There were many great encyclopedists throughout Chinese history, including the scientist and statesman Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) with his Dream Pool Essays of 1088, the statesman, inventor, and agronomist Wang Zhen ( active 1290 – 1333 ) with his Nong Shu of 1313, and the written Tiangong Kaiwu of Song Yingxing ( 1587 – 1666 ), the latter of whom was termed the " Diderot of China " by British historian Joseph Needham.

* Although pioneered earlier in Korea and by the Chinese official Wang Zhen ( with tin ), bronze metal movable type printing is created in China by Hua Sui in 1490.

* Wooden movable type printing invented by the Chinese governmental minister Wang Zhen in 1298.

* Wang Zhen, Chinese agronomist, government official, and inventor of wooden-based movable type printing, publishes the Nong Shu ( Book of Agriculture ).

* The Chinese scholar and printer Hua Sui invents bronze-metal movable type printing in China, although the earlier Wang Zhen had experimented with tin movable type in 1298 and the Koreans had separately innovated bronze movable type.

* The Zhihua Si Buddhist Temple ( 智化寺 ) is built in Beijing, China at the order of Wang Zhen, the chief eunuch at the court of the Zhengtong Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

* The Chinese governmental minister Wang Zhen ( official ) invents wooden movable type printing ( Bi Sheng invented ceramic movable type in the 11th century ).

In 1298, Wang Zhen, a governmental official of Jingde, Anhui province, China, re-invented a method of making movable wooden types.

In the 1298 book Zao Huozi Yinshufa ( 造活字印书法 / 造活字印書法 ) of the Chinese official Wang Zhen, there is mention of tin movable type, but this was largely experimental.

Wang Zhen, a government official, later improved the system by instead creating types out of more durable wood.

Liu Mengzhi died and in order to secure his power, Liu Yu left for Jiankang ( present-day Nanjing ), abandoning the management of the North to his general Wang Zhen ' e.

The eunuch official Wang Zhen, who dominated the Ming court, encouraged the 22-year-old Zhengtong Emperor to lead his own armies into battle against Esen.

The Ming army of about 500, 000 was hastily assembled ; its command was made up of 20 experienced generals and a large entourage of high-ranking civil officials, with Wang Zhen acting as field marshal.

At Juyong Pass the civil officials and generals wanted to halt and send the emperor back to Beijing, but their opinions were overruled by Wang Zhen.

When it reached Datong on August 18, reports from garrison commanders persuaded Wang Zhen that a campaign into the steppe would be too dangerous.

Fearing that the restless soldiers would cause damage to his estates in Yuzhou, Wang Zhen decided to strike northeast and return by the same exposed route as they had come.

Wang Zhen refused his ministers ' suggestion to have the emperor take refuge in the walled city of Huailai, just 45 km ahead.

Wang Zhen rejected any offers to negotiate and ordered the confused army to move toward the river.

According to some accounts, Wang Zhen was killed by his own officers.

Other well-known painters are: Wang Zhen, XuGu, Zhang Xiong, Hu Yuan, and Yang Borun.

* Wang Zhen: first Ming eunuch with much power, see Tumu Crisis

* Zhou Zhen Ding Wang becomes the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.

In the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the example of Chen in collaborating with Wang Jingwei's Wuhan government, leading to the ostracism of his peers and the failure of Communist policies at the time, was used by Peng Zhen as a warning never to " forgive " anti-Maoists.

Before the opening of the 14th National Congress of the CPC in 1992, the Party's senior leaders, including Deng and Chen Yun, were to select candidates for the Politburo Standing Committee to ensure a smooth transition of power from the so-called second-generation leaders ( Deng, Chen, Li Xiannian, Wang Zhen, etc.

Other great encyclopedic writers include the polymath scientist Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) and his Dream Pool Essays, the agronomist and inventor Wang Zhen ( fl.

Under Wang Dao's counsel, Sima Rui personally visited He Xun ( 賀循 ) and Gu Rong ( 顧榮 ) and invited them to serve in his administration.

Wang Dun, satisfied, allowed Emperor Yuan to remain on the throne, and personally withdrew back to his home base of Wuchang ( 武昌, in modern Ezhou, Hubei ).

In 1924 Wang amalgamated three regional banks into the Official Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces and personally became its General Director.

At the age of 22, in 1449, he was imprisoned by the Mongols when, advised by Wang Zhen, he personally directed and lost the Battle of Tumu Fortress against the Mongols under Esen taishi ( d. 1455 ).

