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Diao Jian
Diao is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized as Tiao in Wade–Giles. Diao is listed 148th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. As of 2008, it is the 245th most common surname in China, shared by 300,000 people. Notable people * Diao Jian ( 刁间), one of the richest merchants of the Western Han dynasty * Diao Zidu ( 刁子都; died 26 AD), Xin dynasty rebel leader * Diao Xie ( 刁協; died 322), Eastern Jin dynasty prime minister * Diao Yi (刁彝), son of Diao Xie, avenged his father's death * Diao Yong ( 刁雍; 390–484), Eastern Jin official, great-grandson of Diao Xie * Diao Guangyin or Diao Guang (刁光胤; ca. 852–935), Tang dynasty painter * George Tiao ( 刁錦寰; born 1933), statistician, member of the Academia Sinica * Diao Wenyuan (刁文元; born 1943), table tennis player and coach * David Diao (born 1943), Chinese-American artist * Diao Guoxin (刁国新; born 1958), PL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Chinese
Old Chinese, also called Archaic Chinese in older works, is the oldest attested stage of Chinese language, Chinese, and the ancestor of all modern varieties of Chinese. The earliest examples of Chinese are divinatory inscriptions on oracle bones from around 1250 BC, in the late Shang dynasty. Chinese bronze inscriptions, Bronze inscriptions became plentiful during the following Zhou dynasty. The latter part of the Zhou period saw a flowering of literature, including Four Books and Five Classics, classical works such as the ''Analects'', the ''Mencius (book), Mencius'', and the ''Zuo zhuan''. These works served as models for Literary Chinese (or Classical Chinese), which remained the written standard until the early twentieth century, thus preserving the vocabulary and grammar of late Old Chinese. Old Chinese was written with several early forms of Chinese characters, including Oracle bone script, Oracle Bone, Chinese bronze inscriptions, Bronze, and Seal scripts. Throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Jin
Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 *Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 *Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline *Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 *Eastern Railway (other), various railroads * Eastern Avenue (other), various roads *Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways *Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education *Eastern University (other) * Eastern College (other) Other uses * Eastern Broadcasting Limited, former name of Maritime Broadcasting System, Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diao Xiaojuan
Diao Xiaojuan (; born 15 March 1986) is a track cyclist representing Hong Kong. She competed in the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2008, she was recruited by coach Shen Jinkang (沈金康) to join the Hong Kong cycling team. Career results ;2008 :1st Scratch Race, International Track Challenge Vienna ;2014 :Hong Kong International Track Cup ::1st Scratch Race ::3rd Omnium :1st Points Race, Japan Track Cup 1 :1st Omnium, Japan Track Cup 2 ;2015 :1st Omnium, Hong Kong International Track Cup :Track Clubs ACC Cup ::1st Scratch Race ::2nd Omnium :2nd Omnium, Asian Track Championships ;2017 :Asian Track Championships ::2nd Team Pursuit (with Leung Bo Yee, Pang Yao and Yang Qianyu Yang Qianyu (; born 7 March 1993) is a Hong Kong road and track cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Major results Track ;2013 : 2n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diao Yinan
Diao Yinan (; born 1969 in Xi'an, Shaanxi) is a Chinese director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for the widely acclaimed Chinese neo-noir film ''Black Coal, Thin Ice''. Diao is considered a member of the sixth generation of Chinese film makers whose subject matter is focused on realism and stories of urban crime. Biography A graduate of the Central Academy of Drama in 1992, Diao has worked as a screenwriter with directors Shi Runjiu (in ''All the Way'') and Zhang Yang (in ''Spicy Love Soup'' and ''Shower''). Additionally, Diao has directed four films of his own, including 2003's ''Uniform'' and 2007's '' Night Train'', which premiered in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film fest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diao Guoxin
