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Guo
"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most popular Chinese surnames and means "city surrounded by a wall" in Chinese; it can also be spelled Kuo, Kwok or Kuok. It is the 18th most common family name in China. The name Guo was noted as far back as the Xia Dynasty, see Guo Zhi Some famous Ch..
Guobiao
Guóbiāo (国标) (GB) in the People's Republic of China is the abbreviation of Guójiā Biāozhǔn (国家标准), meaning the "National Standards", orGuójiā Biāozhǔn Mǎ (国家标准码), meaning the "National Standard Encoding" as Chinese character encoding system.Both are issued by the Sta..
Guobiao code
Guobiao code is a collective term for the national standard character encodings of the People's Republic of China. In computer contexts, "GB" alone is often used to mention GB 2312-80 issued in 1981, GBK, or GB 18030-2000 issued in 2000. These are encoding standards for Chinese characters. These c..
Guoco Group
Guoco Group Limited is an investment holding company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange . The principal activities of its subsidiaries and associated companies include investment and treasury management, property development and investment, stock and commodity broking, insurance, investment advi..
Guodian Chu Slips
The Guodian Chu Slips (}; }) were unearthed in 1993 in Tomb no. 1 of the Guodian tombs in Jingmen, Hubei. The archeological team suggested the tomb should be dated to the latter half of the Warring States period (mid 4th to early 3rd century BC). The texts would have been written on the bamboo slips..
Guomao
Guomao Bridge. The Guomao area is characterised by many skyscrapers. The Guomao (国贸) area in Beijing is close to Dabeiyao and the China World Trade Centre. "Guomao" stands for Guoji Maoyi Zhongxin, which, in English, would equate to International Trade Centre. The more well-known World Tr..
Guominjun
The Guominjun (Traditional Chinese: 國民軍; Simplified Chinese: 国民军; Hanyu Pinyin: Guómínjūn; Wade-Giles: Kuominchun), or Nationalist Army, refers to the military faction founded by Feng Yuxiang during China's Warlord Era. It was formed when Feng betrayed the Zhili clique during its war..
Guosim
In the Redwall series by British author Brian Jacques, Guosim stands for Guerrilla Union of Shrews in Mossflower. (It is spelled phonetically as Guossom in the book Salamandastron.) They primarily travel the waters of Mossflower Wood in logboats. They are very argumenative and can never agree on any..
Guotai Junan
Guotai Junan Securities is an investment bank in the People's Republic of China. External links [Official site] ..
Guoyu
Guoyu (Traditional Chinese: 國語; Simplified Chinese: 国语; Hanyu Pinyin: Guóyǔ; Wade-Giles: Kuo-yü), literally "nation/country-language" can refer to: Standard Mandarin, the standardized spoken Chinese language. This meaning was added in Japan (kokugo in Japanese) to refer to the standardize..
Guoyu (book)
The Gúoyǔ (}) is a classical Chinese history book that collect of historical records of numerous states from Western Zhou to 453 BC. Its author is unknown, but Zuo Qiuming, a contemporary of Conficius, is sometimes attributed. The Guoyu was probably compiled beginning in the 5th century BC and con..
Guozijian
The Guozijian (国子监 guózǐjiàn), sometimes called the Imperial Academy or Imperial College, was the central national institute of learning in Chinese dynasties after the Sui. It was the highest institute of learning in China's traditional educational system. Imperial Academies were located ..
Guo Bingwen
Guo Bingwen (or Ping-Wen Kuo) (郭秉文) (1879-1969), modern educator. He is accepted as the Father of the Chinese Modern University. He founded the first modern Chinese University (the National Southeastern University which renamed National Central University in 1928 and Nanjing University in 19..
Guo Chuwang
Guo Chuwang (}) was a patriot at the end of the Song Dynasty and a musician of the guqin who composer of the piece Xiaoxiang Shuiyun 《瀟湘水雲》. Guqin[古琴] Contemporary guqin players | Guqin literature | Guqin notation | Qinpu | Qin societies | Yaji Melodies Guangli..
Guo Huai
Guo Huai (郭淮) was a minor Wei general who served under Cao Cao. He later rose up through the ranks during Cao Pi's reign. He eventually became a top commander while serving Sima Yi. He made many contributions to the Wei Kingdom. While pursuing a retreating Jiang Wei, he was shot by an arrow and ..
Guo Jia
Portrait of Guo Jia from a Qing Dynasty edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Names Simplified Chinese: 郭嘉 Traditional Chinese: 郭嘉 Pinyin: Guō Jiā Wade-Giles: Kuo Chia Zi: Fengxiao (奉孝) Guo Jia (170 – 207) was a strategist and advisor to the powerful warlord..
Guo Jing
Guo Jing (}, died January 31, 1273) is the fictional main character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a novel written by Chinese author Jinyong. He also plays a supporting role in the second part of the Condor Trilogy, The Return of the Condor Heroes. Contents 1 Biography2 Character D..
Guo Jingjing
Guo Jingjing (Chinese: 郭晶晶, pinyin: Guō Jīngjīng) (born October 15, 1981) is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. She competes in diving. Born in Baoding, Hebei province, she left her family at the age of eleven in order to train. Guo represented Ch..
Guo Jingming
Guo Jingming (郭敬明) (b. June 6, 1983) is a famous Chinese author. His books are very popular among young people in China. Guo is currently studying as a university student in Shanghai and has published 5 books so far. Also he is now the editor of the magazine 'I5LAND'. Guo's first book is cal..
