| | surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history | |
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| | surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces | |
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| | rainy / place name in Shaanxi / Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西｜陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水 | |
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| | Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 | |
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| | abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾｜维吾尔 / surname Wei | |
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| | surname Wei | |
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| | the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原｜关中平原 | |
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| | Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties 西魏, given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門｜土门 | |
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| | surname Wei | |
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| | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs | |
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| | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學｜形而上学) | |
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| | Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher | |
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| | Wuding reign name (543-550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏｜东魏 / Wuding County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州｜楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan | |
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| | surname Wei | |
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| | capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states / CL: 根 | |
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| | Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原｜关中平原 | |
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| | Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國｜魏国 | |
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| | Wei county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei | |
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| | surname Wei | |
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| | Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei / Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市｜临汾市 in Shanxi | |
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| | Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原｜关中平原 | |
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| | Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong newspaper) / Wenhui News (Shanghai newspaper) | |
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| | Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star / Dewey (name) | |
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| | Wei county in Handan 邯鄲｜邯郸, Hebei | |
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| | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑｜鲜卑 | |
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| | as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different | |
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| | Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties | |
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| | state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou | |
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| | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs | |
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| | Cui Wei (1912-1979), actor, dramatist and movie director | |
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| | surname Wei | |
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| | History of the Sui Dynasty, thirteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Wei Zheng 魏徵｜魏征 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 85 scrolls | |
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| | lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
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| | Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 | |
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| | Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 | |
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| | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
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| | the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers | |
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| | Xu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author | |
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| | Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star | |
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| | Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏國｜魏国 | |
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| | Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator | |
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| | land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝｜魏晋南北朝 | |
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| | Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書｜楷书 | |
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| | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | profound theory / philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學｜玄学 sect | |
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| | Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對｜唐太宗李卫公问对, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | abbr. for generals Wei Qing 衛青｜卫青 and Huo Qubing 霍去病 of Western Han 西漢｜西汉, famous for their success in quelling the Xiongnu barbarian invaders | |
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| | Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist | |
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| | Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西｜陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水 | |
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| | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs | |
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| | Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 | |
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| | name of several rivers / North Luo river, tributary of Wei river 渭河 in Shaanxi | |
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| | Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓｜稚让, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅｜广雅 and several lost works | |
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| | Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) / sb who keeps to their word no matter what | |
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| | Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet | |
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| | surname Wei | |
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| | Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方｜东方 about the Korean war | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts | |
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| | Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石｜蒋介石 | |
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| | Wei Yingwu (c. 737 - c. 792), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄｜战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226 | |
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| | Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui | |
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| | Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar | |
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| | history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻｜崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls | |
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| | Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏 | |
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| | "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖 and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | equal-field system of Wei of the Northern dynasties 北魏 and Tang 唐 dynasties | |
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| | the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states | |
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| | Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | |
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| | Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子｜尉缭子 text on military strategy | |
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| | Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书, possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚｜尉缭 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 | |
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| | "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源 | |
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| | earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅｜尔雅, 18150 entries | |
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| | surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wei2] | |
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| | branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑｜鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓跋 | |
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| | branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑｜鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓拔 | |
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| | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) | |
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| | Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty | |
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| | Li Wei Gong / Duke Li of Wei, official title of Li Jing 李靖 | |
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| | Sangjian by the Pu River, a place in the ancient state of Wei known for wanton behavior / lovers' rendezvous | |
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| | doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維｜王维) | |
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| | Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator | |
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| | late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD) | |
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| | lit. Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist" | |
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| | a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維｜王维) | |
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| | birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | |
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| | Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling | |
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| | surname Wei | |
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| | Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan | |
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| | Chishui River, tributary of Wei in Shaanxi | |
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| | Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏, given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門｜土门 | |
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| | Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997 | |
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| | Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist | |
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| | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書｜隋书 | |
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