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Yanzi Languages
Yanzi or Yan Zi () may refer to: Persons with the name * Yan Hui (521? – 481 BC), disciple of Confucius known honorifically as Yanzi (顏子) * Yan Yan (disciple of Confucius) (506 – ? BC), known honorifically as Yanzi (言子) * Yan Ying (c. 578 – 500 BC), known honorifically as Yanzi or the most denoted Master Yan (晏子) * Stefanie Sun (孫燕姿 born 1978) or Sun Yan Zi, Singaporean singer * Yan Zi (tennis) (晏紫) (born 1984), Chinese tennis player * Pseudonym of Peng Yanhui, Chinese gay activist Other uses *Yanzi River (from 燕子 yànzi "swallow") * Yanzi Mountain 甘肃崦嵫 * ''Yanzi chunqiu The ''Yanzi chunqiu'' (" Yanzi Annals" or "Annals of Master Yan") is an ancient Chinese text dating to the Warring States period (475221) that contains a collection of stories, speeches, and remonstrations attributed to Yan Ying, a famous offic ...'', a Warring States period philosophical work * ''Yan Zi'' (album), an album by Stefanie Sun * Yanzi people, an ethnic gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Hui
Yan Hui (–481 BC) was a Chinese philosopher. He was the favorite disciple of Confucius and one of the most revered figures of Confucianism. He is venerated in Confucian temples as one of the Four Sages. Names Yan Hui is also known by his courtesy name Ziyuan and as Yan Yuan, a combination of his surname and courtesy name. He is also reverently referred to as Master Yan or Yanzi. Life Yan Hui was a native of the state of Lu. His father Yan Wuyou (Yan Lu) was one of the earliest disciples of Confucius. Yan Hui was about 30 years younger than Confucius, and became a student of the Master at a young age. Yan Hui was Confucius' favorite disciple. "After I got Yan Hui," Confucius remarked, "the disciples came closer to me." We are told that once, when he found himself on the Nang hill with Yan Hui, Zilu, and Zigong, Confucius asked them to tell him their different aims, and he would choose between them. Zilu began, and when he had done, the master said, "It marks your bravery." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Yan (disciple Of Confucius)
Yan Yan (b. 506BC), also known by his courtesy name Ziyou and as Yan You or Yanzi, was a prominent disciple of Confucius, considered by Confucius to be his most distinguished disciple in the study of the classics. A native of the state of Wu, he was the only known southerner among Confucius' disciples. Life Yan Yan was born in 506 BC in the State of Wu. He was 45 years younger than Confucius. Yan Yan served as commandant of Wucheng (Wu City) in the State of Lu. He was said to have succeeded in transforming the character of the people of Wucheng by teaching them ritual propriety and music, and was praised by Confucius. After Confucius died, Ji Kangzi, prime minister of Lu, asked Yan why Confucius was not as widely mourned as Zichan, prime minister of the State of Zheng. Yan replied, "The influences of Zichan and my master might be compared to those of overflowing water and those of fattening rain. Wherever the water in its overflow reaches, men take knowledge of it, while the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Ying
Yan may refer to: Chinese states * Yan (state) (11th century – 222 BC), a major state in northern China during the Zhou dynasty * Yan (Han dynasty kingdom), first appearing in 206 BC * Yan (Three Kingdoms kingdom), officially claimed independence in 237 but considered to have ruled since 190 * Former Yan (337–370) * Later Yan (384–407) * Yan (An–Shi) (756–763), a rebel state founded by the An-Shi Rebellion * Yan (Five Dynasties period) (911–913) Names * Yan (surname), romanization for several Chinese surnames * Yan, a Cantonese transcription of surname Zhen (甄) * Yan, a transliteration of the name "Ян" (Jan) from the Russian language People * Yan Emperor, a legendary emperor of ancient China * Yan, Marquis of Tian (died c. 370 BC), 4th-century BC ruler of the state of Qi * Yan (musician) or Jan Scott Wilkinson, English singer-songwriter * Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin or Yan (1853–1909), Ukrainian-American Yiddish-language playwright * Yan Zhu, software deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanie Sun
