jining , Shandong province, China. He was said to be illiterate, his father died when he was young, left with his mother and sister Lu ZhongJie. He joined the army at age 22 and became an officer in the Manzhou DongBei Manchuria government. In 1895, at the age of 46 he was said to have a dream from God instructing him to become the student of Master Liu the 16th patriarch. He became the 17th patriarch of I Kuan Tao in 1905 in Qingzhou . I Kuan Tao followers believe that he is the first leader of the White Sun Era, the era of apocalpyse, thus he is the incarnation of savior Maitreya or Hotei . In 1918, Lu brought I Kuan Tao to his hometown Jining, Shandong Jining , within a few years, Lu managed to attract some 25 disciples, among them Zhang Tian Ran and Sun Su Zhen . Lu died on the 2nd day of the 2nd lunar month in 1925. Thus, Lu s younger sister Lu Zhong Jie also known as Lao Gu Nai Nai , Mistress of the Old Cave who was believed to be the incarnation of bodhisattva Guan Yin , took over the leadership for 6 years. Zhang Tianran and Sun Suzhen became the successor through spirit writing by the Heavenly Mater. However, the other seven major disciples of Lu once refused his succession. In 1930 Zhang officially was bestowed the leadership as the 18th patriarch of I Kuan Tao in Jinan . See also Zhang Tianran I Kuan Tao Budai List of Buddha claimants External links http www.webcitation.org query?url http www.geocities.com yikuantao patriarch.htm&date 2009 10 26 00 25 50 Patriarchs of I Kuan Tao http www.fecd.org.tw brief fecd04.htm History of Lu Zhong Yi according to I Kuan Tao http www.with.org patriarchs en.htm Founding father of I Kuan Tao References Thomas DuBois. 2005. The Sacred Village Social Change and Religious Life in ... more details
Infobox artist name Li Cheng image Li Cheng,temple boudhiste dans les montagnes.jpg imagesize 175px caption Buddhist Temple in Mountain . Ink and light color on silk. 111.76 x 55.88 cm. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art birth name birth date 919 birth place death date 967 death place nationality China Chinese field Painting training movement Northern Landscape style works patrons influenced by Jing Hao , Juran painter Juran influenced Guo Xi awards Li Cheng zh t s p L Ch ng w Li Ch eng 919&ndash 967 , style name Pinyin Xi n X , was a Chinese painting Chinese painter from Qingzhou now part of Weifang County, Shandong during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and early Song Dynasty . His ancestral lineage was with the Tang Dynasty imperial family, the Li family, which had fallen out of power in 907 with the collapse of the Tang Empire. File Li Cheng, Luxuriant Forest among Distant Peaks.jpg thumb left 350px Luxuriant Forest among Distant Peaks , detail, Liaoning Provincial Museum . Li Cheng, Fan Kuan , and Guan Tong painter Guan Tong together became known as the three great rival artists . He did many landscape paintings with diluted ink, known as treating ink like gold , which gives the appearance of being in a foggy dream. At that time, he was considered the best landscape painter of all time. He was known to have carried on an artistic dialogue with Wu Daoxuan through their respective paintings. Li Cheng primarily portrayed Shandong area landscapes in his paintings. Artists of later generations, such as Guo Xi , modeled their teaching on his painting style and methods. His works include Jigger ??? , Joy in Fishing , Cold crow , and Landscape . One extant painting, Reading Stele Nest Stone ??? , was a collaboration between him and Wang Xiao . See also Culture of the Song Dynasty Chinese painting Chinese art History of Chinese art References Sullivan, Michael. The Arts of China . Berkeley University of California Press, 2008. Commons category Li Cheng Per ... more details
