Yang Xi (car Racer)
Yang Xi may refer to: * Yang Xi (Three Kingdoms) (died 261), Shu Han politician and writer * Yang Xi (mystic) (330– 386), Taoist mystic, writer, and calligrapher of the Jin period *Yang Xi (volleyball) (born 1956), Chinese volleyball player See also *Yangxi (other) Yangxi may refer to: * Yangxi County (阳西县), a county in Guangdong, China Towns * Yangxi, Anhui (扬溪), in Jixi County, Anhui, China * Yangxi, Fujian (洋溪), in Meilie District, Sanming, Fujian, China * Yangxi, Daozhen County (阳溪), in ...

Yang Xi (Three Kingdoms)
Yang Xi (died 261), courtesy name Wenran, was an official of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He is best known for writing the ''Ji Han Fuchen Zan'' (季漢輔臣贊; pub. 241), a collection of praises of notable persons who served in the Shu Han state. Chen Shou, the third-century historian who wrote the ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' (''Sanguozhi''), extensively quoted and annotated Yang Xi's collection. Life Yang Xi was from Wuyang County (武陽縣), Qianwei Commandery (犍為郡), which is present-day Pengshan District, Meishan, Sichuan. At a young age, Yang Xi was already quite well known in Shu. His fame put him on par with others such as Cheng Qi from Baxi Commandery, Yang Tai (楊汰) from Ba Commandery, and Zhang Biao from Shu Commandery. Yang Xi also often praised Cheng Qi as the most brilliant among the four of them. Zhuge Liang, the Imperial Chancellor of Shu, recognised and appreciated their talents. When Yang Xi was in his 20 ...
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Yang Xi (mystic)
Yang Xi (楊羲, 330-c. 386), courtesy name Xihe (羲和, a mythological solar deity), was an Eastern Jin dynasty scholar, calligrapher, and mystic, who is best known for the "Shangqing revelations" that were purportedly dictated to him by Taoist deities between 364 and 370. The Taoist polymath Tao Hongjing subsequently compiled and redacted Yang's revealed texts into the c. 499 '' Zhen'gao'' (真誥, Declarations of the Perfected) compendium, which formed the foundations of the Shangqing School of Taoism. Life The life of Yang Xi was closely intertwined with the aristocratic Xu (許) family in Jurong, Jiangsu. He was employed as the in-house medium/shaman and spiritual advisor when the Perfected Ones directed Yang to transmit the revelation manuscripts to Xu Mi (許謐), an official in the court of Emperor Ai of Jin, and his son Xu Hui (許翽). The sinologist Isabelle Robinet stresses that Yang Xi was a mystic or a visionary, as opposed to a medium. Contrasting a simple med ...
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Yang Xi (volleyball)
Yang Xi (, born 1956 in Anxin County) is a Chinese former volleyball player. She was a member of the Chinese national team that won gold at both the 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup and the 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship. She also won a silver medal at the 1978 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games, after which she retired. In 1989 she began coaching the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers. She later became a businesswoman in the US. In 2012, she opened a school in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ... which sought to incorporate western-style education with Chinese sports schools. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Xi 1956 births Volleyball players from Hebei People from Anxin County Sportspeople from Baoding Living people Chinese women's v ...
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