- Chuang-tzu (莊子)
Japan Says Chinese Premier Li Ignores History in Potsdam Remarks
Japan Says Chinese Premier Li Ignores History in Potsdam Remarks
By Bloomberg News - May 27, 2013
A top Japanese official said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang “ignored history” by interpreting a 1945 allied agreement to mean Japan should hand over disputed islands to China.
In a speech yesterday in Potsdam, Germany, site of the conference where terms of surrender were dictated to Japan, Li said that agreement reaffirmed Japan should return all territory stolen from China, including “Taiwan and related islands.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-26/china-s-li-calls-to-uphold-postwar-peace-amid-japan-island-spat.html
By Bloomberg News - May 27, 2013
A top Japanese official said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang “ignored history” by interpreting a 1945 allied agreement to mean Japan should hand over disputed islands to China.
In a speech yesterday in Potsdam, Germany, site of the conference where terms of surrender were dictated to Japan, Li said that agreement reaffirmed Japan should return all territory stolen from China, including “Taiwan and related islands.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-26/china-s-li-calls-to-uphold-postwar-peace-amid-japan-island-spat.html
Only by Facing History Squarely Can One Embrace the Future, Premier Li Keqiang Stresses
Only by Facing History Squarely Can One Embrace the Future, Premier Li Keqiang Stresses
2013/05/26
On 26 May, Premier Li Keqiang toured the site of the Potsdam Conference in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.
2013/05/26
On 26 May, Premier Li Keqiang toured the site of the Potsdam Conference in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.
Endurance, Lao-tzu (老子)
- Laozi (老子, 604 BC-? )
Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Alternative Names (異名):
朱雀, 주작, Zhū Què, Vermilion Bird, スザク(Japanese), Chu Tước(Vietnamese)
The Vermilion Bird (Chinese: 朱雀; pinyin: Zhū Què) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire-elemental, the direction of south, and the season summer correspondingly. Thus it is sometimes called the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què). It is often mistaken for Fenghuang, but they are two different creatures. Fenghuang is the king of birds, while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.
The Seven Mansions of the Vermilion Bird
Like the other Four Symbols, the Vermilion Bird corresponds to seven "mansions", or positions, of the moon.
Well (Chinese: 井; pinyin: Jǐng)
Ghost (Chinese: 鬼; pinyin: Guǐ)
Willow (Chinese: 柳; pinyin: Liǔ)
Star (Chinese: 星; pinyin: Xīng)
Extended Net (Chinese: 張; pinyin: Zhāng)
Wings (Chinese: 翼; pinyin: Yì)
Chariot (Chinese: 軫; pinyin: Zhěn)
Nature of The Vermilion Bird
The Vermilion Bird is an elegant and noble bird in both appearance and behavior, it is very selective in what it eats and where it perches, with its feathers in many different hues of reddish orange.
Vermilion Bird in different languages
The Chinese constellations were not only used by Chinese cartographers, they were also used by Korean and Japanese cartographers as well.
Standard Mandarin: Zhū Què / 朱雀
Japanese: Suzaku / スザク
Korean: Ju-jak / 주작
Vietnam by Sino-Vietnamese: Chu Tước (Pronounced by "Tchu Tughk")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermilion_Bird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mythology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_mythology
Chinese mythology stubs | Chinese constellations | Chinese astronomy | Chinese mythology | Legendary birds | Chinese legendary creatures
Alternative Names (異名):
朱雀, 주작, Zhū Què, Vermilion Bird, スザク(Japanese), Chu Tước(Vietnamese)
The Vermilion Bird (Chinese: 朱雀; pinyin: Zhū Què) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire-elemental, the direction of south, and the season summer correspondingly. Thus it is sometimes called the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què). It is often mistaken for Fenghuang, but they are two different creatures. Fenghuang is the king of birds, while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.
The Seven Mansions of the Vermilion Bird
Like the other Four Symbols, the Vermilion Bird corresponds to seven "mansions", or positions, of the moon.
Well (Chinese: 井; pinyin: Jǐng)
Ghost (Chinese: 鬼; pinyin: Guǐ)
Willow (Chinese: 柳; pinyin: Liǔ)
Star (Chinese: 星; pinyin: Xīng)
Extended Net (Chinese: 張; pinyin: Zhāng)
Wings (Chinese: 翼; pinyin: Yì)
Chariot (Chinese: 軫; pinyin: Zhěn)
Nature of The Vermilion Bird
The Vermilion Bird is an elegant and noble bird in both appearance and behavior, it is very selective in what it eats and where it perches, with its feathers in many different hues of reddish orange.
Vermilion Bird in different languages
The Chinese constellations were not only used by Chinese cartographers, they were also used by Korean and Japanese cartographers as well.
Standard Mandarin: Zhū Què / 朱雀
Japanese: Suzaku / スザク
Korean: Ju-jak / 주작
Vietnam by Sino-Vietnamese: Chu Tước (Pronounced by "Tchu Tughk")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermilion_Bird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mythology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_mythology
Chinese mythology stubs | Chinese constellations | Chinese astronomy | Chinese mythology | Legendary birds | Chinese legendary creatures
Endeavor, Confucius
- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)
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