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Ping (given Name)
Ping is a Chinese given name borne by (in chronological order): Ancient China: * King Ping of Zhou (died 720 BC), Chinese king * Duke Ping of Jin (died 532 BC), ruler of Jin * Duke Ping of Cao (died 524 BC), ruler of Cáo * King Ping of Chu (died 516 BC), king of Chu * Duke Ping of Qi (died 456 BC), titular ruler of Qi * Chen Ping (Han Dynasty) (died 178 BC), chancellor to Emperor Gaozu * Prince Ping of Liang (r. 137–97 BC) * Emperor Ping of Han (9 BC–AD 6), Chinese emperor * Xin Ping (died 204), a minister under the warlord Han Fu * Guan Ping (died 219), general serving the warlord Liu Bei * Wen Ping, third century general under the warlord Cao Cao * Wang Ping (Three Kingdoms) (died 248), officer under Liu Bei, made a major general after defecting to Shu Han * Murong Ping, fourth century regent of the Chinese state of Former Yan * Xue Ping (753?-832), general of the Tang Dynasty Other: * Ping Bodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ping Bodie (American Football)
M. Risso Bodie (May 10, 1896 – December 14, 1981) was an Italian professional American football fullback who played one season for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). By playing in one game he became the first person born in Italy to ever play professionally. Bodie was born on May 10, 1896, in Italy. Both his high school and college are unknown. In 1921, he became the first person born in Italy to play in an NFL game. He played in one game for the Chicago Cardinals (now known as the Arizona Cardinals) at the fullback position. He did not make any other appearances after the season. He died on December 14, 1981, in Stockton, California Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquir .... He was 85 at the time of his death. References Italian players o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Ping (volleyball)
Zhang Ping (; born March 23, 1982) is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... In 2004, she was a member of the Chinese team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. References External links * 1982 births Living people Chinese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for China Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in volleyball Volleyball players from Tianjin Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-volleyb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Ping (politician)
Zhang Ping ( Chinese: 张平; born 1 January 1946) served as chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, a prominent department within the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Prior to that, he served as deputy secretary general of the State Council from 2006 to 2008. Biography Zhang was born in Xiao County, Anhui Province in January 1946. He graduated from the Anhui School of Banking with a concentration in credit and loans in 1966. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1979. and studied briefly at the Anhui provincial CCP school (1980–1981). After graduation, Zhang began his career in finance, working first as accountant at the Chaoxian branch of the People's Bank of China in Anhui. He rose through the ranks, eventually becoming the branch's general manager, before joining Chao County government in 1981. Through the 1980s, he held various positions in the county and provincial governments, as well as in the nearby city of Wuhu, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Ping
Song Ping (; born 30 April 1917) is a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a retired high-ranking politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, which effectively rules China, and is considered the only living member of the Second Generation of Chinese Leadership. Biography He rose through the ranks of the party to become First Party Secretary of Gansu Province, and later Minister of Organization of CCP. Song was in charge of senior cadres' recommendation, candidacy and promotion. During his time as Party Chief of Gansu, Song Ping became mentor of two young protégés - Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao – who were to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Premier of the Chinese State Council, respectively. In 1987, Song left the Planning Commission to replace Wei Jianxing as head of the CCP Central Organization Department. Song announced a decision by the Chinese Communist Party to expel members of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luo Ping
Luo may refer to: Luo peoples and languages *Luo peoples, an ethno-linguistic group of eastern and central Africa **Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania or Joluo, an ethnic group in western Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania. ***Luoland, the tribal homeland of the group immediately above *Luo languages, a dozen languages spoken by the Luo peoples **Luo language (Kenya and Tanzania) or Dholuo **Southern Luo, a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries *Luo language (Cameroon), a nearly extinct language of Cameroon - not associated with Luo languages above People *Luo (surname) (羅), Chinese surname *Luò (surname) (駱), Chinese surname * Jing Jing Luo, Chinese composer *Luo Changqing, killed in the 2019 Hong Kong protests * Michael Luo (born 1976), American journalist *Show Lo (born 1979), Taiwanese singer, dancer and actor Geography *Luo (state), a Chinese feudal state, 11th–7th centuries B.C. *Luo River (Henan) (洛河, Luohe), a tributary of the Yellow River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lang Ping
