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Thư
Shu () is a Chinese surname. It is 43rd in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 ( Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu). Šumuru sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surnames ''Shu'' (舒), '' Xu'' (徐) or '' Xiao'' (蕭) after the demise of the Qing dynasty. According to the a 2013 study, it is the 143rd most common surname, being shared by 1.09 million people, or 0.082% of the population, with Hunan being the province with the most people sharing the name.中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 In ancient usage, the characters of '' meng '' () (''bo'' bearing the same notion), ''zhong'' (), ''shu'' () and '' ji'' () were used to denote the first, second, third and fourth (or last) eldest sons in a family. The Vietnamese version of the name is Thư, but it is extremely rare. "Shu" can also be a romanization for Xú (徐) or Xǔ (许). Notable people * Consort Shu (1728 – 1777), of the Manchu Plain Yel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred Family Surnames
The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dynasty (960–1279).K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom p. 12. University of Hawaii Press. . The book lists 507 surnames. Of these, 441 are single-character surnames and 66 are double-character surnames. About 800 names have been derived from the original ones. In the dynasties following the Song, the 13th-century ''Three Character Classic'', the ''Hundred Family Surnames'', and the 6th-century ''Thousand Character Classic'' came to be known as ''San Bai Qian'' (Three, Hundred, Thousand), from the first character in their titles. They served as instructional books for children, becoming the almost universal introductory literary texts for students (almost exclusively boys) from elite b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, Guizhou to the west and Chongqing to the northwest. Its capital and largest city is Changsha, which also abuts the Xiang River. Hengyang, Zhuzhou, and Yueyang are among its most populous urban cities. With a population of just over 66 million residing in an area of approximately , it is China's 7th most populous province, the fourth most populous among landlocked provinces, the second most populous in South Central China after Guangdong and the most populous province in Central China. It is the largest province in South-Central China and the fourth largest among landlocked provinces and the 10th most extensive province by area. Hunan's nominal GDP was US$ 724 billion (CNY 4.6 trillion) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shu Chang (footballer)
Shu Chang (; born February 24, 1977) is a former Chinese football defender who played his entire career with Shandong Luneng. He was the captain of the club, which he has led to two China Super League titles in 2006 and 2008. Club career Shu started his career in 1996 with Shandong Luneng where in his first season he would make 3 league appearances, which was then followed by a further 7 the following season. Under the Shandong Luneng Head coach Yin Tiesheng he would gradually establish himself as reliable central defender within the team, however it was the introduction of Slobodan Santrač as the team's new Head coach that saw Shu become a prominent member with the club that would win the league and cup double in the 1999 league season. Even after Santrač left Shu had firmly established himself as one of their most consistent players and would go on to become the club's captain that oversaw them through some of their most successful periods in their history by winning several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shu Chang (actress)
Shu Chang (, born 1 December 1987) is a Chinese actress, singer, and television host. In the early 2000s, Shu gained considerable fame for her roles as Consort Donggo in ''Xiaozhuang Mishi'' (2003); Jin Meili in ''The Story of a Noble Family'' (2003); Tianshan Tonglao in ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' (2003); Princess Yun in ''Huang Taizi Mishi'' (2004); Shui Sheng in ''A Deadly Secret'' (2004); Jingwei in ''Jingwei Tianhai'' (2004) and Xiaoyu in ''Lotus Lantern'' (2005). Biography Despite her busy schedule, Shu has never neglected her studies. She was awarded the "merit award for all-round development" for good students from 1995 to 1999, and also the "Red Scarf Model" and the "Top 10 Outstanding Youths" accolades from the Beijing government. When she was in secondary school, Shu maintained the top student position for three consecutive years. Shu graduated from Beijing International Studies University. Career Early beginnings When Shu Chang was still a child, she was discover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shu Hongbing
Shu Hongbing (; born January 1967) is a Chinese cytologist and immunologist. He became a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and TWAS in 2012. Shu is mainly known for his work on cell signal transduction related to immunity. Life Shu Hongbing was born to a poor rural family in Rongchang County, Chongqing. His mother died when he was 9 years old. When Shu entered senior high school, he failed the chemistry exam, and did not know any English. He had to go to school barefoot because he could not afford to buy shoes. However, by the time he finished high school with a national stipend in 1983, he was accepted by Lanzhou University with the highest National Matriculation Examination score in his class. After graduating in 1987, Shu entered the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Basic Medical Institute Cell Laboratory, where he obtained his master's degree three years later. In 1990, Shu went to the United States and worked as a research assistant at the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quan-Sheng Shu