Diao Guoxin (; born October 1958) is a lieutenant general (''zhong jiang'') of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He served as Political Commissar of the Tibet Military District from 2012 to 2016. Biography Diao Guoxin was born in October 1958 in Taixing, Jiangsu Province. He enlisted in the PLA in February 1976, and joined the Communist Party of China in March 1979. He is a university graduate. In February 1979, Diao was transferred from the Nanjing Military Region to the 14th Group Army, and fought in the Sino-Vietnamese War. He also fought in the Battle of Koulinshan in May 1981 and the Battle of Laoshan in April 1984, during the subsequent Sino-Vietnamese conflicts. He was twice awarded for military valour. Diao rose through the ranks of the 14th Group Army, eventually rising to political commissar of the corps in July 2007. In February 2011 he became political commissar of the 13th Group Army. Diao was appointed political commissar of the Tibet Military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Diao
David Diao (born 1943) is a Chinese American artist and teacher based in New York City. Background Diao 刁德谦 was born in Chengdu, in China. Several years of his childhood were spent in Hong Kong, at the moment of the revolution in October 1949, before he ultimately settled in the United States. His father was a student in the US and later became a structural engineer. He joined him in NY in 1955, being 12 years old. Career Diao completed his undergraduate degree at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and in 1964 he moved back to New York. There he began working as an artist in the late 1960s. Firstly, he got the job as the sweeper-upper at the Kootz Gallery. Sam Kootz, the owner of this gallery, was among the first to show Abstract Expressionism. In 1966 he worked at the Guggenheim, where he installed shows in case some extra help was necessary. He first won acclaim and public attention with an exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery in 1969. He is known for his simplification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diao Wenyuan
Diao Wenyuan () is a former international table tennis player and coach from China. He won a silver medal at the 1973 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Li Ching-kuang, Liang Ko-liang, Hsi En-ting and Hsu Shao-Fa for China. He was the Chinese national singles and doubles champion in 1972. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References Chinese male table tennis players Living people 1943 births Table tennis players from Anhui People from Mingguang People from Wuhe County World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences to life sciences, and to humanities and social sciences. As an educational institute, it provides PhD training and scholarship through its English-language Taiwan International Graduate Program in biology, agriculture, chemistry, physics, informatics, and earth and environmental sciences. Academia Sinica is ranked 144th in Nature Publishing Index - 2014 Global Top 200 and 18th in Reuters World's Most Innovative Research Institutions of 2019. The current president since 2016 is James C. Liao, an expert in metabolic engineering, systems biology and synthetic biology. History Academia Sinica, which means "Chinese Academy", was founded in 1928 in Nanking, then capital of the Republic of China, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tiao
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tang Dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a Golden age (metaphor), golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Tang territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, rivaled that of the Han dynasty. The House of Li, Lǐ family () founded the dynasty, seizing power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire and inaugurating a period of progress and stability in the first half of the dynasty's rule. The dynasty was formally interrupted during 690–705 when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, proclaiming the Zhou dynasty (690–705), Wu Zhou dynasty and becoming the only legitimate Chinese empress regnant. The devast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diao Guangyin
Diao is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized as Tiao in Wade–Giles. Diao is listed 148th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. As of 2008, it is the 245th most common surname in China, shared by 300,000 people. Notable people * Diao Jian ( 刁间), one of the richest merchants of the Western Han dynasty * Diao Zidu ( 刁子都; died 26 AD), Xin dynasty rebel leader * Diao Xie ( 刁協; died 322), Eastern Jin dynasty prime minister * Diao Yi (刁彝), son of Diao Xie, avenged his father's death * Diao Yong ( 刁雍; 390–484), Eastern Jin official, great-grandson of Diao Xie * Diao Guangyin or Diao Guang (刁光胤; ca. 852–935), Tang dynasty painter * George Tiao ( 刁錦寰; born 1933), statistician, member of the Academia Sinica * Diao Wenyuan (刁文元; born 1943), table tennis player and coach * David Diao (born 1943), Chinese-American artist * Diao Guoxin (刁国新; born 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
