These styles were enumerated by Sun Lutang as Tàijíquán, Xíngyìquán and Bāguàzhǎng, but most also include Bājíquán and the legendary Wudang Sword.

These titles refer to a legendary story, according to which seventy or seventy-two Jewish scholars were asked by the Greek King of Egypt Ptolemy II Philadelphus to translate the Torah from Biblical Hebrew into Greek, for inclusion in the Library of Alexandria.

These stories commonly appear in legendary or popular accounts of martial history, and in wuxia fiction.

These legendary interviews loomed large in the minds of midshipmen from both the U. S. Naval Academy and Naval ROTC.

These can include aliens, all types of legendary creatures, or mutated versions of regular animals.

These victories, among the earliest successful campaigns of the Israelites, quickly became legendary among them, and are referred to numerous times in the Bible as prototypical examples of God-given victory.

" There are, indeed, various names affirmed to designate the ante-Hellenic inhabitants of many parts of Greece — the Pelasgi, the Leleges, the Curetes, the Kaukones, the Aones, the Temmikes, the Hyantes, the Telchines, the Boeotian Thracians, the Teleboae, the Ephyri, the Phlegyae, & c. These are names belonging to legendary, not to historical Greece — extracted out of a variety of conflicting legends by the logographers and subsequent historians, who strung together out of them a supposed history of the past, at a time when the conditions of historical evidence were very little understood.

Note: These are legendary or semi-legendary figures in the lineage, which means their involvement in the lineage, while accepted by most of the major schools, isn't independently verifiable from known historical records.

These include Kojiki ( 712 ), a work recording Japanese mythology and legendary history ; Nihon Shoki ( 720 ), a chronicle with a slightly more solid foundation in historical records than Kojiki ; and Man ' yōshū ( 759 ), a poetry anthology.

These cells include those of Paul Atreides, Duke Leto Atreides and Leto II, Lady Jessica, Chani and other legendary figures.

These very springs were once rumored to have been Juan Ponce de León's legendary " fountain of youth ".

These legendary events could have taken place in the 15th century, although the first documented mention of the Glinski princes is made in 1437.

These legendary sessions, ( the Rootin ' Tootin ' Luton Tapes ), displayed both a newfound edge and considerable commercial potential.

These so-called " race music " records became Paramount's most famous and lucrative business ( their legendary 12000 series ).

These sailors were searching for the legendary Sierra del Plata.

These were a deliberate attempt to apply the techniques and attitudes of science fiction to traditional fantasy and legendary subjects.

These popular icons reflect the pre-Roman legendary past of the City of London and they too are paraded by volunteers each year.

These are popular with all age groups, and now have an almost legendary regular clientele, which allegedly is merciless in showing its displeasure with a performance loudly and unambiguously, but is even louder in voicing approval.

These usually recounted the famous deeds ( geste ) of past heroes, legendary and semi-historical.

These cards depicted legendary Pokémon, however were used as a combination of 2 cards.

These events were worked into the Nibelungenlied, and form the origin of the legendary figure Volker von Alzey, the gleeman in the Nibelungenlied.

These stories have led many to believe that Mahavatar Babaji is a legendary person, rather than a real sadhu that was seen by numerous witnesses from 1861 to 1935.

These were called " Paradise Gardens ," built to represent the legendary Paradise of the West, where the Amida Buddha ruled.

These factors ultimately culminate in Raistlin ’ s turn to evil, donning the Black Robes of evil wizards ( those who worship the Black Moon, Nuitari ), and, through a deadly deal he made during the test in the Tower of High Sorcery with an ancient and legendary Archmage of terrible power, Fistandantilus, eventually rises to become the most powerful mortal on Krynn.

These all culminate in frightening depictions of a powerful king who, like the Babylonian rulers of the court tales, attacks Israel, defiles the temple, and incurs divine judgment.

Because his vision of personal and social perfections was framed as a revival of the ordered society of earlier times, Confucius is often considered a great proponent of conservatism, but a closer look at what he proposes often shows that he used ( and perhaps twisted ) past institutions and rites to push a new political agenda of his own: a revival of a unified royal state, whose rulers would succeed to power on the basis of their moral merits instead of lineage. These would be rulers devoted to their people, striving for personal and social perfection, and such a ruler would spread his own virtues to the people instead of imposing proper behavior with laws and rules.

These changes brought the customary rights of lay rulers such as John over ecclesiastical appointments into question.

These authors were more concerned with preventing the position of Stadholder from evolving into a monarchy, than with attacking their former rulers.

These rulers of Zaragoza, Girona, Barcelona, and Huesca were enemies of Abd ar-Rahman I, and in return for Frankish military aid against him offered their homage and allegiance.

These bishops were powerful landowners as well as ecclesiastical rulers, and they had begun to build new castles and increase the size of their military forces, leading Stephen to suspect that they were about to defect to the Empress Matilda.

These powerful local rulers, having thereby acquired extensive territories and large military retinues, took over administration within their territories and organized it around an increasing number of castles.

These rulers avoided religious wars within the empire by allowing the different Christian faiths to spread without coercion.

These dukes were quite detached from central Frank overlordship, sometimes governing as independent rulers with strong ties to their Vascon kinsmen south of the Pyrenees.

These rulers include Liu Shao, Emperor Xiaowu, Emperor Qianfei, Emperor Ming, and Emperor Houfei.

These leaders eventually became the provincial rulers, each with a recognized seat of government.

These were the chief officers of the kings and gradually became the de facto rulers in the name of the kings.

These mercenaries fought the enemies of the Italian city-states, but in the following century they gradually became the rulers of the major polities south of Rome.

These counts at least nominally owed their allegiance to one of these three Norman rulers, but such allegiance was usually weak and often ignored.

These Carian rulers, the Hecatomnids, embraced Hellenic culture.

These new rulers adopted many Egyptian beliefs and customs, but always " interpreted " them in relation to their Greek culture.

These bishops were powerful landowners as well as ecclesiastical rulers, and they had begun to build new castles and increase the size of their military forces, leading Stephen to suspect that they were about to defect to the Empress Matilda.

These rulers were constantly at war over territory, causing fortifications and defenses to be built in border areas.

These dynasties are not found on the Sumerian King List, although one extremely fragmentary supplement has been found in Sumerian, known as the rulers of Lagash.

These countries moved slowly towards primogeniture or their rulers obtained another kingdom, whereby the position of the head of the dynasty became more elevated compared to other dynasts.

These rulers are generally regarded as morally upright and benevolent rulers, examples to be emulated by latter day kings and emperors.

These vassal states were never fully incorporated into the Horde, and Russian rulers early obtained the privilege of collecting the Tatar tax themselves.