Chinese c p Sh r Zh u The Twelve Provinces is a term used in ancient Chinese histories to refer to territorial divisions during the reigns of the mythological emperors Emperor Yao Yao and Shun Chinese leader Shun of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors . Records in histories The Annals of the Five Emperors section of Records of the Grand Historian mentioned blockquote Shun Chinese leader Shun felt that the land north of Jizhou ancient China Ji Province was too wide, so he created Bingzhou Bing Province Yan state Yan and Qi state Qi were too vast and distant, so he formed Youzhou You Province out of Yan, and Yingzhou ancient China Ying Province out of Qi, hence there were the Twelve Provinces. ref Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian , Volume 1, Annals of the Five Emperors. ref blockquote Volume 85 of the Book of Han recorded that in 30 BC Gu Yong Western Han Gu Yong mentioned blockquote There was a great flood in Emperor Yao Yao s time, the land was divided into the Twelve Provinces... ref Ban Gu et al. Book of Han , Volume 85, Biographies of Gu Yong and Du Ye. ref blockquote Yan Shigu of the Tang Dynasty wrote this annotation in volume 85 of the Book of Han blockquote The Twelve Provinces were Jizhou ancient China Ji , Yanzhou ancient China Yan , Yuzhou ancient China Yu , Qingzhou ancient China Qing , Xuzhou ancient China Xu , Jingzhou ancient China Jing , Yangzhou ancient China Yang , Yongzhou ancient China Yong , Liangzhou ancient China Liang , Youzhou You , Bingzhou Bing , and Yingzhou ancient China Ying . ref Ban Gu et al. Book of Han , Volume 85, Biographies of Gu Yong and Du Ye including annotations by Yan Shigu . ref blockquote See also Nine Provinces China Notes and references reflist External links zh icon http baike.baidu.com view 1569239.htm Twelve Provinces on Baidu Baike Ancient Chinese provinces Category Former provinces of China Category Chinese w ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Ruxukou partof the wars of the Three Kingdoms image caption date 217 CE place Yang Province, China casus territory result Indecisive, Cao Cao retreat combatant1 Sun Quan combatant2 Cao Cao commander1 Sun Quan commander2 Cao Cao strength1 73,000 estimated strength2 400,000 estimated casualties1 casualties2 Campaignbox Three Kingdoms Chinese t s p R x k u Zh Zh n altname Battle of Ruxu t2 s2 p2 R x Zh Zh n The Battle of Ruxukou , also known as the Battle of Ruxu , was fought between the warlords Sun Quan and Cao Cao in 217 during the End of the Han Dynasty prelude to the Three Kingdoms period of History of China Chinese history . Two years earlier, Sun Quan attempted to Battle of Xiaoyao Ford take control of Hefei fortress, but failed due to a sudden plague and the staunch resistance put up by Cao Cao s forces under Zhang Liao . Since then, Cao Cao had been making preparations for a counterattack on Sun Quan, and he personally led his navy to Ruxukou to fight a decisive battle. This battle is not to be confused with another earlier battle that also took place at Ruxukou in 213, where Cao Cao defeated Sun Quan. The battle Before Cao Cao s massive army arrived at the battlefield, Sun Quan s second in command, L Meng , had already started to strengthen the defense of Ruxu fort, and Dong Xi had the riverbank secured, leaving the transportation and retreat route open for Sun. On the other hand, Cao Cao had his Hefei fortress operated as a front line base, where he and Zhang Liao station their troops in addition, Cao Cao ordered Zang Ba and Sun Guan to mobilize their Qingzhou Corps to the battlefield. When Cao Cao pressed on Ruxu fort, Sun sent out Ling Tong , Xu Sheng and the likes to do battle. During the ensuing engagement, Sun Guan was killed in action, and Cao Cao temporarily waived the attack. The development was not as optimistic as Cao had expected, so he set up numerous camps across a river, and ... more details
reorganized the surrendered troops to form the Qingzhou Corps , while implementing the tuntian ... in the first clash of arms, charging towards Cao Cao s Qingzhou Corps. The Qingzhou Corps fled in terror ... more details
