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Shih-t'ou

Shitou Xiqian (Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien), an 8th-century Zen Buddhist monk


1138 Aleppo earthquake

The town of Zaradna, already sacked by the warring forces, was utterly obliterated, as was the small fort at Shih.

Allen Taflove

In 2010 and 2011, Prof. Taflove and his co-defendant, Shih-Hui (Gilbert) Chang, a former Ph.D. student, won four consecutive decisions in the U.S. Federal courts in a case initiated in July 2007 and then pursued through the appeals process by two plaintiffs who questioned the originality of some of the Taflove-Chang publications.

Ching Shih

A semi-fictionalized account of Ching Shih's life appeared in Jorge Luis Borges's short story "The Widow Ching, Lady Pirate" (part of A Universal History of Infamy, first edited in 1954), where she is described as "a lady pirate who operated in Asian waters, all the way from the Yellow Sea to the rivers of the Annam coast", and who, after surrendering to the imperial forces, is pardoned and allowed to live the rest of her life as an opium smuggler.

Faxian

The Shih which often precedes it is an abbreviation of the name of Buddha as Sakyamuni, "the Sakya, mighty in Love, dwelling in Seclusion and Silence," and may be taken as equivalent to Buddhist.

History of Cambodia

The empire reached its greatest extent under the rule of Fan Shih-man in the early 3rd century, extending as far south as Malaysia and as far west as Burma.

Huang An

Wang Anshi (sometimes transliterated as Wang An-shih), 11th Century Chinese chancellor

Jen-Ai Hospital

Its Director, Dr. Shih-Huang Chao, the Chief Consultant, is a surgeon also known for inventing the gastric clipping weight loss method (a surgical procedure that can be done within 30 minutes), which has been granted patent in the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.

One Plum Blossom

One Plum Blossom (一剪梅) (1984) is a 25 episodes popular TV series shown on China Television starring Shen Hai-jung (沈海蓉) and Kou Shih-hsiun (寇世勳).

Qing Yi Wu Jia

Qing Yi Wu Jia (情義無價) (1988) is a TV series starring Jaime Chik Mei Chun (戚美珍), Jacky Chang (張晨光), Chiu Yu Ting (邱于庭) and Kou Shih-hsiun (寇世勳) produced by China Television.

Robert Elegant

Elegant is the patron of the Manchu Shih-tzu Society of Great Britain; he raises shih-tzu (Chinese lion) dogs and has been a devoted amateur sailor and owner of small craft for 50 years.

Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Spring

It stars Brigitte Lin and some of the actors from the stage version of the play, such as Chin Shih-chieh (金士傑).

Shih-Hui Chen

Chen Shih-hui (陳士惠) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and came to the United States in 1982 to study for a master's degree from Northern Illinois University and a doctoral degree from Boston University.

Stan Shih

After retirement Shih is still active in local charity works, and was even appointed as the Special Representative of President Chen Shui-bian to the APEC Australia 2007.

Stephen Cole Kleene


Paul Axt
Douglas Clarke
Robert Constable
David Kierstead
Shih-Chao Liu
Joan Moschovakis
Yiannis Moschovakis
Nels David Nelson
Gene Rose
Clifford Spector
Richard Vesley
Dick de Jongh

Sun Chia-ku

Sun Chia-ku was a native of Anhui who graduated as chin shih in 1856 and was a senior clerk in the Tsung-li Yamen when appointed in 1869 to be Co-Envoy with Anson Burlingame, then United States Minister at Beijing, on a friendly mission to foreign countries.

Wu Chang

The name is not particularly uncommon, and several other more modern artists may be confused, including the well-known Wu Chang-shih (also -shi or -shou) from the 19th century, and Wu Chang-an today.

Yeh Kuang-shih

Commenting on the discovery of explosive device inside Taiwan High Speed Rail on 12 April 2013, speaking at Legislative Yuan 3 days after, Yeh said security measures will be stepped up in Taiwan railway systems by increasing the number of CCTV, possibility for passenger security checks and more security guards deployment at the train stations.

Commenting on the completion delay of Taoyuan International Airport MRT in mid April 2013, Yeh said that he hoped that the line can be opened somewhere before October 2014, after the ROC Ministry of Transportation and Communications had postponed it from its original June 2013 official launch.

Yen Shui-long

In 1984, Yen resigned from Shih Chien College of Home Economics (now Shih Chien University).


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