Stefanie Sun (, born 23 July 1978) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. In 2000, she released her debut album, '' Yan Zi'', which won her a Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist. In 2004, she released her eighth studio album, '' Stefanie'', which won her another Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer. Having sold more than 30 million records, she achieved popularity in Greater China and among the Chinese-speaking world. Early life and education Sun was born in Singapore on 23 July 1978. She attended Nanyang Primary School, St. Margaret's Secondary School, Raffles Girls' School, Saint Andrew's Junior College, and Nanyang Technological University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree of Marketing in 2000. Singing career Early years and 2000s During university, Sun wrote her first song titled "Someone", which later appeared on her 2002 album, ''Start''. She attended LWS School of Music, and her vocal talent was discovered by her mentor Paul Lee, who later in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Zi (tennis)
Yan Zi (; born 12 November 1984) is a retired mainland Chinese-Hong Kong tennis player. Career summary In 2005, at the age of 20, Yan Zi won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Guangzhou International Open. In singles, she first reached the world top 100 in January 2006, achieving a then career-high of world No. 72 that March before failing to defend her breakthrough run of results the previous year and dropping back outside the top 100 that October. Her ranking had slumped to 262 by February 2007 after a year of disappointing results, but her results then picked up again over the rest of 2007; and she regained the top 100 for the first time in ten months after a spectacular run at the Tier I Canada Masters in August, reaching the semifinals before finally being defeated by world No. 1, Justine Henin, in straight sets. In doubles, her highest ranking is No. 4; she won two Grand Slam titles, partnering with Zheng Jie. While she has been good at doubles, her singles performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peng Yanhui
Peng Yanhui (Yanzi, born ) is a Chinese gay rights activist. Peng grew up near Guangzhou and enrolled in university in Guangzhou in 2002, where he says he learned about homosexuality for the first time. In 2013, Peng quit his job and founded LGBT Rights Advocacy China. He became well known in 2014 after suing a private psychiatric hospital in Chongqing where he checked in underneath the pseudonym Yang Teng to investigate claims that it was using electroshock therapy to allegedly cure gay people. After he received such treatment, he won the case, receiving $500 compensation for suffering caused. The clinic was ordered to remove all adverts promoting conversion therapy from its sites. , Peng was a visiting scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center of the Yale Law School Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanzi River
The Yanzi River or Creek (Chinese language, Chinese: , ''Yànzǐhé'', lit. "swallow (bird), Swallow Creek") is a rivers of China, river in Gansu, China. It is a tributary of the Xihan River, Xihan, itself a part of the Yangtze watershed. Rivers of Gansu Yangtze River {{China-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanzi Mountain
Yanzi or Yan Zi () may refer to: Persons with the name * Yan Hui (521? – 481 BC), disciple of Confucius known honorifically as Yanzi (顏子) * Yan Yan (disciple of Confucius) (506 – ? BC), known honorifically as Yanzi (言子) * Yan Ying (c. 578 – 500 BC), known honorifically as Yanzi or the most denoted Master Yan (晏子) * Stefanie Sun (孫燕姿 born 1978) or Sun Yan Zi, Singaporean singer * Yan Zi (tennis) (晏紫) (born 1984), Chinese tennis player * Pseudonym of Peng Yanhui, Chinese gay activist Other uses *Yanzi River (from 燕子 yànzi "swallow") * Yanzi Mountain 甘肃崦嵫 * ''Yanzi chunqiu The ''Yanzi chunqiu'' (" Yanzi Annals" or "Annals of Master Yan") is an ancient Chinese text dating to the Warring States period (475221) that contains a collection of stories, speeches, and remonstrations attributed to Yan Ying, a famous offic ...'', a Warring States period philosophical work * ''Yan Zi'' (album), an album by Stefanie Sun * Yanzi people, an ethnic gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanzi Chunqiu
