In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Four Books and Five Classics were the subject of mandatory study by those Confucian scholars who wished to become government officials.

They elected the Council of Four Hundred from among their number ; nine Archons and the Treasurers were drawn from persons possessing an unencumbered property of not less than ten minas, the generals ( strategoi ) and commanders of cavalry ( hipparchoi ) from those who could show an unencumbered property of not less than a hundred minas, and had children born in lawful wedlock over ten years of age.

In his 10th year of rule, Sujin instituted the Generals to the Four Cardinal Quarters (), instructing them to quell those who would not submit to their rule.

In his letter " A Comparison between the Lotus and Other Sutras " Nichiren viewed the Four Noble Truths as a specific teaching expounded by the Buddha to the śrāvakas disciples, those who attain awakening by listening to the teachings of a Buddha.

Four of those abilities ( Charisma, Constitution, Dexterity and Intelligence ) have the same name and functions in both games, and the Physical Strength and Mental Strength attributes in Gamma World closely parallel Strength and Wisdom in D & D.

Beginning with the now-iconic phrase " Four score and seven years ago ," referring to the Declaration of Independence during the American Revolution in 1776, Lincoln examined the founding principles of the United States in the context of the Civil War, and memorialized the sacrifices of those who gave their lives at Gettysburg and extolled virtues for the listeners ( and the nation ) to ensure the survival of America's representative democracy, that the " government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Four out of 10 employees work in the services sector, a relatively high proportion of whom are foreigners, including those who commute across the border from the neighboring states of Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

Also, only the symbol may be shown, especially when in a combination of those of all Four Evangelists.

Marvel's major heroes are those created between 1961 and 1963, during Marvel's " Silver Age ": Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man and the Wasp, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and S. H. I. E. L. D .’ s director, Nick Fury.

Four letters written by him on that occasion, all dated 15 March 431, together with a few others, to the African bishops, to those of Illyria, of Thessalonica, and of Narbonne, are extant in re-translations from the Greek ; the Latin originals having been lost.

Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the duties states have to each other, as well as those the federal government has to the states.

Some of those tracks appear on The Four Horsemen, and also on The Cenobites LP.

At the onset of his inaugural term in 1949, then-President of the United States Harry S. Truman assembled an advisory group to suggest ways to accomplish his Point Four Program, of which a significant component was an effort to strengthen developing countries, especially those nearest to the Eastern Bloc, to dissuade them from aligning with other communist states.

However, some superheroes, such as those of the team the Fantastic Four, eschew secret identities and are publicly known or even celebrities.

Four terracotta lamps of Phoenician origin dated to the 8th century BCE were discovered in Ain Jenin by archaeologist G. I. Harding, and are interpreted as attesting to some form of contact and exchange between the residents of Jenin at that time and those of Phoenicia. During the Roman era, Jenin was called " Ginae.

In the 1960s, the railway enthusiasts ' book " Four feet eight and a half and all that " was published in a comparable style by G. R. Mills, with the same mixture of puns and humour, which will be best appreciated by those who know their subject already.

Three of those parties joined the Left Opposition in signing a document written by Trotsky calling for a Fourth International, which became known as the " Declaration of Four ".

Tindall summarises the roles that these old men play as those of the Four Masters, the Four Evangelists, and the four Provinces of Ireland ( " Matthew, from the north, is Ulster ; Mark, from the south, is Munster ; Luke, from the east, is Leinster ; and John, from the west, is Connaught ").

* The Four Doors Room was the formal antechamber to the more important rooms in the palace, and the doors which give it its name are ornately framed in precious Eastern marbles ; each is surmounted by an allegorical sculptural group that refers to the virtues which should inspire those who took on the government responsibilities.

For example, Rick Springfield, The Four Tops, The Hooters, Power Station, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among those acts that were left off the DVD.

Four of those tries came in New Zealand ' semifinal win over England, including an iconic try in which he bulldozed England's Mike Catt on his way to the try line.

