The relation between Taoism and Buddhism and Chan Buddhism is complex and fertile.

The portly Hung is shown fighting Lee in the opening sequence of the movie and Chan shows up as a henchman when Lee is discovered inside Han's underground lair.

One is the legend of Bodhidharma, the Indian master who brought the Ekayana school of India to China that subsequently became Chan Buddhism.

The other is the passing of Chinese Chan master Puhua ( J., Fuke ) and is recounted in the Record of Linji ( J., Rinzai ).

** Lien Chan is named by Lee Teng-Hui to succeed Hau Pei-tsun as Premier of the Republic of China.

* Ramesuan is reinstated as King of Ayutthaya ( now southern Thailand ) after dethroning and executing 17 year-old King Thong Chan.

Keaton's physical comedy is cited by Jackie Chan in his autobiography documentary Jackie Chan: My Story as being the primary source of inspiration for his own brand of self-deprecating physical comedy.

In Belize, off the island of Ambergris Caye, there is a popular marine sanctuary, Hol Chan, where divers and snorkelers often gather to watch stingrays and nurse sharks drawn to the area by tour operators who feed the animals.

Cheris Shun-ching considers cults to be new religious movements that focus on the individual experience of the encounter with the sacred rather than collective worship, and to that end describes Falun Gong as an " NRM with cult-like characteristics " ( Chan defines a " cult " differently than as the term is usually understood.

The metaphor Lee borrowed from Chan Buddhism was of constantly filling a cup with water, and then emptying it, used for describing Lee's philosophy of " casting off what is useless ".

The Buddhism in Xixia is generally believed to be an amalgamation of Tibetan and Chinese traditions, among which Huayan Chan ( tradition of Guifeng Zongmi ( Chinese: 圭峰宗密 ), 780 – 841, his master Huayan Chengguan ) was the most influential.

Chan Is Missing is a 1982 film directed by Wayne Wang, which tells the story of two taxi drivers searching the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown for the man who ran off with their money.

Jackie Chan, for example, is often addressed as " Dai Goh " (), meaning Big Brother.

Chan Tin-San is commonly credited as the earliest resident of Locke, California.

Chan have suggested that there is statistical evidence of association relationships between some of the index composite stocks whereas there is no evidence for such a relationship between some index composite others.

One common belief from the pro-blue camp in Taiwan is that Lee Teng-hui favored the unpopular Vice President Lien Chan over the highly popular Soong in a deliberate effort to sabotage the Kuomintang and was secretly supporting Chen, despite the fact that Lee is supposed to favor Kuomintang's own nominee Lien.

The Discovery Bridge ( Yankton ) | Discovery Bridge at night. The city is served by Chan Gurney Municipal Airport.

Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers.

Chan is a detective for the Honolulu police, though many stories feature Chan traveling the world as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes.

Brown also made a cameo appearance in the 2002 Jackie Chan film The Tuxedo, in which Chan was required to finish Brown's act after Brown was accidentally knocked out by Chan.

The Tartars were also in contrast to the concept of Prester John, who may have been Prester Chan and, in Ludolphus's account, chased out of Asia by the Tartars and, in John Herbert's Travels, was Abyssinian.

The origins of the Tangut Chan can be also traced deeper, than it was previously believed: information on Bao-tang Wu-zhu （ 保唐无住720 ～ 794 ） travels in North-Western China from the Notes on Transmitting the Dharma Treasure through Generations implies that at the period of 760's some sort of Buddhism was spread in the region of Helanshan, where the Tangut were already residing.

In the 1983 martial arts film Project A, Jackie Chan also played an homage to Lloyd ( whom he has frequently cited as an influence on his work ) by falling from a clock tower.

In his account, Bishop Núñez de Vega also states that Votan belonged to the royal lineage of " Cham " ( probably " chan " or snake ) and that he established a kingdom called " Na Chan " ( Snake House ) on the Usumacinta River that eventually extended across Chiapas and Soconusco to the Pacific Coast.

Aside from regular collaborations with Chan, others such as Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Lam Ching-ying and Mang Hoi also began to make regular appearances in his films.

The cables also report that Bouterse and Khan were plotting to assassinate then minister of Justice Chan Santokhi and attorney general Subhaas Punwasi.

: A Federation engineering officer, Chan works with Amuro in testing the ν-Gundam, but also harbors feelings for him.

Later in the movie, she joins Char, whom she is looking at as a father figure, but as shown in her envy of Chan, she also hates Nanai.

The avocado tree also has a long history of cultivation in Central and South America ; a water jar shaped like an avocado, dating to AD 900, was discovered in the pre-Incan city of Chan Chan.

Other settlements with smaller numbers of inhabitants may also be found, as well as ancient Mayan sites such as Cuello, Lamanai, Noh Mul and Chan Chich.

Chinese Chan Buddhist monks also came over to teach at Japan's monasteries, and one of the monks ' activities was to introduce political leaders of the day to the various arts of miniature landscapes as ideal accomplishments for men of taste and learning.

* A large Ballcourt for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame, which an inscription there informs us was dedicated in 901 by the ruler Chan Chak K ' ak ' nal Ajaw, also known as Lord Chac before the decipherment of his corresponding name glyphs.

" Anita Chan also posits that China's household registration and temporary residence permit system has created a situation analogous to the passbook system in South Africa which was designed to regulate the supply of cheap labor.

He also translated Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Jorge Luis Borges, Jean-Paul Sartre, Isabelle Eberhardt, Guy Frison-Roche, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Ramon Gomez de la Serna, Giorgio de Chirico, Si Lakhdar, E. Laoust, Ramon Beteta, Gabino Chan, Bertrand Flornoy, Jean Ferry, Denise Moran, Paul Colinet, Paul Magritte, Popul Buj, Francis Ponge, Bluet d ' Acheres and Ramon Sender

** Agnes Chan ( born 1955 ), Hong Kong singer, also famous in Japan

* Chan, the plant Hyptis suaveolens, a relative of mint also known as " pignut "

* Island of Fire, a 1991 Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan, also known as The Prisoner

Cheez TV also aired during Saturday morning under the moniker of The Big Cheez and featured such cartoons as Bruno the Kid, C. O. P. S., Jackie Chan Adventures, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Zoids ( Cheez TV was the first Western nation to air the final four episodes of the Zoids: Chaotic Century series in its English language version ).

Chinese Chan ( or Japanese Zen ) philosophy is also linked with drinking tea.

More recently, Odier founded the " Tantra / Chan centre " in Paris ( confirmed by his official website as operating from 1995 to 2000 ), and he has " taught courses on the spiritual traditions of the Far East at the University of California "— which his website also confirms, noting his " workshops and seminars throughout the world.

一行三昧 ) which is also known as the " samadhi of oneness " or the " calmness in which one realizes that all dharmas are the same " ( Wing-tsit Chan ), is one of the Four Samadhi that both refine, mark the passage to, and qualify the state of perfect enlightenment expounded in the Mohe Zhiguan.