The ''Yanzi chunqiu'' (" Yanzi Annals" or "Annals of Master Yan") is an ancient Chinese text dating to the Warring States period (475221) that contains a collection of stories, speeches, and remonstrations attributed to Yan Ying, a famous official from the State of Qi who served Duke Jing of Qi (r. 547489). It comprises 215 stories arranged into eight chapters: the first six chapters contain accounts of Yan Ying's remonstrations with the rulers he served, while the seventh chapter contains variants on stories from the first six chapters, and the eighth chapter has anti-Confucian episodes that the Han dynasty imperial librarian Liu Xiangwho compiled the received version of the ''Yanzi chunqiu'' in the late 1st centuryconsidered to be inconsistent with the Chinese Classics. The ''Yanzi chunqiu'' incorporates themes from both Confucianism and Mohism, and does not fit easily into any single philosophical tradition. History The first mention of the ''Yanzi chunqiu'' in a received wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Zi (album)
''Yan Zi'' (Chinese: 燕姿) is the debut album by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun, released on 9 June 2000 by Warner Music Taiwan. The songs, "Love Document" and "Cloudy Day", reached number 4 and 33 respectively on the Hit FM Annual Top 100 Singles in 2000. The album earned Sun a Golden Melody Award The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music in ... for Best New Artist. GIO, Taiwa12th Golden Melody Awards winners list 28 April 2004. Retrieved 2011-05-09 Track listing # "超快感" (Turbo) – 3:39 # "愛情證書" (Love Document) – 4:14 # "天黑黑" (Cloudy Day) – 3:56 # "E-Lover" – 4:59 # "濃眉毛" (Sculpted Eyebrow) – 3:47 # "和平" (Make Peace) – 4:08 # "自然" (Natural) – 3:24 # "終於" (Finally) – 3:56 # "很好" (Fine) – 4:27 # "Leave Me Alone" – 4:2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanzi People
The Bayanzi (or Yan, Yanzi, Yansi people) are an ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who live in the southwest of the country and number about seven million. They speak Kiyansi Bantu language. The largest political unit is the chieftainship, of which there are about 120 under 3 traditional kings of which the most prominent is the Kinkie or Binkie King whose latest figurehead was Mfum' ngol' or Mfumu ngolo as pronounced by Europeans (translated as the Great or strong King) from kidzweme territory and recently his successor Mfum' Ntwàl Moka Ngol' Mpat', a harvard trained economist. The Bayanzi are matrilineal, so a child belongs to the clan of the mother. The Belgian colonial travelers first encountered them at Bolobo on the Congo River, as traders up and down the river. They employed them from 1883 as bodyguards mainly. Later the Bayanzi were forced to labor on the palm oil plantations and later used as clerks or translators. Ethnicity The Bayanzi are a people of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanzi Language
Yans (Yanzi) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Bayanzi. There are six language varieties Guthrie classified as Bantu B.85 (Yans): *B.85A Mbiem, West Yansi *B.85B East Yans *B.85C Yeei *B.85D Tsong (Itsong, Nsong, Ntsuo, "Songo") *B.85E Mpur (Mput) *B.85F Tsambaan According to Nurse (2003), most belong to the Yaka languages, but one or two are among the Boma–Dzing languages The Boma–Dzing languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.80 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), some of Guthrie's B.80 ( Tiene, Mfinu, Mpuono) are related to the Teke languages (B.70), and some Yan .... Maho (2009) notes that the Tsong variety is the then-unclassified "Songo" language (ISO oo of ''Ethnologue'' and is the one that does not belong with the rest. ''Glottolog'' likewise classifies "Nsong-Mpiin" ooapart from Yansi. References Maho (2009) Boma-Dzing languages Languages of the Democratic Republic o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