Wang Lian ( 王連 ) advised Zhuge Liang against personally participating in the campaign, but Zhuge was worried that his generals were not competent enough to deal with the rebels by themselves.

On October 3, 1927, Mao's force reached the town of Ninggang ( 宁冈 ) and held a conference, at which Mao personally vetoed the suggestion to eliminate Yuan and Wang by force.

On October 3, 1927, Mao's force reached the town of Ninggang ( 宁冈 ) and held a conference, at which Mao personally vetoed the suggestion to eliminate Yuan and Wang by force, and quickly established an alliance with Yuan Wencai.

A statement protesting that many of the claims made in Li's book were false was issued soon after its publication, signed by 150 people who had personally known or worked with Mao, including Wang Dongxing, Li Yinqiao and Ye Zilong.

He therefore personally selected all of the officials, but as he could not have actually known all of the candidates for official positions himself, he trusted the recommendations of Pei Yanling ( who died in 796 ) and such other officials that he trusted, including Li Qiyun ( 李齊運 ), Wang Shao ( 王紹 ), Li Shi ( 李實 ), Wei Zhiyi, and Wei Qumou ( 韋渠牟 ).

Wang, who bore grudges against Consort Fu and Emperor Ai, did not permit her to become empress dowager, and a brief time after Emperor Ai's death, he had her demoted to commoner status and ordered her to guard her husband's tomb — even though she was not personally involved in any of the political intrigue.

Wang Yangming, a Ming Chinese neo-Confucian philosopher, official, educationist, calligraphist and general, held that objects do not exist entirely apart from the mind because the mind shapes them.

In August, the Party's Eleventh Congress was held in Beijing, officially naming ( in ranking order ) Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian, and Wang Dongxing as new members of the Politburo Standing Committee.

A weekend market is held on the western bank of the Wang Chuu.

The Kingdom of Shu ( 907 – 925 ) was founded after the fall of the Tang Dynasty by Wang Jian, who held his court in Chengdu.

After Chiang defeated this regime, Wang reconciled with Chiang's Nanjing government and held prominent posts for most of the decade.

Since Wang's government held authority only over territories under Japanese military occupation, there was a limited amount that officials loyal to Wang could do to ease the suffering of Chinese under Japanese occupation.

The Dr. An Wang Middle School in Lowell, Massachusetts is named in his honor, as is the An Wang Professorship of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Harvard University, held by Professor Roger W. Brockett.

All software for the systems was developed by Wang Laboratories, and the operating system, file formats, and electronic interface specification were closely held proprietary secrets.

Lü Zhi promoted Wang Ling to the position of Grand Tutor ( 太傅 ) but the latter claimed that he was ill and declined, so she ordered him to return to his marquisate ( Wang Ling held the title of Marquis of Anguo ).

Wang was born into a distinguished family, but his father died when he was young and he held only minor posts until being made a marquess in 16 BC.

At this time, Wang claimed for himself the title of acting emperor ( 假皇帝 ) and engaged in a propaganda campaign to convince others that the Han dynasty no longer held the mandate of heaven and was to be replaced.

The prophecy was said to be a divine decree from Emperor Gao ( Liu Bang ,) stating that the throne should be given to Wang, and that Empress Dowager Wang ( who was Wang Mang's own daughter, but held authority ) should follow this divine will.

* Wang Nam Yen – This was the most notorious faction, led by the veteran political power-broker, Sanoh Thienthong, a former Interior Minister who held the title of Chief Advisor to the Thai Rak Thai Party.

* Trial of Wang Yam for murder of Allan Chappelow – In December 2007 the Crown Prosecution Service indicated it would ask for this trial for murder, burglary and deception to be held ' in camera ', making it the first UK murder trial ever heard behind closed doors without access by press or public.

Without knowing what incriminating material Wang may have held against Bo, even Bo's supporters in China's top leadership were reluctant to vouch for him.

In this interview he states “" We should clear a new path and devote ourselves to building a civil society by focusing our efforts on social movements, not political movements, self-consciously maintaining a distance from political power and political organs .”( document 3 ) Wang was held in custody for 17 months before receiving the charge of “ plotting to overthrow the government ,” and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

* On 15 January 2008 it was announced that the trial of Wang Yam, accused of murdering Allan Chappelow, would be held ' in camera ' on the grounds of the administration of justice and national security.

* Wang Shengdi and Zhu Ageng left the Communist Party, though both had held senior positions.

On 27 May 1942, the Central Committee held a seminar to discuss whether Wang was guilty.