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15 unusual facts about Shu


Chu River

Chuy Oblast, the northernmost and most populous administrative region of Kyrgyzstan, is named after the river; so are the Chuy Avenue, the main street of Bishkek, and the city of Shu in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Province.

Jesseca Liu

Liu was spotted by a producer in MediaCorp in 2004 who offered her the meaty role of He Yi Xuan in the sports themed drama, The Champion, starring opposite Qi Yu Wu and Taiwanese actors Toro and Yan Xing Shu.

Korday

Buses, passenger vans, and taxis take passengers from the Kyrgyz side of the crossing to Bishkek and from the Kazakh side to the railway junction of Shu, Kazakhstan, while others go directly between Bishkek and Almaty thru the Korday checkpoint.

Nukina Kaioku

He exhibited outstanding talent in calligraphy, and his uncle, who was a priest of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū on Mount Kōya, encouraged his interest in the writing style of Kūkai.

Shu-bi-dua

They have produced many hits in Denmark like Vuffeli-vov, Hvalen Hvalborg, Står på en Alpetop, Stærk Tobak (to the music from the Phil Medley and Bert Russell song Twist and Shout), Familien kom til Kaffe, Sex Chikane, We wanna be free, and many more.

In 1987 Jørgen Thorup was made a permanent member in the group when Willy Pedersen left.

Shu-Heng Chen

Shu-Heng Chen is a Taiwanese economist and currently a Professor at the Department of Economics at National Chengchi University.

Shu-Ninua

The reading of the first element in his name is uncertain, as Ignace Gelb and Benno Landsberger originally proposed BAR, giving Kidin-Ninua, "Under the protection of Nineveh," while Arno Poebel read the name as beginning with ŠÚ- and Weidner read it as ŠI- on another fragmentary copy of the kinglist.

Shu-Park Chan

In 1984, during a period when China was establishing cooperative ventures with Western countries, Chan took a leave of absence from Santa Clara University and moved to Shenzhen, China, to establish a university there.

Shu, Jambyl

This is where the east-west Turkestan-Siberia railway is joined with the railway running north to Kazakhstan's new capital, Astana and Petropavl, a city on the Transsiberian railway.

Though it is possible to travel through Shu and on to Bishkek on Kyrgyz trains, it is much longer than transferring to a minivans for the 1.5 hour ride from Shu to Bishkek rather than the 5 to 6 hour train option.

Shu, Kazakhstan

Shu, Jambyl - Due to the frequency of the name Shu, the Shu of Zhambyl Province is frequently referred to as Stantsia Shu in Russian, or "The Station Shu."

Later Shu (后蜀/後蜀), one of the divisions of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Former Shu (前蜀), one of the divisions of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Western Shu (西蜀), also named Qiao Shu (谯蜀/譙蜀), one of the units of the Eastern Jin period


Avalokiteśvara

The Japanese scholar Shu Hikosaka on the basis of his study of Buddhist scriptures, ancient Tamil literary sources, as well as field survey, proposes the hypothesis that, the ancient mount Potalaka, the residence of Avalokiteśvara described in the Gandavyuha Sutra and Xuanzang’s Records, is the real mountain Potikai or Potiyil situated at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

Azalea

In Chinese culture, the azalea is known as "thinking of home bush" (sixiang shu) and is immortalized in the poetry of Du Fu and is used to rich effect in contemporary stories such as by Taiwanese author Pai, Hsien-Yung.

Consort Xu

Empress Dowager Xu (died 926), known as Consort Xu (徐賢妃) of the Former Shu before she became empress dowager

Madame Huarui (940–976), also known as Consort Xu (徐惠妃) of the Later Shu

Dante Arthurs

Through the then Attorney General Jim McGinty, Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu's family and their many supporters petitioned the Government to have the laws changed to reflect more clearly the seriousness of the crimes committed.

Darrel Guilbeau

Dynasty Warriors series - Taishi Ci, Jiang Wei, Yue Jin, Xu Shu (uncredited)

Denis Cotter

On 7 March 2009, the Irish Independent listed Cotter, alongside Neven Maguire of the MacNean Restaurant, Brian McCann of Shu and Martin Shanahan of Fishy Fishy Cafe, as a chef whom many would be surprised to learn has no Michelin stars to his name and never has had.