Guo Kan
Guo Kan (郭侃) was a famous general of Chinese descent that served the Mongolian Khans in their Western conquests and the conquest of China itself. He was descended from a linage of Chinese generals: both his father and grandfather had served the Khan, while his ancestor is Guo Ziyi, a famed gener..
Guo Ma
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Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo (Chinese: 郭沫若; Pinyin: Guō Mòruò; Wade-Giles: Kuo Mo-jo, courtesy name Dǐng Táng 鼎堂) (November 16, 1892 - June 12,1978) was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official. In 1914, after receiving Chinese traditional education, he left China, an..
Guo Pu
Gūo Pú (; Wade-Giles: Kuo P'u, 276-324), born in Yuncheng, Shanxi, was a noted natural historian and also a versatile and prolific writer of the Jin Dynasty. He made annotations to many pre-Qin ancient works, such as: EryaClassic of the Seas and MountainsAccount of King Mu of Zhou (穆天子傳, ..
Guo Sheng
Guo Sheng(郭盛) is a character in the Water Margin. Guo Sheng wore a similar headdress to Lu Fang's, donned a white robe, covered by a suit of silvery-white armour, along with a silver belt. He rode on a snow-white steed and wielded a white spear similar to Lu Fang's. Guo was from Jialing, Xichu..
Guo Shiguang
Guo Shiguang is a character in the epic Chinese novel, the Water Margin. Guo is best known as one of the southern rebel Fang La's officers, and he was the one who killed Liangshan's Xuan Zan in battle. ..
Guo Shoujin
Guo Shoujin, alias Nuo Shi (1231-1316), was a famous ancient Chinese hydraulic engineer and mathematician. He improved the calendar and was off by only 50 seconds. He calculated a year was 365 days 5 hours 36 minutes and 11 seconds. Although he did a great deal on the modern calendar, he suggested p..
Guo Shoujing
Guo Shoujing (Chinese: 郭守敬; Pinyin: Guō Shǒujìng; Wade-Giles: Kuo Shou-ching) (1231 – 1316) was a Chinese astronomer, engineer, and mathematician. His grandfather was Guo Yang, a noted scholar. By the age of fourteen Guo Shoujing designed a water clock and at sixteen he was studying ..
Guo Si
Guō Sì (Simplified Chinese: 郭汜; Traditional Chinese: 郭汜) (146 – 197) was formerly a general under Niu Fu, who served under Dong Zhuo. After the death of his Lord, Guo Si occupied the capital of Chang'an with other former Dong Zhuo generals, Fan Chou and Li Jue, on the advice of Jia X..
Guo Songling
Guo Songling (Traditional Chinese: 郭松齡; Simplified Chinese: 郭松龄; Hanyu Pinyin: Guō Sōnglíng; Wade-Giles: Kuo Sung-ling) (d. 24 December 1925) was a Chinese warlord and Manchurian general who led a three month rebellion against Zhang Zuolin. Rising from obscure origins, Guo Songling ..
Guo Tu
[Guo Tu] was an esteemed advisor under the warlord Yuan Shao during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China (180-220 C.E.). He was Yuan Shao's 'go to guy' for civil and military decisions, as Yuan Shao always delayed when faced with a decision. This information is derived from The Romance ..
Guo Xi
Guo Xi (Traditional Chinese: 郭熙; Simplified Chinese: 郭熙; Hanyu Pinyin: Guō Xī; Wade-Giles: Kuo Hsi) (c.1020 – c.1090) Chinese landscape painter who lived during the Northern Song dynasty. He wrote a book about how to paint landscapes. He was a court professional, a literati, well-e..
Guo Xiang
Guo Xiang (Chinese: 郭象; Pinyin: Guō Xiàng; Wade-Giles: Kuo Hsiang; d. 312 C.E.), is credited with the first and most important revision of the text known as the Zhuangzi which, along with the Laozi, forms the textual and philosophical basis of the Daoist school of thought. The Guo Xiang red..
Guo Xiang (fictional)
Guo Xiang (Traditional Chinese: 郭襄; Simplified Chinese: 郭襄; pinyin: guō xiāng) is a fictional character in The Return of the Condor Heroes, a wuxia novel written by Jinyong, and later mentioned in The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber. Contents 1 Biography2 Name3 Intr..
Guo Xun
Guo Xun (; Wade-Giles: Kuo Hsün, d. 75), was an associate general of Ban Chao, he and Ban Chao were sent to the Western Regions for a diplomatic expedition by Dou Gu. In 75, he was killed along with Chen Mu by the rebels from the state of Yanqi and Qiuci. ..
Guo Yi
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Guo Youzhi
Guo Youzhi a minister serving under Shu. During Zhuge Liang's proclamation before the Northern Campaign, Guo Youzhi was listed by Zhuge Liang as being exceedingly loyal and faithful, along with that of Dong Yun and Fei Yi. Guo Youzhi was afterwards entrusted by Zhuge Liang with all the matters of th..
Guo Yuan
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Guo Yunshen
Guo Yunshen (郭雲深, 1827-1902) was a famous Xingyiquan martial artist. He represented the xingyi martial philosophy of preferring to become highly proficient with only a few techniques rather than to be less proficient with many techniques. His skill with one technique Beng Quan was legendary,..
Guo Ziyi
Guo Ziyi (Traditional Chinese: 郭子儀, Simplified Chinese: 郭子仪 , Hanyu Pinyin: Guō Zǐyí, Wade-Giles: Kuo Tzu-i) (697–781) was a general of Tang China who ended the Anshi Rebellion, and participated in the expeditions against the people of Huihe (Uyghurs) and Tubo (Tibetans). Guo Z..
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