Tunghai University Faculty
Tunghai, Tung Hai, Tung-Hai may refer to: * Tunghai University * East China Sea, from its Mandarin pinyin romanization of its Chinese name (东海) * East Sea (Chinese literature), from its Mandarin pinyin romanization of its Chinese name (東海), and one of the Four Seas See also * Donghai (other) * East Sea (other) East Sea or Eastern Sea may refer to: * East China Sea, a marginal sea east of China, where it is called ''Dōnghǎi'' (/) in Chinese, meaning "East Sea" ** East Sea (Chinese literature), one of the Four Seas, a literary name for the boundaries of ...

Tunghai University
Tunghai University (THU; ) is the oldest private university in Taiwan, established in 1955. It was founded by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). It is located in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. According to ''Times Higher Education''s Impact Rankings 2020, the university is rated as the most impactful private university in Taiwan and third in the country. The first president, :zh:曾約農, Beauson Tseng, said "Pioneering will be our watchword", hoping that Tunghai would become an outstanding and innovative university. Tunghai became the first university in Taiwan to introduce universal AI education, AWS-powered innovation school and the first in Central Taiwan to establish a Chinese Language Center. The university is known for its liberal arts education, and universal artificial intelligence curriculum. On the grounds, the Luce Memorial Chapel (designed by architects Chen Chi-kwan and I. M. Pei) is a local landmark. The logo of the university co ...
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East China Sea
The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated by an imaginary line between the eastern tip of Qidong at the Yangtze River estuary and the southwestern tip of South Korea's Jeju Island. The East China Sea is bounded in the east and southeast by the middle portion of the first island chain off the eastern Eurasian continental mainland, including the Japanese island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands, and in the south by the island of Taiwan. It connects with the Sea of Japan in the northeast through the Korea Strait, the South China Sea in the southwest via the Taiwan Strait, and the Philippine Sea in the southeast via gaps between the various Ryukyu Islands (e.g. Tokara Strait and Miyako Strait). Most of the East China Sea is shallow, with almost three-fourths of it being less than ...
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East Sea (Chinese Literature)
The East Sea (), one of the Four Seas, is identified as the body of water east of the mainland according to ancient Chinese geography. In Chinese literature, the Four Seas are a metaphor for the boundaries of China. It contains modern day East China Sea as well as the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. In Chinese mythology, East Sea is the domain of Ao Guang, the ''Donghai Longwang'' (東海龍王), or "the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea", who is responsible for controlling its storms and tides. Supposedly, the Dragon King resides in a large "Dragon Palace", the ''Donghai Longgong'' (東海龍宮), located at its bottom. See also *Dragon King *Mulberry fields (idiom) In China, at least since the middle of Tang dynasty, the phrase mulberry fields is a metonymy for the land which was or will be covered by oceans.Joseph Needham, as cited by Robert F. Campany, said that this subject gave a notion of the Taoist belie ... References Asia in mythology Locations in Chinese mythology Seas of ...
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Four Seas
The Four Seas () were four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China. There is a sea for each for the four cardinal directions. The West Sea is Qinghai Lake, the East Sea is the East China Sea, the North Sea is Lake Baikal, and the South Sea is the South China Sea. Two of the seas were symbolic until they were tied to genuine locations during the Han dynasty's wars with the Xiongnu. The lands "within the Four Seas", a literary name for China, are alluded to in Chinese literature and poetry. History The original Four Seas were a metaphor for the borders of pre-Han dynasty China. Only two of the Four Seas were tied to real locations, the East Sea with the East China Sea and the South Sea with the South China Sea. During the Han dynasty, wars with the Xiongnu brought them north to Lake Baikal. They recorded that the lake was a "huge sea" (hanhai) and designated it the mythical North Sea. They also encountered Qinghai Lake, which they call ...
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Donghai (other)
Donghai (East Sea) may refer to: China *East China Sea, also known as Donghai from its Chinese name (东海), a marginal sea east of China **East Sea (Chinese literature), one of the Four Seas, a literary name for the boundaries of China *Donghai County (东海县), of Lianyungang, Jiangsu *Donghai Island (东海岛), island in Zhanjiang, Guangdong *Donghai Subdistrict () ** Donghai Subdistrict, Quanzhou, in Fengze District, Quanzhou, Fujian ** Donghai Subdistrict, Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong ** Donghai Subdistrict, Jixi, in Chengzihe District, Jixi, Heilongjiang ** Donghai Subdistrict, Tianjin, in Hexi District, Tianjin *Towns named Donghai (东海镇) ** Donghai, Putian County, Fujian ** Donghai, Jidong County, Heilongjiang ** Donghai, Qidong, Jiangsu *Donghai Commandery, historical commandery in present-day Shandong and Jiangsu Vietnam * Đông Hải District, in Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam See also *East Sea (other) *Nanhai (other) ("South Sea") *Beihai (disambi ...
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