Guan Yu - Early life. Guan Yu was born in the county of Xie (解, a subdistrict of present day Yuncheng, Shanxi). The year of his birth is not found in historical records, but according to a 1680 stele in a temple worshipping Guan Yu in his hometown, as well as a biography of Guan Yu written in 1756, Guan Yu's birth year is estimated to be 160. Guan Yu fled his hometown at the age of twenty-three after slaying a local bully named Lü Xiong (吕熊). Five years later, he arrived in Zhuo Commandery (涿郡, ...

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Guan Yu, Guan Yu - The historical Guan Yu, Guan Yu - Early life, Guan Yu - Short service under Cao Cao, Guan Yu - Capture of Jingzhou, Guan Yu - Downfall, Guan Yu - Note, Guan Yu - Guan Yu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu - Brotherhood sworn in the garden of peach blossoms, Guan Yu - Slaying Hua Xiong, Guan Yu - Surrender to Cao Cao, Guan Yu - Slaying Yan Liang, Guan Yu - Slaying Wen Chou, Guan Yu - Crossing five passes and slaying six warriors, Guan Yu - Releasing Cao Cao at Huarong Trail, Guan Yu - Treatment of a poisoned arm, Guan Yu - Enlightenment on Yuqian Hill, Guan Yu - Revenge on Lü Meng, Guan Yu - Miscellaneous Information, Guan Yu - Worship of Guan Yu, Guan Yu - General worship, Guan Yu - Worship in Taoism, Guan Yu - Worship in Buddhism, Guan Yu - Reference

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Guan Yu, Guan Yu - The historical Guan Yu, Guan Yu - Early life, Guan Yu - Short service under Cao Cao, Guan Yu - Capture of Jingzhou, Guan Yu - Downfall, Guan Yu - Note, Guan Yu - Guan Yu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu - Brotherhood sworn in the garden of peach blossoms, Guan Yu - Slaying Hua Xiong, Guan Yu - Surrender to Cao Cao, Guan Yu - Slaying Yan Liang, Guan Yu - Slaying Wen Chou, Guan Yu - Crossing five passes and slaying six warriors, Guan Yu - Releasing Cao Cao at Huarong Trail, Guan Yu - Treatment of a poisoned arm, Guan Yu - Enlightenment on Yuqian Hill, Guan Yu - Revenge on Lü Meng, Guan Yu - Miscellaneous Information, Guan Yu - Worship of Guan Yu, Guan Yu - General worship, Guan Yu - Worship in Taoism, Guan Yu - Worship in Buddhism, Guan Yu - Reference

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Guan Yu has been deified as early as the Sui Dynasty and is still popularly worshipped today among the Chinese people variedly as an indigenous Chinese deity, a bodhisattva in Buddhism and a guardian deity in Taoism. He is also held in high esteem in Confucianism. These are not necessarily contradictory or even distinguished among the common folks as is characteristic of the Chinese, who have quite seamlessly merged these ancient phil ...

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Guan(ch 關, 関, 关) is a Chinese family name rendered in Cantonese as Kwan. Several English spellings also exist, such as Quan, Quon, Kwan and Kwon. Prominent people named Guan include: General Guan Yu (160-219 AD) Guan Ping, Guan Yu's son Guan Hanqing, playwright (ca 1241-1320) Michelle Kwan, figure skater (1980-) Ja

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219 - Events. Legio III Gallica and IV Scythica are disbanded by Roman Emperor Elagabalus after their leaders, Verus and Gellius Maximus, rebel. Liu Bei declares himself King of Han Zhong Guan Yu, great general of Shu surrounded and defeated at Mai Castle 219 - Births. 219 - Deaths. Guan Yu, celebrated general of Liu Bei Guan Ping, son of Guan Yu Liu Zhang, former ruler of YizhouIncluding:

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160 - Events. 160 - Births. Tertullian, Christian writer (possible date) Guan Yu, one of the Five Tiger Generals of the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history (possible date). 160 - Deaths. Suetonius, Roman historian Category: 160 ...

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In 200, Guan Yu concluded his short service under Cao Cao and bade farewell to the latter to reunite with his former lord and sworn brother Liu Bei. In his hurry Guan Yu had failed to obtain an official document from Cao Cao and thus had been challenged twice along the way, by Kong Xiu at Dongling Pass (東岭關, south of present day Dengfeng, Henan) and by Han Fu and Meng Tan (孟坦) at Luoyang respectively. On bot ...

