Wangshu (goddess)
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Wangshu or Wang-Shu or ''variation'', may refer to:


Places

* Former Shu (907-925 ), a former country of the ''10 Kingdoms'', during the ''Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period'' of Chinese history * Wangshu (extinguished 563 BC; zh, 王叔 (王叔国), link=no; ㄨㄤˊ ㄕㄨ) a former country in Chinese history during the
Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...
* Wangshu, Hebei ( zh, 望树镇, link=no), Yanshan, Hebei, China; a town; see
List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divisions of ...
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HD 173416 b HD 173416 b, also named Wangshu, is an extrasolar planet located approximately 440 light years away in the constellation of Lyra, orbiting the 6th magnitude G-type giant star HD 173416. This is planet is at least 2.7 times the mass of Jupiter ...
(planet), Star Xihe, Constellation Lyra; an exoplanet named after the Chinese goddess 望舒 who drives the moon


People

* Wang Shu (born 1963; zh, 王澍, link=no; Shu Wang), Chinese architect * Wang Shu (3rd century BC; zh, 王述, link=no; Shu Wang), grandson of
Wang Chang (Three Kingdoms) Wang Chang (died July or August 259), courtesy name Wenshu (), was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Early life Wang Chang was from the same Commandery (China), comman ...
* Duke Wen of Wangshu (died 624 BC; zh, 王叔文公, link=no), son of
King Xi of Zhou King Xi of Zhou (died 677 BC) (), personal name Jī Húqí, was the sixteenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the fourth of the Eastern Zhou. He was a successor of his father King Zhuang of Zhou, and was succeeded by his son, King Hui of Zhou ...
* Dai Wangshu (1905-1950; ), Chinese poet * Wnagnam Wangshu (politician), an Indian politician of the Janata Party; see Pongchau-Wakka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Other uses

* Wangshu ( zh, 望舒, link=no; aka ''Xian'e'' meaning ''beauty''), Chinese goddess who drives the Moon across the sky in
Chinese mythology Chinese mythology () is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as Greater China. Chinese mythology includes many varied myths from regional and cultural traditions. Much of t ...
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Wanshū is the name of several katas in many systems of karate, including Isshin-Ryu, Shotokan (under the name empi), Wadō-ryū, and others. The name Wanshū (腕秀) in Mandarin means "Excellent Wrist" and refers to a typical technique of this fo ...
( ja, ワンシュー, link=no) aka ''Wangshu''; a kata in Japanese karate


See also

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Shu (disambiguation) Shu may refer to: China * Sichuan, China, officially abbreviated as Shu (蜀) * Shu (state) (conquered by Qin in 316 BC), an ancient state in modern Sichuan * Shu Han (221–263) during the Three Kingdoms Period * Western Shu (405–413), also ...
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Wang (disambiguation) Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thailand ...
* Shu Wang (disambiguation) {{dab, geo, hndis