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Yan Zhitui, the Glossary

Yan Zhitui (531–591) courtesy name Jie was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, musician, writer, philosopher and politician who served four different Chinese states during the late Northern and Southern dynasties: the Liang dynasty in southern China, the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou dynasties of northern China, and their successor state that reunified China, the Sui dynasty.^[1]

Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.

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Bad habit

A bad habit is a behaviour pattern perceived as negative.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Buddhist texts

Buddhist texts are religious texts that belong to, or are associated with, Buddhism and its traditions.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

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Chen dynasty

The Chen dynasty, alternatively known as the Southern Chen (南陳 / 南朝陳) in historiography, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the fourth and last of the Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period.

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Chinese Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism (p) is a Chinese form of Mahayana Buddhism which draws on the Chinese Buddhist canonJiang Wu, "The Chinese Buddhist Canon" in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism, p. 299, Wiley-Blackwell (2014).

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Chinese calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ancient Chinese literati, along with playing stringed musical instruments, the board game "Go", and painting.

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Chinese culture

Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago.

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Chinese painting

Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world.

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Chinese people

The Chinese people, or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation.

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.

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Confucius

Confucius (孔子; pinyin), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education. Yan Zhitui and Confucius are Chinese political philosophers, philosophers of education and Social philosophers.

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Emperor He of Southern Qi

Emperor He of Southern Qi ((南)齊和帝) (488 – 2 May 502; r. 14 April 501– 20 April 502), personal name Xiao Baorong (蕭寶融), courtesy name Zhizhao (智昭), was the last emperor of the Chinese Southern Qi dynasty.

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Emperor Wen of Sui

Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝; 21 July 541 – 13 August 604), personal name Yang Jian (楊堅), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (普六茹堅), alias Narayana deriving from Buddhist terms, was the founding emperor of the Chinese Sui dynasty.

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Emperor Wu of Chen

Emperor Wu of Chen (503– 9 August 559), personal name Chen Baxian (陳霸先), courtesy name Xingguo (興國), childhood name Fasheng (法生), was the founding emperor of the Chen dynasty of China. Yan Zhitui and emperor Wu of Chen are Liang dynasty Buddhists.

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Emperor Wu of Liang

Emperor Wu of Liang (464 – 12 June 549), personal name Xiao Yan (蕭衍), courtesy name Shuda (叔達), childhood name Lian'er (練兒), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Liang dynasty, during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. Yan Zhitui and emperor Wu of Liang are Liang dynasty Buddhists.

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Four Books and Five Classics

The Four Books and Five Classics are authoritative and important books associated with Confucianism, written before 300 BC.

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Guqin

The guqin is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument.

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Hou Jing

Hou Jing (died 26 May 552), courtesy name Wanjing (萬景), was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician.

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Incarnation

Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh.

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Jiankang

Jiankang, or Jianye, as it was originally called, was the capital city of the Eastern Wu (229–265 and 266–280 CE), the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420 CE) and the Southern Dynasties (420–552), including the Chen dynasty (557–589 CE).

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Jin dynasty (266–420)

The Jin dynasty or Jin Empire, sometimes distinguished as the or the, was an imperial dynasty in China that existed from 266 to 420.

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Jingzhou

Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei province, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River.

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Liang dynasty

The Liang dynasty, alternatively known as the Southern Liang or Xiao Liang in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the third of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period.

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Linyi

Linyi is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, China.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Musician

A musician is one who composes, conducts, or performs music.

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Nanjing

Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China. The city has 11 districts, an administrative area of, and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yangtze River Delta region, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having served as the capital of various Chinese dynasties, kingdoms and republican governments dating from the 3rd century to 1949, and has thus long been a major center of culture, education, research, politics, economy, transport networks and tourism, being the home to one of the world's largest inland ports.

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North China

North China is a geographical region of China, consisting of two direct-administered municipalities (Beijing and Tianjin), two provinces (Hebei and Shanxi), and one autonomous region (Inner Mongolia).

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Northern and southern China

Northern China and Southern China are two approximate regions within China.

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Northern and Southern dynasties

The Northern and Southern dynasties was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589, following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty.

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Northern Qi

Qi, known as the Northern Qi, Later Qi (後齊) or Gao Qi (高齊) in historiography, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era.

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Northern Zhou

Zhou, known in historiography as the Northern Zhou, was a Xianbei-led dynasty of China that lasted from 557 to 581.

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Paper

Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying.

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Philosophy

Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.

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Piety

Piety is a virtue which may include religious devotion or spirituality.

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Politician

A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Shandong

Shandong is a coastal province in East China.

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Southern Qi

Qi, known in historiography as the Southern Qi or Xiao Qi, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the second of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era.

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Sui dynasty

The Sui dynasty was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618.

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Toilet

A toilet is a piece of sanitary hardware that collects human urine and feces, and sometimes toilet paper, usually for disposal.

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Toilet paper

Toilet paper (sometimes called toilet tissue, toilet roll, or bathroom tissue) is a tissue paper product primarily used to clean the anus and surrounding region of feces (after defecation), and to clean the external genitalia and perineal area of urine (after urination).

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Upheaval of the Five Barbarians

The Upheaval of the Five Barbarians also translated as the Uprising, Rebellion or the Revolt of the Five Barbarians is a Chinese expression used to refer to a chaotic period of warfare during the Jin dynasty (266–420) roughly between 304 and 316 which heavily involved non-Han peoples living in China, commonly called the Five Barbarians.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Zhitui

Also known as Yan's Family Instructions, Yanshi Jiaxun, Yen Chih-t'ui.

, Yan (surname), Yan Silu, Yan Youqin, Yan Zhiyi, Yangtze.

Yan Zhitui, the Glossary

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531 births

591 deaths

6th-century Chinese calligraphers

6th-century Chinese painters

6th-century Chinese philosophers

6th-century Chinese writers

6th-century Confucianists

Chinese political philosophers

Liang dynasty Buddhists

Liang dynasty musicians

Liang dynasty painters

Liang dynasty writers

Musicians from Hubei

Northern Qi Buddhists

Northern Qi musicians

Northern Qi painters

Northern Qi writers

Northern Wei Buddhists

Northern Wei musicians

Northern Wei painters

Northern Wei writers

Northern Zhou Buddhists

Northern Zhou musicians

Northern Zhou painters

Northern Zhou writers

Painters from Hubei

People from Jingzhou

Scholars of Buddhism

Sui dynasty musicians

Sui dynasty painters

Sui dynasty writers

Writers from Hubei

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