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Bian Xi, Bian Xi - Death in Guan Yu's hands, Bian Xi - Reference

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According to the teaching, Skanda was the son of a virtous king who had complete faith in Buddha's teachings. When Buddha entered nirvana, the Buddha instructed Skanda to guard the Dharma. It was his job to protect members of the Sangha when they are disturbed by Mara, the tempter. A few days after the Buddha's passing and cremation, evil demons robbed his relics. Skanda's vow of protecting the faith and Dharma was proven when he managed to defeat the ev ...

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Skanda Buddhism, Skanda Buddhism - History, Skanda Buddhism - Description of Skanda

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According to legend, the guan dao was invented by the famous general Guan Yu during the early 3rd century AD, hence the name. Due to his supposedly large stature, he was able to wield such an imposing weapon and developed the guan dao into a versatile tool. Guan Yu's guan dao was called "Green Dragon Crescent Blade" (青龍偃月刀) which weighed 82 Chinese jin (estimated 49 kg.) However, historically speaking it is likely that Guan Yu used a lance or a dagger-axe (ji) and not his epynonymous sword. While the famous novel Romance of ...

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Guan dao, Guan dao - History, Guan dao - Combat Uses

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According to legend, the guan dao was invented by the famous general Guan Yu during the early 3rd century AD, hence the name. Due to his large stature, he was able to wield such an imposing weapon and developed the guan dao into a versatile tool. Guan Yu's guan dao was called "Green Dragon Crescent Blade" (青龍偃月刀) which weighed 82 Chinese jin (estimated 49 kg.) However, historically speaking it is likely that Guan Yu used a lance or a dagger-axe (ji) and not his epynonymous sword. While the famous novel Romance of the Three K ...

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Guan dao, Guan dao - History, Guan dao - Combat Uses

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Sima Yi - Early Career. In the year 219, the general Guan Yu of the Kingdom of Shu had progressed very far in his campaign in Jingzhou (荆州), defeating several armies and encircling Fan Castle (樊城), threatening to take it. There was much panic among Cao Cao and his advisors, with serious discussion of changing the capital to a further away location to be safer in the event of Fan Castle's fall. Sima Yi strongly opposed this idea, and instead proposed an alliance with the Kingdom of Wu in order to surround and defeat Guan Yu. His proposal was used, and was a great success. Guan Yu ...

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Sima Yi, Sima Yi - Early Life, Sima Yi - Background, Sima Yi - Entering Service with Cao Cao, Sima Yi - As a Strategist, Sima Yi - Early Career, Sima Yi - Battles Against Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi - Late Career, Sima Yi - After Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi - Friction with Cao Shuang, Sima Yi - Solidification of Power, Sima Yi - Legends, Sima Yi - Family, Sima Yi - Wife, Sima Yi - Direct Descendants, Sima Yi - Other Family, Sima Yi - Reference

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It must be understood that one of the greatest achievements of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the extreme complexity of its stories and characters. The novel is strung with numerous "mini-stories", many of which could be developed into full-length feature films in their own right (the battle of Chi Bi and the treatment of Guan Yu by Hua Tuo being some). As such, the following effort only serves as a crude summary of the entire story from a bird's eye view without zo ...

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Overview, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Story, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Literary Criticism, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Buddhist aspects, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Popular saying, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Miscellaneous

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Luo Guanzhong's re-telling of this story also give us a window into the politics of his time. The contemporary Ming Emperor Wanli had officially elevated Guan Yu to the position of a god, Lord Guan, to emphasize Guan Yu's characteristics of bravery and extreme fidelity (characteristics the emperor no doubt wanted to promote in his subjects). Luo Guanzhong, however, gives us a more subtle Guan Yu who dies a shattered idol, deserving pity because of his overconfidence. This dissonance was overlooked in traditional commentaries on the text but ...

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Overview, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Story, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Literary Criticism, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Buddhist aspects, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Popular saying, Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Miscellaneous

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Liu Bei - Video and computer games. Liu Bei appears as a playable character in the popular Dynasty Warriors video game series by Koei, in which his weapon of choice is a sword(in the novel he had a smith make two swords). His moveset consists of rapid slashes as well as dash and aerial attacks. During most of the battles in Musou Mode (Story Mode), he fights alongside his sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. In Dynasty Warriors 5, a cutscene preceding the Battle of Yiling shows Liu Bei stricken with grief over the death of Guan Yu. Liu Bei's heir Liu Shan also appe ...

