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Si (surname 斯)
The surname Si 斯 is a Chinese surname that is now mainly distributed in the Sze Residence Township in Zhuji, China. There are Ma, Xing, Du, Zhang, Chen, Jin, Zhou, Xu, Huang, Si, Cai, Yu, Lou and other surnames in Sze Residence Township (Zhuji has a population of about 12,000 people with the surname of Si). According to historical records, it comes from Shǐ, which was given to Shi Wei by Sun Quan. It is used in Korean as the Baekje surname Sa. It is listed as one of the Eight surnames of Zhurong. See also * Si Xinliang * * Si Xingjian * Si (surname) Si is the pinyin romanization of a number of distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different characters in Chinese. Depending on the character, it may be spelled Sī, Sí, Sǐ, or Sì when tone diacritics are used. In Wade–Giles they a ... References {{Reflist External links : 欽定古今圖書集成·明倫彙編·氏族典·斯姓部，出自 蒋廷锡《 古今圖書集成》 Chinese-language sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhuji
Zhuji () is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing, in north-central Zhejiang province, China, located about south of Hangzhou. It has with a population of 1,218,072 inhabitants at the 2020 census even though the built-up (''or metro'') area is much smaller. History The region around Zhuji has been settled since Neolithic times and was the origin of the Wuyue culture. During the Spring and Autumn period, it was the birthplace of the legendary beauty Xi Shi. After the state of Yue was absorbed into the unification of China, Qin Shi Huang formally codified the boundaries of Zhuji as a county in 222 BC. This status remained intact until 1989, when the State Council reclassified Zhuji as a city. Administrative divisions Subdistricts: * Jiyang Subdistrict (暨阳街道), Huandong Subdistrict (浣东街道), Taozhu Subdistrict (陶朱街道) Towns: * Datang (大唐镇), Ciwu (次坞镇), Diankou (店口镇), Ruanshi (阮市镇), J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China (region)
China (), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shǐ (surname)
Shǐ (史) is a Chinese surname meaning "history" of "official historiographer". It is romanized Shih in Wade–Giles, or Sze or Si in Cantonese romanization. According to a 2008 study, it was the 82nd most common name in China. A 2013 study found that it is shared by 2.85 million people, or 0.210% of the population, with the province with the most people being Henan. It is the 63rd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . Origins # It is said to be borne by descendants of Cang Jie, the official historiographer during the reign of the mythical Huang Di, the ‘Yellow Emperor’The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland # Shi (史), post name of an official in charge of recording historical events during the Western Zhou dynasty. Later, the surname was subsequently adopted as a surname by descendants of official historiographers in many regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Quan
Sun Quan (, Chinese: 孫權) (183 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou (), posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of the Eastern Wu dynasty, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime established by his elder brother, Sun Ce, in 200. He declared formal independence and ruled from 222 to 229 as the King of Wu and from 229 to 252 as the Emperor of Wu. Unlike his rivals Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Sun Quan was much younger than they were and governed his state mostly separate of politics and ideology. He is sometimes portrayed as neutral considering he adopted a flexible foreign policy between his two rivals with the goal of pursuing the greatest interests for the country. Sun Quan was born while his father Sun Jian served as the adjutant of Xiapi County. After Sun Jian's death in the early 190s, he and his family lived at various cities on the lower Yangtze River, until Sun Ce carved out a warlord regime in the Jiangdong region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Language
Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographically Korea), but over the past years of political division, the two Koreas have developed some noticeable vocabulary differences. Beyond Korea, the language is recognised as a minority language in parts of China, namely Jilin Province, and specifically Yanbian Prefecture and Changbai County. It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin, the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the in parts of Central Asia. The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family. Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible with each other. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baekje
Baekje or Paekche (, ) was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BC to 660 AD. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder Jumong and So Seo-no, at Wiryeseong (present-day southern Seoul). Baekje, like Goguryeo, claimed to succeed Buyeo, a state established in present-day Manchuria around the time of Gojoseon's fall. Baekje alternately battled and allied with Goguryeo and Silla as the three kingdoms expanded control over the peninsula. At its peak in the 4th century, Baekje controlled most of the western Korean peninsula, as far north as Pyongyang, and may have even held territories in China, such as in Liaoxi, though this view is controversial. It became a significant regional sea power, with political and trade relations with China and Japan. Baekje was a great maritime power; its nautical skill, which made it the Phoenicia of East Asia, was instrumental i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Surnames Of Zhurong
