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Wu Hu (other)
Wu Hu may refer to: * Five Lakes (China) () * Five Barbarians () * Five Tiger Generals () See also * Wuhu (other) Wuhu is a prefecture-level city in Anhui, China. Wuhu may also refer to: *WUHU, a radio station licensed to Smiths Grove, Kentucky, United States * WUHU (software), Weather Underground / HeavyWeather Uploader, software to upload data from personal ...
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Five Lakes (China)
The Five Lakes or Wu Hu (), is a Chinese historical and geographical concept that has been used to describe various lakes in China. The Five Lakes most commonly refer to are five freshwater lakes in eastern and central China: Lake Tai in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Hongze Lake in Jiangsu, Lake Chao in Anhui, Poyang Lake in Jiangxi, and Dongting Lake in Hunan. In several ancient texts, including the ''Rites of Zhou'' and ''Records of the Grand Historian'', the term was used to describe only Lake Tai. Various sources have described other lakes as the Five Lakes. One European 19th century encyclopedia identifies West Lake West Lake (; ) is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou, China. It is divided into five sections by three causeways. There are numerous temples, pagodas, gardens, and natural/artificial islands within the lake. Gushan (孤山) is the largest natural is ... in Zhejiang as one of the Five Lakes in place of Lake Chao. Idiomatic expression In modern parlance, the idiom the "fi ...
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Five Barbarians
The Five Barbarians, or Wu Hu (), is a Chinese historical exonym for five ancient non-Han peoples who immigrated to northern China in the Eastern Han dynasty, and then overthrew the Western Jin dynasty and established their own kingdoms in the 4th–5th centuries.''A History of Chinese Civilization''
, Cambridge University Press 1996 P.186-87

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Five Tiger Generals
The Five Tiger Generals is a popular appellation in Chinese culture for the top five military commanders serving under one lord. Although the term does not appear in Chinese historical records and is not used officially, it has been heavily used in literature texts, folklore, as well as popular culture. Three Kingdoms ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' As a romanticized novel based on the history of the Three Kingdoms period, the historical novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' refers Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun as the "Five Tiger Generals" of Shu Han, one of the Three Kingdoms, led by warlord Liu Bei. In the literature, Liu Bei initially appointed Guan Yu as General Who Destroys Rebels and Lord of Hanshou, Zhang Fei as General Who Subdues Rebels and Lord of Xin, Huang Zhong as General Who Conquers the West, Ma Chao as General Who Pacifies the West, and Zhao Yun General Who Guards the West, and promoted them to "Five Tiger Generals" later. Guan Yu G ...
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