Chang also appeared opposite Shu Qi in Hou Hsiao Hsien's Three Times ( 2005 ), which was nominated for the Palme d ' Or at Cannes and won Golden Horse accolades for Best Taiwanese film, among other awards.

Kevin Qi Han ( born 25 November 1972 ) is a male badminton player from the United States, who won the bronze medal in the inaugural men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games, followed by the gold medal four years later in Winnipeg, Canada.

In 633 BC, Chu invaded the State of Song, which was an ally of Jin ; Duke Wen led his coalition, including troops from Qin, Qi and Song, and won a decisive victory over Chu forces at the Battle of Chengpu in 632 BC.

Qi is believed to be part of every living thing that exists, as a kind of " life force " or " spiritual energy ".

On the fourth day of the eighth lunar month every year, Qi would play a weiqi game with Emperor Gaozu in the bamboo forest on the north side of the palace.

Coincidentally, Hè Qi was obsessed with luxuries, and every ship of his was finely decorated and well equipped with elite bows and crossbows, even the arrows were amongst the best ; thus, Cao Xiu was shocked when he saw Hè Qi's grandeur display of his refulgent navy, so he paused his attack.

Every diagnosis is a " Pattern of disharmony " that affects one or more organs, such as " Spleen Qi Deficiency " or " Liver Fire Blazing " or " Invasion of the Stomach by Cold ", and every treatment is centered on correcting the disharmony.

The Liver is often compared to an army general because it is ' responsible ' for the smooth flow of Qi, essential to all physiological processes of every organ and part of the body.

Panzhihua Sutie Qi, also odd in it but each bud, mid-flowering, flowering female plants can be two years time, this can not be said it was not a strange world every year 3 to 6 months, I saw Su Tielin into tens of thousands of yellow buds dry contests, and plant such as the Buddha holding beads, forest floor like carpet color since 1990, named Cycas Panzhihua to organize Cycas watch the annual trade fair-cum-materials, Panzhihua cycad name has spread like wildfire, famous the world over.

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.

( Rendering: the 3rd year of Yongding, 559, Gao Yang conducted an experiment by having Yuan Huangtou and a few prisoners launch themselves from a tower in Ye, capital of the Northern Qi.

Qi died in the first year of Emperor Hui's reign.

According to the Nán Qí shū 南齊書 ( Book of Southern Qi ) of Xiāo Zīxiǎn 簫子顯 ( 485 – 537 ) the Fúnán king Qiáochénrú Shéyébámó 僑陳如闍耶跋摩 ( Kauṇḍinya Jayavarman ) “ sent in the year 484 the Buddhist monk Nàqiéxiān 那伽仙 ( Nāgasena ) to offer presents to the Chinese emperor and to ask the emperor at the same time for help in conquering Línyì ( north of Campā ) ...

** Cao Rui, instated as Duke of Qi in 221, promoted to Prince of Pingyuan a year later.

Late in 494, under the stated reason that Southern Qi's Emperor Ming had usurped the throne ( from his grandnephew Xiao Zhaowen ), Emperor Xiaowen prepared a major campaign against Southern Qi, departing Luoyang about new year 495.

Less than a year after Emperor Hui's accession to the throne in 194 BC, Lü Zhi had Concubine Qi ( one of the late Emperor Gaozu's consorts ), whom she deeply hated, put to death in a cruel manner.

The following year, he formed a military alliance with Qin, Qi and Song that defeated Chu at the Battle of Chengpu, perhaps the largest battle in the Spring and Autumn period.

In the 2nd year of Ming Hongwu, Gao Qi was called on as editor of Yuan Shi, The History of Yuan.

Qi Baishi was schooled for less than a year due to illness.

In the twelfth year of his regime, he promoted Shangjiawei to a position of power to exercise control over the Qi ( Chinese: < font lang =" zh "> 契 </ font >) people.

After a massive two year struggle, Bai Qi lured out, surrounded, isolated, forced the surrender of and massacred the main Zhao force of 400, 000 men at the Battle of Changping.

In recognition of Han Xin's contributions, Liu Bang conferred the titles of " King of Qi " on him in 203 BC and " King of Chu " in the following year.