The Eight surnames of Zhurong are eight surnames derived from the descendants of the ancient Chinese legendary figure Zhurong. The Eight surnames that came after the Zhurong tribe, according to the Guoyu, a historical Chinese text, are Ji, Dong, Peng, Tu, Wei, Cao, Zhen, and Mi. These eight surnames were said to have originated from the descendants of the Zhurong tribe. According to the Guoyu, the Ji surname was associated with the Kunwu and Su tribes, which were located in present-day Yuncheng in Shanxi province and Wen County in Henan province, respectively. The Dong surname was associated with the Zongyi and Hualong tribes, which were located in present-day Dingtao County in Shandong province and in present-day Henan province. The Peng surname was associated with the Pengzu and Shiwei tribes, which were located in present-day Tongshan County in Jiangsu province and Puyang County in Hebei province, respectively. The Tu surname was associated with the Zhuren tribe, which was lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Si Xinliang
Si Xinliang (; born January 1950) is a former Chinese politician. From 2010 to 2013, Si served as the Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference, a mostly ceremonial legislative consultation body. Prior to that, Si served as the chief of the Organization Department of the Zhejiang provincial Communist party Committee. He worked for several years under Xi Jinping, who was serving as the party chief of Zhejiang. Biography Si was born and raised in Dongyang, Zhejiang province in January 1950. Si joined the Communist Party in 1981. He has a degree from Zhejiang Agricultural University (later merged into Zhejiang University) in animal husbandry. Si spent his entire career in Zhejiang province. He worked at a food processing company in his home county as a manager before entering politics, first as deputy county governor. He rose through the ranks and successively served as the Communist Party Secretary of Pujiang County, the head of the Organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Si Xingjian
Si Xingjian (, 1901–1964) was a Chinese paleobotanist and stratigrapher. He is considered among the first generation of Chinese paleontologists. He was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province and graduated from Peking University in 1926 before earning his Ph.D. degree from the University of Berlin in 1931. He was a researcher and director of the Institute of Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and held positions as a professor at Tsinghua University, Peking University and the Nanjing institute of Geology and Paleontology. He was also a director of the Chinese Paleontological Society and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Paleontology and the Chinese Journal of Paleontology. Si's research focused on paleobotany, and he made significant contributions to the classification and evolution of paleobotany, comparative stratigraphic divisions, and phytogeographic distribution. He edited the Paleogene Flora of China, the first work to systematically summarize the problems o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Si (surname)
Si is the pinyin romanization of a number of distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different characters in Chinese. Depending on the character, it may be spelled Sī, Sí, Sǐ, or Sì when tone diacritics are used. In Wade–Giles they are romanized as Chi. Languages using the Latin alphabet do not distinguish among the different Chinese surnames, rendering them all as Si. Surnames romanized as Si * Si (surname 姒) * Si (surname 斯) The surname Si 斯 is a Chinese surname that is now mainly distributed in the Sze Residence Township in Zhuji, China. There are Ma, Xing, Du, Zhang, Chen, Jin, Zhou, Xu, Huang, Si, Cai, Yu, Lou and other surnames in Sze Residence Township (Zhuji ... * Si (surname ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Si Chinese-language surnames Multiple Chinese surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
蒋廷锡
Jiang Tingxi (, 1669–1732Barnhart: Page 379.), courtesy name Yangsun (), was a Chinese painter, and an editor of the encyclopedia ''Gujin Tushu Jicheng'' (''Complete Collection of Ancient and Modern Writings and Charts''). Jiang was born in Changshu, Jiangsu. Besides the name Yangsun, he was also known by his courtesy name Youjun (), as well as the pseudonyms Nansha (), Qingtong Jushi, Qiujun, and XiGu (). The 5020-volume state-sponsored encyclopedia ''Gǔjīn Túshū Jíchéng'' () was published in 1726 and had been compiled by Chen Menglei and Jiang Tingxi during the reigns of the Kangxi and Yongzheng emperors in the Qing dynasty. As an official painter and grand secretary to the imperial court, Jiang used a wide variety of artistic styles, and focused particularly on paintings of birds and flowers. He was also proficient in calligraphy. His works influenced later court painters, including Yu Sheng (), Yu Zhi (). Although better known for his ''Gujin Tushu Jicheng'', J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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