Image Jiuhuashan yunhai.JPG thumb right 315px A view from Jiuhuashan s Lesser Tiantai peak Mount Jiuhua zh s t p J uhu Sh n l Nine Glorious Mountains is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism . It is located in Qingyang County in Anhui province and is famous for its rich landscape and ancient temples. ref http www.hceis.com ChinaBasic Mountains Jiuhuashan.htm ref Many of the mountain s shrines and temples are dedicated to Ksitigarbha known in Chinese as D z ng, zh , in Japanese as Ksitigarbha In Japan Jiz , who is a bodhisattva and protector of beings in Naraka Buddhism hell realms according to Mahayana Buddhist tradition. Pious Buddhists often visit Anhui to climb to Greater Tiantai peak, which is regarded as Jiuhuashan s most important peak, although it is not the tallest. History File Jiuhuashan ss.jpg thumb 200px Temples at Mount Jiuhua Mount Jiuhua was called Mount Lingyang in Han Dynasty . It was called Mount Jiuzi in Liang and Chen Dynasties of South Dynasties. A legend says that the great poet Li Bai of Tang Dynasty travelled here and wrote down Magic is divided to two branches, sacred mountain generates nine glories. . Thus it was named Mount Jiuhua. JiuHuashan is delicately beautiful which is located in the southeastern part of Chizhou City, Anhui Province. The gross area reaches 120 square kilometers, while the protection area reaches 114 square kilometers. Together with Wutai Mountain in Shanxi, Emei Mountain in Sichuan and Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang. Jiuhua Mountain is called one of the four great Buddhist mountains in China. In 719 AD, Kim Qiaoque , a Silla prince today s Qingzhou city in South Korea came to Jiuhua Mountain and cultivated himself for 5 years. He died at 99 years of age, his corporeal body stayed intact. Because he was very similar in appearance to Dizang Buddhisattva, the monks there believed Dizang Boddhisattva was reincarnated in him, as a result, Jiuhua Mountain became the place to hold rit ... more details
Coord 36 39 11 N 117 0 43 E region CN type landmark display title Image Cheeloo alumni gate jinan 2009 07.jpg thumb Alumni Gate, formerly the main entrance to the Cheeloo University campus in Jinan Cheeloo University zh c linktext p linktext Q l D xu , 1902 1952 was a university in China, established by Hunter Corbett American Presbyterian, and other English Baptist, Anglican, and Canadian Presbyterian mission agencies in early 1900 in China. History File Cheeloo University 1933 03.jpg thumb Campus map of Cheeloo University 1933 1864, Yi Wen School Boy s School at Tengchow established by Hunter Corbett . ref name Hunter Corbett & Harold F. Smith Papers, 1862 1948 cite web url http www.columbia.edu cu lweb img assets 6398 MRL6 CorbettSmith FA.pdf title Hunter Corbett & Harold F. Smith Papers, 1862 1948 coauthors Paul A. Byrnes, 1977 Ruth Tonkiss Cameron 2 10 2006 accessdate 26 September 2010 location The Burke Library Union Theological Seminary 3041 Broadway New York, NY 10027 ref Presbyterian missionary to Yantai , Shandong China. 1882, Calvin Wilson Matter , an American Presbyterian, converted the Tengchow Boy s School into Tengchow College in Dengzhou part of Penglai City Penglai , Shandong , China. 1884, British Baptists established Tsingchow Boy s Boarding School, a theological college, in Qingzhou , Shandong, China. 1902, the American Presbyterians and English Baptists agreed to combine their schools in Shandong, forming an arts college in Wei County Weixian, now part of Weifang , a theological college at Qingzhoufu part of Zibo , and a medical college, in Jinan . The campus in Wei County was known as the Courtyard of the Happy Way zh c p L d o yu n and was later used by the Japanese military as an The Weihsien Compound internment camp for civilians during the Second World War . 1909, the colleges were consolidated as Shantung Protestant University later changed to Shantung Christian University in Jinan. The campus was designed by the Chicago a ... more details
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