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Jing Fang (Chinese: 京房; pinyin: Jīng Fáng; Wade–Giles: Ching Fang, 78–37 BC), born Li Fang (李房), courtesy name Junming (君明), was born in present-day 東郡頓丘 (Puyang, Henan) during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). He was a Chinese music theorist, mathematician and astronomer. Although better known for his work in musical measurements, he also accurately described the basic mechanics of lunar and solar eclipses.

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Jing Fang

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Jing Fang (Chinese: 京房; pinyin: Jīng Fáng; Wade–Giles: Ching Fang, 78–37 BC), born Li Fang (李房), courtesy name Junming (君明), was born in present-day 東郡頓丘...

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Wenwanggua

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results of I Ching divination that was first described in writing by Jing Fang in Han dynasty China. It is based on correlating trigrams to the Celestial...

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Tao Te Ching

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status as a classic, was only first applied during the reign of Emperor Jing of Han (157–141 BC). Other titles for the work include the honorific Sutra...

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Diageo

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Seagram's Seven Crown, Balcones Canadian whisky: Crown Royal Baijiu: Shui Jing Fang Beer: Guinness, Guinness Black Lager, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, Harp...

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I Ching

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Most of this early commentary, such as the image and number work of Jing Fang, Yu Fan and Xun Shuang, is no longer extant. Only short fragments survive...

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Fang Jing

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Fang Jing (Chinese: 方静; June 1971 – 18 November 2015) was an anchorwoman of China Central Television (CCTV). She hosted several programs including the...

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Laozi

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耳字. Zdic 漢典. Rainey, Lee Dian (2013), Decoding Dao: Reading the Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) and the Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), John Wiley & Sons, p. 31, ISBN 978-1118465677...

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Yin and yang

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yáng: ˑiəm < *ˑiəm and iang < *diang (Bernhard Karlgren) ʔjəm and *raŋ (Li Fang-Kuei) ʔ(r)jum and *ljang (William H. Baxter) ʔjəm < *ʔəm and jiaŋ < *laŋ...

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Tibetan Mastiff

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Li, Yan; Jhala, Yadvendradev; Thakur, Mukesh; Otecko, Newton O.; Si, Jing-Fang; Chen, Hong-Man; Shapiro, Beth; Nielsen, Rasmus; Zhang, Ya-Ping; Wu, Dong-Dong...

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List of Chinese mathematicians

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to have initially developed largely independently of other cultures. Jing Fang: 78 – 37 BC Liu Xin: c. 50 BC – 23 AD Zhang Heng: 78 – 139 AD Liu Hong:...

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Sun Tzu

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Han Ban Zhao Dong Zhongshu Dongfang Shuo Dou Wu Huan Tan Jia Yi Jia Kui Jing Fang Kong Anguo Liu An Lu Jia Liu Xiang Ma Rong Wang Chong Wang Fu Xun Yue...

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Confucianism

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Analects Confucius says that it is appropriate (yi) for people to worship (敬; jìng) them, although only through proper rites (li), implying respect of positions...

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Li Si

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Han Ban Zhao Dong Zhongshu Dongfang Shuo Dou Wu Huan Tan Jia Yi Jia Kui Jing Fang Kong Anguo Liu An Lu Jia Liu Xiang Ma Rong Wang Chong Wang Fu Xun Yue...

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Chinese astronomy

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reflection of the Sun's, was supported by the mathematician and music theorist Jing Fang (78–37 BCE), yet opposed by the Chinese philosopher Wang Chong (27–97 CE)...

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King Wen sequence

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Yong sequence Mawangdui sequence Eight Palaces sequence (attributed to Jing Fang). Timewave zero Wen Wang Gua Marshall, Steve Yijing hexagram sequences...

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Tao

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de Jing by James Legge Legge translation of the Tao Teh King at Project Gutenberg Feng, Gia-Fu & Jane English (translators). 1972. Laozi/Dao De Jing. New...

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Wang Chong

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than a century before Zhang Heng, the mathematician and music theorist Jing Fang (78–37 BC) wrote in the 1st century BC: The moon and the planets are Yin;...

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1st century BC

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Horace, Roman poet Huan Tan, Chinese poet, philosopher and politician Jing Fang, Chinese mathematician and music theorist Marcus Antistius Labeo, Roman...

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78 BC

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Julius Caesar returns to Rome after about two years of service in the army Jing Fang, Chinese mathematician and music theorist (d. 37 BC) Lucius Cornelius...

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Wu wei

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successfully founded his philosophical school with the manuscript 'Dao De Jing' ('Treatise on Morals'). In addition, to achieve the state of Dao, the followers...

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Three teachings

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Han Ban Zhao Dong Zhongshu Dongfang Shuo Dou Wu Huan Tan Jia Yi Jia Kui Jing Fang Kong Anguo Liu An Lu Jia Liu Xiang Ma Rong Wang Chong Wang Fu Xun Yue...

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Mao Zedong

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Han Ban Zhao Dong Zhongshu Dongfang Shuo Dou Wu Huan Tan Jia Yi Jia Kui Jing Fang Kong Anguo Liu An Lu Jia Liu Xiang Ma Rong Wang Chong Wang Fu Xun Yue...

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Music and mathematics

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near equality of 53 perfect fifths with 31 octaves, and was noted by Jing Fang and Nicholas Mercator. Musical set theory uses the language of mathematical...

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History of crossbows

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pellets for ammunition. A Western-Han mathematician and music theorist, Jing Fang (78-37 BC), compared the moon to the shape of a round crossbow bullet...

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Confucius

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– via Newspapers.com. China Economic Net 2009, online. Yan 2008, online. Jing, Jun (1998). The Temple of Memories: History, Power, and Morality in a Chinese...

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Taoism

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the Northern Celestial masters, and their main scripture was the Xisheng jing (Scripture of Western Ascension). During the sixth century, Taoists attempted...

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