Look up: Shi

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   Shi
   `Shi` can be: *The Chinese term for poetry. Refer to Shi (poetry). *The Chinese word for Monk(Buddhism) used as the first word in a monks name ex- Shi Pui Chan *One of several Chinese family names: . *The royal family name (æ–½) of the pre-history in China. *The royal family name (çŸÂ³) of the Later Zhao in China. *A piece in Chinese chess. *A Japanese suffix (市) designating the size of a municipality as being a city of at least population 50,...
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   shi
   (from the article `Han Fei`) ...on a king the right to rule, misrule voids that right. Han Fei thought differently. Whatever the ruler`s moral qualities and however he rules, ...
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   shi
   (from the article `China`) ...the feudal system was a stratified society, divided into ranks as follows: the ruler of a state; the feudal lords who served at the ruler`s court ... A new elite class arose in the late Chunqiu, composed of the former shi class and the descendants of the old nobility. The members of this class were ... [...
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   Shi
   (from the article `Mao Dun`) During the next year Shen composed three novelettes, later published as a trilogy under the title Shi (1930; `Eclipse`), using the pen name Mao Dun, ...
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   shi
   the basic unit of weight in ancient China. The shi was created by Shi Huang Di, who became the first emperor of China in 221 and who is celebrated ... [1 related articles]
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   Shi
   (from the article `Musandam Peninsula`) The peninsula is mainly inhabited by the Shihuh, who are fishermen and herdsmen and are probably descended from the original inhabitants of northern ... ...there. In the border regions of Oman and Yemen are the Mahra, arss, Qar, and others, speaking languages of the South Arabic group, and on the ...
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