Four letters remain of Epiphanius to Hormisdas, telling him of his election, sending him his creed, and declaring that he condemned all those whose name the pope had forbidden to be recited in the diptychs.

The label's numbering system was combined with those of Tamla and Gordy in 1982, and the label ( and company ) was purchased by MCA in 1988. Notable Motown artists have included Mary Wells, The Supremes, Four Tops, The Jackson 5, Boyz II Men, Commodores, Lionel Richie, Dazz Band, Brian McKnight, 98 Degrees, and Erykah Badu.

Other icons on this tier beside those on the doors themselves usually include depictions of the patron saint or feast day to which the church is dedicated, St. John the Baptist, St. Nicholas, one or more of the Four Evangelists etc.

Four or five of the cousins from East Texas were about his age, so naturally they ran around together.

Four, or perhaps five men were chiefly concerned in the labour – the Earl of Balfour, the late Sir Mark Sykes, and Messrs. Weizmann and Sokolow, with perhaps Lord Rothschild as a figure in the background.

In classical Chinese astronomy, the northern sky is divided geometrically, into five " enclosures " and twenty-eight mansions along the ecliptic, grouped into Four Symbols of seven asterisms each.

Four out of five houses constructed under Labour were council properties built to more generous specifications than before the Second World War, and subsidies kept down council rents.

Four teams receive a bye week on the first round, with the top five teams being seeded.

The Anapanasati Sutta and Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta each affirm that a person first needs to practice meditation ( jnana ) to purify the mind of the five hindrances to insight before contemplating the Four Noble Truths, which begin with the nature of " dukkha " in life.

Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.

: The heart of the Buddha's teaching lies in the Four Noble Truths ( Cattāri Ariyasaccāni ) which he expounded in his very first sermon to his old colleagues, the five ascetics, at Isipatana ( modern Sarnath ) near Benares.

When the NCAA Headquarters relocated to Indianapolis, it was stated that Indianapolis would then host the men's Final Four once every five years.

Four of the province's five universities, all four of its professional sports teams, and most of its cultural activities are located in Winnipeg.

Four of the five Marshallese presidents who have been elected since the Constitution was adopted in 1979 have been traditional paramount chiefs.

Four level systems are less widespread, and five level systems are rare.

Four or five kinds are usually put in the mold, though three sorts will do.

Four of the five cards in each hand are face-up.

Four of France's five republics have had presidents as their heads of state, making the French presidency the oldest presidency in Europe still to exist in some form.

** U. S. Capitol shooting incident: Four Puerto Rican nationalists open fire in the United States House of Representatives chamber and wound five ; they were apprehended by security guards.

Four years later, he entered a monastery where he became a student of Konrad Pelikan for five years.

Four died and five were injured, some seriously.

Four ( or five ) species occur in the Northern Hemisphere, one species is found in Australia and New Zealand and one species is distributed in southern South America.

Lee, who had lived in Los Angeles since the age of five, had been recording since 1963 with his bands, the LAG's and Lee's American Four.

Four Māori died and three were wounded in the incident, while among the Europeans the toll was 22 dead and five wounded.

# Four Afrinagans " blessings ," each recited on a particular occasion: the first in honor of the dead, the second on the five epagomenal days that end the year, the third is recited at the six seasonal feasts, and the fourth at the beginning and end of summer.

Most of these pieces have been collected in King's five short story collections: Night Shift ( 1978 ), Skeleton Crew ( 1985 ), Nightmares & Dreamscapes ( 1993 ), Everything's Eventual ( 2002 ), and Just After Sunset ( 2008 ); and in King's four novella collections: Different Seasons ( 1982 ), Four Past Midnight ( 1990 ), Hearts in Atlantis ( 1999 ), and Full Dark, No Stars ( 2010 ).

Four of the five boroughs became county towns — of the counties of Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Four American Silver Eagle coins, specially minted coins sold to collectors and investors which contain 31. 1035 grams of 99. 9 % pure silver, or five of the above-mentioned specially minted silver coins of Israel are commonly used for Pidyon Ha-Ben in the United States.