Quan-Sheng Shu () is an American physicist and a naturalized American citizen. Born in China, he has a Ph.D in physics and is also the President of AMAC International, a high-tech company with offices in his hometown of Newport News, Virginia and in Beijing. Shu came to the United States in 1990. He worked at the University of Washington, in the Superconducting Super Collider project, and at Northrop Grumman. He is known for research in cryogenics. Shu was arrested and convicted on 17 November 2008 for being involved in the People's Republic of China's systematic effort to upgrade their space exploration and satellite technology capabilities by providing technical expertise and foreign technology acquisition in the fields of cryogenic pumps, valves, transfer lines and refrigeration equipment, components critical for the use of liquefied hydrogen in a launch facility. Shu was sentenced on 7 April 2009 to 51 months (4¼ years) in prison and two years of parole Parole (also kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consort Shu (Qianlong)
Consort Shu (7 July 1728 – 4 July 1777), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Yehe Nara clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was 17 years his junior. Life Family background Consort Shu's personal name was not recorded in history. * Father: Yongshou (; 1702–1731), served as the Right Vice Minister of War from 1727–1729 ** Paternal grandfather: Kuifang (; 1679–1707), held the title of a prince consort (), Mingju's third son ** Paternal grandmother: Aisin Gioro Shushen (; 1681–1706), held the title of a third rank princess (), Giyesu's eighth daughter * Mother: Guan Sibai () ** Maternal grandfather: Hantai () * One brother * Three elder sisters **First elder sister: wife of Fuheng, of the Fuca clan **Second elder sister: Primary Princess Consort Li of the First Rank, wife of Yongkui Yongzheng era The future Consort Shu was born on the first day of the sixth lunar month in the sixth year of the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, which translates to 7 July 1728 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji (surname 季)
Jì is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized as Chi in Wade–Giles, and Gwai in Cantonese. Ji is the 142nd most common surname in China, with a population of 960,000. It is listed the 134th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Etymology In ancient usage, the characters of ''meng'' (孟), '' zhong'' (仲), '' shu'' (叔) and ''ji'' (季) were used to denote the first, second, third and fourth eldest sons in a family. The Chinese character Ji 季 is composed of two parts: 禾 (grain) and 子 (son), and originally means "young grain". Later it acquired the meaning of "the youngest", and was frequently used in the name or title of the youngest son (or daughter) of a family. It is from this usage that the character became a surname. According to analysis based on the early 11th-century dictionary ''Guangyun'', in Middle Chinese the character was pronounced wi Demographics As of 2008, Ji 季 is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meng (surname)
Meng () is a Chinese surname. Meng is a ''shi'' surname or clan name (氏), as opposed to the xing (姓) category of surname, ancestral name. Meng is of the type of surname which was a member of the list of names denoting seniority within a certain family: in ancient usage, the characters of ''meng'' (孟), '' zhong'' (仲), '' shu'' (叔) and '' ji'' (季) were used to denote the first, second, third and fourth eldest sons in a family. These were sometimes adopted as surnames. Of these, Meng is the best known, being the surname of the philosopher Mencius. It is the 94th 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. . Historical people * Mencius (孟子), Mencius; born Mèng Kē (孟軻); or Mengzi (372–289 BC or 385–303 or 302 BC) was a Chinese Confucian philosopher who has often been described as the "second Sage", that is, after only Confucius himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draft History Of Qing
The ''Draft History of Qing'' () is a draft of the official history of the Qing dynasty compiled and written by a team of over 100 historians led by Zhao Erxun who were hired by the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. The draft was published in 1928, but the Chinese Civil War caused a lack of funding for the project and it was put to an end in 1930. The two sides of the Chinese civil war, the People's Republic of China and Republic of China have attempted to complete it. History The Qing imperial court had long established a Bureau of State Historiography and precompiled its own dynastic history. The massive book was started in 1914, and the rough copy was finished in about 1927. 1,100 copies of the book were published. The Beiyang government moved 400 of the original draft into the northern provinces, where it re-edited the content twice, thus creating three different copies of the book. It was banned by the Nationalist Government in 1930. Historian Hsi-yuan Chen writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiong (surname)
Xiong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 熊 (''Xióng''). It is 41st in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 (Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu). Romanizations 熊 is also romanized as Hsiung2 in Wade-Giles. It is Hung or Hong in Cantonese; Him in Hokkien, Hong or Yoong in Hakka; Hiōng in Gan; Hùng in Vietnamese; and Xyooj in Hmong. Note that "Hong" and "Hung" may also refer to the unrelated surname 洪. Distribution 熊 is the 71st most common surname in mainland China. Although Chinese make up the largest part of America's Asian and Pacific Islander population, none of the romanizations of 熊 appeared among the 1000 most common surnames during the AD 2000 US census.United States Census Bureau.Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000. 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012. Origins Xiong's literal meaning is "bear", Xiong (熊) is branch to Mi (surname) (芈) of Chu (state). Xiong traces back to the legendary Chinese cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speaking ethnic group who unified other Jurchen tribes to form a new "Manchu" ethnic identity. The dynasty was officially proclaimed in 1636 in Manchuria (modern-day Northeast China and Outer Manchuria). It seized control of Beijing in 1644, then later expanded its rule over the whole of China proper and Taiwan, and finally expanded into Inner Asia. The dynasty lasted until 1912 when it was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing dynasty lasted for almost three centuries and assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