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Liu Bei, Liu Bei - Life, Liu Bei - Early life, Liu Bei - Beginning of civil war, Liu Bei - Settling down in Jingzhou, Liu Bei - Entry into Yizhou, Liu Bei - Kingdom of Shu, Liu Bei - Major battles, Liu Bei - Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei - Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei - Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei - Sworn brotherhood in the garden of peach blossoms, Liu Bei - General worship of Liu Bei, Liu Bei - Modern portrayal, Liu Bei - Video and computer games, Liu Bei - Personal information, Liu Bei - Notes

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The Longmen Grottoes were listed by the UNESCO among the World Heritage Sites in November 2000. White Horse Temple is located 12km east of the modern town. Guanlin is a series of temples that have been built in honor of a hero of the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu, close to the grottoes to the south of the city. China's only tombs museum, the Luoyang Ancient Tombs Museum is situated north of the modern town. Luoyang Museum is in the center of town. Luoyang is also famous for the Water Banquet Shui Xi, which consists of 8 cold and 16 warm dishes cooked in various broths, ...

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Luoyang, Luoyang - Administration, Luoyang - History, Luoyang - Culture, Luoyang - Colleges and universities, Luoyang - Public, Luoyang - Famous residents

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Taoism itself form the nucleus of Chinese customs among the Chinese in Singapore. Such beliefs are also adopted by folk Buddhists. Deities, such as Guan Yu, the Kitchen God and the patron deity are some of the most popular deities among Taoist adherents among the local Chinese community. The Yin Yang concept, being an orthodox Taoist principle, is only ancedotally practiced among folk Taoists. Taoist martial arts, notably Tai Chi, is being practiced in commu ...

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Taoism in Singapore, Taoism in Singapore - History, Taoism in Singapore - Role of Taoism in the Chinese community, Taoism in Singapore - Ancestor worship, Taoism in Singapore - Incence papers

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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and during the Three Kingdoms Period. In the novel, Zhang Liao was depicted as a loyal and upright general. While this might not be untrue, such portrayal was likely the result of artistic simplificaton. In Chapter 18, where he still served under Lü Bu, Zhang Liao was sent with a force to attack Liu Bei at Xiaopei (小沛, present day Pei County, Jiangsu). From the city wall Guan Yu addressed the att ...

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Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao - Life, Zhang Liao - Early life, Zhang Liao - Battle of Leisure Ford, Zhang Liao - Late life, Zhang Liao - Zhang Liao in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Liao - Reference

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Set 2 was released in June of 2005. It consists of the Britons, Chinese, Egyptians and Mongols. The Promotional Pack associated with this set includes Robin Hood and Yue Fei. The starter set for the 2nd release pits Ramses II against Genghis Khan. Anachronism game - Factions. Britons Alfred the Great Boudicca King Arthur Richard the Lionheart Robin Hood Chinese Guan Yu Hua Mulan Jie the Tyran ...

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Anachronism game, Anachronism game - Description, Anachronism game - First Release, Anachronism game - Factions, Anachronism game - Promotional Cards, Anachronism game - Set 2, Anachronism game - Factions, Anachronism game - Set 3, Anachronism game - Factions, Anachronism game - Promotional Cards, Anachronism game - Set 4, Anachronism game - Factions, Anachronism game - Set 5, Anachronism game - Set 5 Warriors, Anachronism game - Competitive Play

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After Liu Bang's success in extinguishing the remainder of Qin Dynasty by capturing its capital Xianyang in winter 207 BC, Xiang Yu, jealous of Liu, nevertheless refused to obey the promise by Mi Xing, Prince Huai of Chu to create Liu the Prince of Qing. Rather, Xiang gave Liu the remote Principality of Han (modern Sichuan, Chongqing, and southern Shaanxi) in 206 BC. Liu was extremely angry and wanted to attack Xiang, and was joined in this opinion by his generals Zhou Bo (周勃), Guan Ying (灌嬰), and Fan. It was Xiao who persuaded him t ...

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Xiao He, Xiao He - Life and career before Liu Bang's establishment of the Principality of Han, Xiao He - Career as chancellor of the Principality of Han during Chu Han Contention, Xiao He - Career as Chancellor of the newly established Han Empire, Xiao He - Impact on Chinese history

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Anachronism is a tabletop game with aspects of both miniatures and collectible card genres. The creators of the game, TriKing Games and The History Channel, have dubbed it "The Greatest Game in History". Anachronism game - Description. The game is a contest of arms between two warriors from numerous historical periods. Each game lasts a maximum of five rounds. The game is unusual for a card game in that it does not use shuffling as a randomization technique. Each player places their chosen warrior card on t ...

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• Anachronism game - First Release
• Anachronism game - Factions
• Anachronism game - Promotional Cards
• Anachronism game - Set 2
• Anachronism game - Factions
• Anachronism game - Set 3
• Anachronism game - Factions
• Anachronism game - Promotional Cards
• Anachronism game - Set 4
• Anachronism game - Factions
• Anachronism game - Set 5
• Anachronism game - Set 5 Warriors
• Anachronism game - Competitive Play

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