"Jenny" Lang Ping (; born 10 December 1960) is a Chinese former volleyball player and the current head coach of China's women's national volleyball team. She is the former head coach of the United States women's national volleyball team. As a player, Lang won the most valuable player award in women's volleyball at the 1984 Olympics. In 2002, Lang became an inductee of the Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. She coached the U.S. women's national team to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in her home country. Lang later coached the gold medal-winning Chinese women's national team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the first person in volleyball history, male or female, to have won Olympic gold both as a player and as a coach. Lang is the main character in the 2020 biographical film Leap, in which she is played by actress Gong Li. Personal life Lang Ping was born in Tianjin. She was married to Chinese former handball player "Frank" Bai Fan from 1987 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsin Ping
Hsin Ping () (30 June 1938 - 7 April 1995) was the fourth and fifth abbot of Fo Guang Shan and the dharma heir to Hsing Yun, founder of Fo Guang Shan. Venerable Hsin Ping entered the Buddhist sangha in 1963. Hsin Ping went on to receive the precepts under Master Tao Yuan of Hai Hui Temple in Keelung in 1963, and went on to attend Shou Shan Buddhist College and the Chinese Buddhist Research Institute at Fo Guang Shan. For lengths of time during the earliest days of Fo Guang Shan, Hsin Ping was stationed in the construction quarters. In 1973, he became first in line of Fo Guang Shan's order of precedence. In April 1995, Hsin Ping died suddenly after suffering from illness. A portion of his ashes are interred in the United States at the Buddhist columbarium at Rose Hills in California, the rest are in the Longevity Memorial Park in Fo Guang Shan. The Venerable Hsin Ting Hsin Ting (; born February 2, 1944) is a Buddhist monk from Taiwan who served as the sixth-term abbot and dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Ping (director)
He Ping (; born 1957 in Shanxi) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer whose main filmography consists of a hybrid genre of Western-wuxia movies. He made three movies along this genre - '' Swordsmen in Double Flag Town'' (1991), '' Sun Valley'' (1995) and ''Warriors of Heaven and Earth'' (2004). Personal life and background He Ping's mother was the female lead in Communist China's first feature film ''Bridge'' (1949). She was an ethnic Manchu whose ancestors were members of the Blue Banners, while He Ping's father was Han Chinese. Directorial career He Ping began his directorial career in the 1980s, directing stage productions and documentary films.Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "He Ping" in ''Encyclopedia of Chinese Film''. Taylor & Francis, p. 183. . By the late 1980s, He transferred to the Xi'an Film Studio, where he began directing fiction films, including ''We Are the World'' and ''Kawashima Yoshiko'' a film based on the story of the Manchurian-Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panfilo Lacson
Panfilo "Ping" Morena Lacson Sr. (; born June 1, 1948) is a Filipino former politician and police general who served as a Senate of the Philippines, Senator for three terms: from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the Chief of the Philippine National Police, Director General of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from 1999 to 2001, and was a candidate in the 2004 Philippine presidential election, 2004 and 2022 Philippine presidential elections. During his tenure as the chief of the PNP, he was known for instituting various reforms within the organization. His high approval rating and high-profile anti-corruption campaigns paved the way for his Senate bid in 2001, where he won and placed tenth in the elections. He ran for the presidency in 2004, but lost though he continued to serve as senator until 2007. He won another six-year term in 2007. After his first two terms in the Senate, Lacson was appointed by then-President of the Philippines, President Benigno Aquino III ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ping Hsin-tao
Ping Hsin-tao or Ping Xintao (; 1927 – 23 May 2019) was a Taiwanese publisher and producer. He founded ''Crown Magazine'' and Crown Publishing in 1954, which launched the careers of Chiung Yao and San Mao, two of Taiwan's most famous authors. He married Chiung Yao and produced films and television series based on her popular romance novels. Early life Ping was born in Shanghai, Republic of China in 1927, with his ancestral home in Changshu, Jiangsu. Despite his interests in literature and art since childhood, he studied accounting at Utopia University at the request of his father. Career After graduating from university, Ping moved to Taiwan in 1949 when the Communists took over mainland China, and worked for Taiwan Fertilizer. In 1954, he founded ''Crown Magazine'' (皇冠雜誌) and Crown Publishing (皇冠出版社), later known as (皇冠文化). To help cover business expenses, he translated English-language novels into Chinese under the pen name Fei Li (費禮), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ping Fu
Ping Fu (born 1958) is a Chinese-American entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of 3D software development company Geomagic, and was its chief executive officer until February 2013 when the company was acquired by 3D Systems Inc. , she is the Vice President and Chief Entrepreneur Officer at 3D Systems. Fu grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and moved to the United States in 1984. She co-founded Geomagic in 1997 with her then-husband Herbert Edelsbrunner, and has been recognized for her achievements with the company through a number of awards, including being named '' Inc.'' magazine's 2005 "Entrepreneur of the Year". In 2013, she published her memoir, ''Bend, Not Break'', co-authored with MeiMei Fox. Early life and education Ping Fu was born in 1958 in Nanjing, China, where her father was a professor at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA). Fu spent her childhood and early adulthood in China. She grew up during the Cultural Revolution, during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
