The Liu Song Dynasty (; Wade-Giles: Liu Sung Ch ' ao ), also known as Former Song Dynasty ( 前宋 ) ( 420-479 CE ), was first of the four Southern Dynasties in China, succeeding the Eastern Jin Dynasty and followed by the Southern Qi Dynasty.

Liu Qi (; born November 1942 in Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu ) is the CPC Beijing Committee Secretary, first-in-charge of Beijing, and also a member of the CPC Politburo.

Shu Qi (; born April 16, 1976 ) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui ().

* So Close * (; Chik yeung tin see ) is a 2002 action film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Shu Qi, Karen Mok and Zhao Wei.

Duke Huan of Qi (; died 643 BC ) was the best-known ruler of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China.

They are also known as Jing Qi Shen (; " essence, qi, and spirit ").

* Qi, in Tongyong Pinyin

Pinyin: Gou Qi Zi.

Pinyin: Huang Qi.

The Ming General Qi Jiguang included description of Shaolin Quan Fa ( Pinyin romanization: Shào Lín Quán Fǎ or Wade-Giles romanization Shao Lin Ch ' üan Fa, 少 林 拳 法 " fist principles "; Japanese pronunciation: Shorin Kempo or Kenpo ) and staff techniques in his book, Ji Xiao Xin Shu ( 紀效新書 ), which can be translated as " New Book Recording Effective Techniques ".

司馬冏 ), nephew of Emperor Wu, titled the Prince of Qi ( ch.

After losing his family during the Japanese Occupation and Second World War, Qi Minxuan became an itinerant martial arts instructor teaching T ' ai chi ch ' uan to those that would give him board and lodgings.

His father Qi Gechen ( 齊閣臣 ) was a disciple of the famed T ' ai chi ch ' uan master Wu Quanyou.

Qi Minxuan also learnt from a Buddhist monk known as Jing Yi ( 静一, Tranquil One ), who learnt t ' ai chi ch ' uan from Wang Lanting.

Qi Minxuan advised his new disciple Cheng Tinhung, that in order to gain a good reputation as a master of T ' ai chi ch ' uan he must be both sound in mind and body and also be able to defend himself, thus being able to represent the art in its true form.

# opening the body within the frame of a technique to invite in or to allow the " flow ", aka " ki " ( in Japanese ; " Qi " in Chinese ) or energetic movement, particular to that technique

The empire also had to deal with Japanese pirates attacking the southeastern coastline ; General Qi Jiguang was instrumental in defeating these pirates.

Being a classically educated Mandarin his blueprint for the Xiang Army was taken from a historical source — the Ming general Qi Jiguang who, because of the weakness of regular Ming troops, had decided to form his own " private " army to repel raiding Japanese pirates in the mid-16th century.

In another mainland Chinese television series, The Shaolin Warriors, set during the Ming Dynasty, Hung played Big Foot, a Shaolin warrior monk joining General Qi Jiguang's marines to help defend the nation against Japanese pirates.

* Qi Jiguang ( 1528 – 1588 ), Ming Dynasty military general most remembered for defending coastal China against Japanese pirates

* Qi or Ki, Japanese and McCune-Reischauer-type Korean transliteration of the Chinese metaphysical life-force concept Qi

* Qi Jiguang ( 戚继光, 1528 － 1588 ) Ming Dynasty general and national hero who fought Japanese pirates

* Shoko Slack ( born 1965 ), Japanese Reiki Master, Color Therapist, Crystal Therapist, Aroma Therapist, practitioner of Tai Chi and Qi Gong.

Ki is a Japanese word meaning ( among many others ): spirit, mind, heart, which is conceptually related to the Chinese Qi and is of great importance to the way in which Koichi Tohei's style of aikido is taught.

Much of this text was based on earlier works by Ming general Qi Jiguang, who successfully fought off the prevalent threat from the Japanese wokou or pirates.

* the cowherd celebrated in the Japanese star festival, Tanabata influenced by Qi Xi.

The company so far has produced two films, The Women Knight of Mirror ( 竞雄女侠秋瑾 ) and The Years of Qi Xiao Fu ( 七小福之燃情岁月 ), which will be released later this year.

Image: Sun Quan Tang. jpg | Emperor Sun Quan in the Thirteen Emperors Scroll and Northern Qi Scholars Collating Classic Texts, by Yan Liben ( c. 600-673 AD ), Chinese

The aggressive statesman Fan Sui ( 范雎 ), however, soon came to power as prime minister even as the problem of the succession was resolved, and he began an expansionist policy that had originated in Jin and Qi, which prompted the Qin to attempt to conquer the other states.

Guzhu ( 孤竹國 ), located in what is now Tangshan, was formed by another remnant of the Shang, and was destroyed by Duke Huan of Qi.

In the late Spring and Autumn Period ( 722 – 481 BC ), King Fuchai of Wu, ruler of the State of Wu ( present-day Suzhou ), ventured north to conquer the neighboring State of Qi.

The Art of War was one of the most widely read military treatises in the subsequent Warring States Period ( 475 – 221 BC ), a time of constant war among seven nations ( Zhao, Qi, Qin, Chu, Han, Wei and Yan ) who fought to control the vast expanse of fertile territory in Eastern China.

** Liu Xingju, Chinese prince of the Han Dynasty and a key player during the Lü Clan Disturbance ( 180 BC ), grandson of Emperor Gao of Han and son of Prince Liu Fei of Qi

** Concubine Qi, also known as Lady Qi or Consort Qi, favoured concubine of Han Gaozu ( personal name Liu Bang ), the first emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty

* Liu Qi ( Chinese politician ), Beijing Olympics organizer

The revolt by Qi Wannian ( 齊萬年 ), a Di chieftain residing in the border region of today's Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, marked the first such uprising.

*** Sun Fen ( 孫奮 ), Prince of Qi, later Marquis of Zhang ' an, executed in 270

* Li Maozhen at Fengxiang ( modern Fengxiang County, Shaanxi province ), precursor to Qi

* Concubine Qi, also known as Lady Qi or Consort Qi, favoured concubine of Han Gaozu ( personal name Liu Bang ), the first emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty

* Liu Xingju, Chinese prince of the Han Dynasty and a key player during the Lü Clan Disturbance ( 180 BC ), grandson of Emperor Gao of Han and son of Prince Liu Fei of Qi

In the chapter " Water and Earth " ( Shuidi 水地 ), we find statements like " Now the water of state of Qi is forceful, swift and twisting.

* Qi Lu ( 陆奇 ), executive of Microsoft's Bing Search Engine, former manager for Yahoo!

The Northern Wei reunified northern China in 440, but split in half in 534, with Hebei coming under the eastern half ( first the Eastern Wei ; then the Northern Qi ), which had its capital at Ye ( 鄴 ), near modern Linzhang, Hebei.