During the same year, Taizong and Taizu's younger brother Zhao Tingmei ( previously known as Zhao Guangmei and Zhao Kuangmei ) was also stripped of the title of King of Qi and sent to the Western Capital.

It is a matter of controversy whether Gao Shaoyi should properly be considered a Northern Qi emperor, but in any case the year 577 is generally considered by historians as the ending date for Northern Qi.

The next year, Zhao turned to Qi for help.

After a year of resistance, Han was no longer able to resist and asked for help from Qi a second time.

No more than 1 year later, Duke Xiang of Qi, who wanted some good fame, pretended to invite Men and Gao Qumi to Shouzhi and had them killed.

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.

Qi Jiguang's army was an ad hoc solution to the specific problem of combating pirates, as was Zeng Guofan's original intention for the Xiang Army, which was raise to eradicate the Taiping rebels.

When the Northern Zhou Dynasty defeated the Northern Qi Dynasty in 577 CE, this was the culminating moment and ultimate advantage for the northern Chinese to face south.

During the Warring States Period preceding the Qin Dynasty, the major states vying for dominance were Yan, Zhao, Qi, Chu, Han, Wei and Qin.

Soon before his death, instead of passing power to the person deemed most capable to rule, Yu's power passed to his son, Qi, setting the precedence for dynastic rule or the Hereditary System.

After Liu Biao's death, a succession struggle for his domain came into being, between his sons Liu Qi and younger son Liu Cong, whom Liu Biao's second wife Lady Cai favored ( because he had married her niece ).

Sun Quan was well aware of Cao Cao's intentions, and he quickly entered into an alliance with Liu Bei and Liu Qi to prepare for an attack by Cao.

Besieged by military forces of Northern Zhou and Chen, Northern Qi court ladies were out of tinder and needed a way to start fires for cooking and heating.

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

When used in concert, myrrh is " blood-moving " while frankincense moves the Qi, making it more useful for arthritic conditions.

A common nickname for Shandong is Qílǔ (), after the States of Qi and Lu that existed in the area during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Lu, however, became renowned for being the home of Confucius and hence its cultural influence came to eclipse that of the State of Qi.

In 97 AD Feijuxian in Liaodong was attacked by the Xianbei, and the governor Qi Sen was dismissed for inaction.

Bo Yi did not go willingly and challenged Qi for the leadership.

Near the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu became a great power under King Helu of Wu, and was able to defeat in 484 BC the state of Qi, a major power in the north in modern-day Shandong province, and contest for the position of overlord over all states of China.

Over the next two centuries, the four most powerful states — Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu — struggled for power.

At his death in 643 BC, five of Duke Huan's sons contended for the throne, causing enough state discord that the next Duke of Qi did not inherit the bà title.

The struggle for hegemony eventually created a state system dominated by several large states, such as Jin, Chu, Qin and Qi, while the smaller states of the Central Plains tended to be their satellites and tributaries.

For the Warring States Period the following figures are reported: Qin: 1, 000, 000 infantry, 1, 000 chariots, 10, 000 horses ; Chu: same numbers ; Wei: 200-360, 000 infantry, 200, 000 spearmen, 100, 000 servants, 600 chariots, 5, 000 cavalry ; Han: 300, 000 total ; Qi: several hundred thousand ; Battle of Maling: 100, 000 killed ; Battle of Yique: 240, 000 killed ; General Bai Qi was responsible for 890, 000 enemy deaths.

The afferent convergence mechanisms, which can create signs and symptoms that are virtually indistinguishable with respect to their somatic vs. visceral etiologies, suggest it is not unreasonable that this somatic visceral-disease mimicry could very well account for the " cures " of presumed organ disease that have been observed over the years in response to various somatic therapies ( e. g., spinal manipulation, acupuncture, Rolfing, Qi Gong, etc.

The " righteous stepmother of Qi ," faced with her son and stepson having been found by a murdered man, and both having confessed to shield the other, argues for her son's execution because her husband had ordered her to look after her stepson, and her son is the junior brother ; the king pardoned them both for her devotion to duty.