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Born Ji Chang ( 姬昌 ), Wen was the son of Tairen and Ji Jili, the Elder of Zhou, a vassal clan of the Kingdom of Shang along the Wei River in present-day Shaanxi. Jili was betrayed and executed by the Shang king Wen Ding in the late 12th century BC, leaving the young Chang as the Elder of the Zhou lineage. Wen married Taisi and fathered ten ...
Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou ( (北)周孝閔帝) (542 – c. early November 557 [4] ), personal name Yuwen Jue (宇文覺), nickname Dharani (陀羅尼), was the founder of the Xianbei -led Northern Zhou dynasty of China, ruling as Heavenly Prince ( Tian Wang ). He was the heir of Western Wei 's paramount general Yuwen Tai, and after Yuwen ...
Zhou Xuan ( Chinese: 周璇; pinyin: Zhōu Xuán; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Hsüan2; born Su Pu ( traditional Chinese: 蘇璞; simplified Chinese: 苏璞; pinyin: Sū pú; Wade–Giles: Su1 Pʻu2 ); August 1, 1920 – September 22, 1957), also romanized as Chow Hsuan, was an iconic Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of ...
Father. Yuwen Tai. Mother. Empress Xuan. Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou ( (北)周武帝) (543 – 21 June 578 [1] ), personal name Yuwen Yong (宇文邕), Xianbei name Miluotu (禰羅突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty of China. As was the case of the reigns of his brothers Emperor Xiaomin and Emperor Ming, the early ...
The Western Zhou Yan State Capital Museum ( Chinese : 西周燕都遗址博物馆) is an archaeological museum in southwestern Beijing Municipality at the site of the capital of the ancient State of Yan during the Western Zhou dynasty. The site is located in Dongjialin Village, just north of Liulihe Township (琉璃河镇), in Fangshan District ...
David Carradine ( / ˈkærədiːn / KARR-ə-deen; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage, spanning more than six decades. [1] [2] He was widely known to television audiences as the star ...
Zhou Zuoren ( Chinese: 周作人; pinyin: Zhōu Zuòrén; Wade–Giles: Chou Tso-jen) (16 January 1885 – 6 May 1967) was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren, 周树人), the second of three brothers. In 1945, after the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zhou was arrested ...
