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357 matches to Chinese Revolution
Clocks. 3500BC Gnomon. 2000BC Chinese. 8C BC sundial 4C BC Greek water clock. 300BC hemispherical sundial 160BC Rome. 12C mechanical. 1379 de Vick. 1657 Huygens pendulum.
Compass. 2634BC Chinese invention.
Confucius. 551-479BC. Chinese philosopher and moralist. Advocated reason, love and respect for others over supernatural. Chinese Exam. Wu Ching.
Coolie.19C Chinese indentured labourer.
Deng Xiaoping. 1902-97. Chinese Communist leader 1973~. Purged by Mao, rehabilitated. Tiananmen.
Dictionary. 150BC Chinese. 1612 Italian. 1933 OED.
Fingerprints. 8C Chinese used as signatures. 1870 Indian classification system. 1901 Galton-Henry System, Scotland Yard.
Five Pecks of Rice. 206-20. Chinese Taoist political movement vs poverty, instability.
Fu Hsi. 2800BC. Chinese mythical Emperor. Created I Ching, marriage rites.
Gang of Four. Chinese leaders, including Mao’s widow, convicted 1980 of Cultural Revolution abuses.
Great Leap Forward. 1958-61. Failed Chinese program for increased output by communes.
Han. 202BC-220. Chinese dynasty. Promoted Confucianism, education, culture, bureaucracy. KaoTsu.
Han Wu Ti. 156-87BC. Chinese Emperor 140-. Confucianism as state religion. Exam system for civil service used to 20C.
Hsi Ho. Chinese goddess; mother of sun.
Hsia. 1994-1523BC. Legendary first Chinese dynasty.
Hu Yaobang. 1915-89. Liberal Chinese Communist Party chairman. Death led to Tiananmen demonstrations.
Hua Kuo-feng. c1920-. Chinese Premier 1976-80, Chairman 1976-81.
Huai Hai, Battle. 1948-9. Chinese communists gain control of key routes.
Huang Hsing. 1874-1916. Led Chinese uprising 1911, with Sun Yat-sen.
Hui-neng. 638-713. Chinese Zen priest. Satori-sudden enlightenment.
Hung Hsiu-ch’üan. 1814-64. Led Tai-Ping Rebellion. Claimed to be Christ’s brother. Founded new religion based on Chinese unity.
I Ching. 12C BC. Supplement 475BC. Chinese Book of Changes. 64 hexagrams used for divination. Early ethics, philosophy text.
Ili Crisis. 1871-81. Russia invades Chinese Ili province.
Immigration Laws. 1852. US bars Chinese. 1900 Japanese. 1921- set quotas by country of origin.
K’ai-feng. c1127-19C. Chinese Jewish group.