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* The Chinese Taoist alchemist Wei Boyang, author of the Kinship of the Three, is the first to describe an early form of gunpowder solution.
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The internal styles are also known as Wǔdāngquán, named for their association with the Taoist monasteries of Wudangshan range, Hubei Province in Chinese popular legend.
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The government regulates its activities through the Chinese Taoist Association.
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* Taoist temples and monasteries are called guan or daoguan ( 道观, literally " place of contemplation of the Tao ") in Chinese, guan being the shortened version of daoguan.
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The Japanese legend of Gama Sennin ( 蝦蟇仙人 " Toad Immortal ") is based upon Chinese Liu Hai ( 劉海 ), a fabled 10th-century alchemist who learned the secret of immortality from the Chan Chu (" Three-legged Money Toad ").
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Complex systems of predicting fate and destiny based on one's birthday, birth season, and birth hours, such as ziping and Zi Wei Dou Shu () are still used regularly in modern day Chinese astrology.
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A specific passage in the Chinese Book of Wei ( Wei-shu ) is often cited as definitive proof in the identity of the Huns as the Xiongnu.
Critical analysis of these Chinese texts reveals that certain chapters in the Book of Wei had been copied from the Bei-Xi by Song editors, including the chapter on the Xiongnu.
* 1966 – Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster ( d. 2012 )
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It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade during the mid-19th century ( ; Wade – Giles: Wei < sup > 1 </ sup >- t ' o < sup > 3 </ sup >- ma < sup > 3 </ sup > P ' in < sup > 1 </ sup >- yin < sup > 1 </ sup >), and was given completed form with Herbert Giles ' Chinese – English dictionary of 1892.
* Wei Pu, Chinese astronomer and mathematician
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** Wang Wei, Chinese poet ( d. 1647 )
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* Wei Qing, a general of Han Dynasty, who strike Xiongnu deeply leading Chinese army and enabled Han control Western Regions later
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* 225 BC: The Chinese Qin State conquers Wei.
* The Chinese hydraulic engineer Ximen Bao ( 西門豹 ) oversees an enormous canal system for agricultural irrigation, while employed by Marquis Wen of Wei ( 文侯 ) ( 445 BC – 396 BC ).
* Xian Wen Di, Chinese Emperor of Northern Wei ( b. 454 )
* Wei Qing, Chinese general of the Han Dynasty
* Wei Gao, general under Chinese Tang Dynasty
* Wang Wei, Chinese poet, musician, painter, and chancellor of the Tang Dynasty ( b. 701 )
* Dynasties of the North and South: The Chinese Empire is unified by the Northern Wei Dynasty.
* Ming Yuan Di, age 17, succeeds Dao Wu di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei ( see Northern dynasties ).
* Xian Wen Di, Chinese emperor of Northern Wei ( d. 476 )
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