Didao

Battle of Didao, between the states of Shu Han and Cao Wei in 255

El Cazador de la Bruja

A manga titled El Cazador de la Bruja by Hirose Shū started serialization in the shōnen manga magazine Champion RED on March 19, 2007.

Empress Yuchi Chifan

Yuchi Chifan's grandfather Yuchi Jiong the Duke of Shu was a renowned general of Northern Zhou and a nephew of Yuwen Tai, Emperor Xuan's grandfather, making her and Emperor Xuan cousins.

Fujiwara no Shunzei

by Geijutsuron-shū ("Collection of Discussions of Art"), Tokyo 1962; see Shun'ichi H. Takayanagi 's review of Japanese Court Poetry by Robert H. Brower and Earl Miner in Monumenta Nipponica, Vol.

Fujiwara no Teika

by Geijutsuron-shū ("Collection of Discussions of Art"), Tokyo 1962; see Shun'ichi H. Takayanagi's review of Japanese Court Poetry by Robert H. Brower and Earl Miner in Monumenta Nipponica, Vol.

Gao Mausoleum

Under the regime of Han Xiandi, Sun Jian crusaded against Dong Zhuo and was ordered by Yuan Shu to make a punitive expedition against Liu Biao.

Goldmoon

The short story "Heart of Goldmoon", written by Laura Hickman and Kate Novak and published in the Love and War (1987) recompilation, gives insight about her life after her mother died, explaining that the Que Shu community is built around the figure of a high priestess, and whoever marries the priestess becomes Chieftain of the tribe, with the first daughter of the couple becoming the next priestess.

History of Humanity

:Edited by P. Mathias, N. Todorov, G. Carrera Damas, A.O. Chibariyan, Shu-Li Ji, I.D. Thiam

Huang Chung

Huang Zhong (died 220), or Huang Chung in Wade–Giles, leading military general of the Kingdom of Shu

I.K.U.

Producer Takashi Asai, founder of the underground and independent film production company Uplink, commissioned director and media artist Shu Lea Cheang to "make a sci-fi porn film".

Jerusalem Road 21

Jerusalem Road 21, is the designation of a new road beginning at Highway 1 between Ramat Shlomo and Shu'afat northward to Beit Hanina and the Atarot Industrial Park.

Jue

Dong Jue, court official and general of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period

Leshan dialect

The Sichuanese dialect of the city of Leshan is a variety of Minjiang, which preserves old southern (Ba-Shu) features lost in other Sichuanese dialects and is very different from the dialects of most other cities in the province of Sichuan, which are more typically Mandarin.

Li Shu Yeung

In April 2011, Li Shu-Yeung got the chance from Kitchee and Tung Chi Ying to train in Lloret de Mar, Spain with two other young players.

Liu Shan

Liu Shan eventually surrendered to Wei in 263 after Deng Ai led a surprise attack on the Shu capital Chengdu.

After defeating Zhuge Zhan there, Deng Ai had virtually no Shu troops left between his army and the Shu capital Chengdu.

Ninghai County

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the Privy Council Secretary Zheng Lin, the Right Prime Minister Ye Mengding and the historian Hu Sansheng, litterateur Shu Yueyang took official posts in the Court, together with the powerful minister Jia Sidao.

Nyi Shu Gu

Nyi Shu Gu is the eve before the last day of the Tibetan year (29th).

Qiao Zong

Only when Zhu reached Pingmo (平模, in modern Leshan, Sichuan) did a Western Shu army, commanded by Hou Hui and Qiao Shen (譙詵) arrive to try to stop Zhu.

Shu Han

Between 247 and 262, the Shu general Jiang Wei resumed Zhuge Liang's legacy by leading a series of nine military campaigns against Wei, but also failed to make any significant territorial gains.

Shu Xingbei

In July 1927, Shu left USA, and travelled through Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Moscow, and Warsaw, eventually reached Germany.

State Temple of the Martial God

Based on historical reference and various legends, he bravely went to the aid of Liu-Bei (劉備)(161-223 A.D.), the virtuous and charismatic founder of the Kingdom of Shu(蜀).

Syrian jackal

Although the AV translates the word as fox, the behaviour described is more consistent with jackals, as shown in the books of Lamentations and Psalms in which references are made to the shu'al's habit of eating corpses in battlefields.

The Legend of Sword and Fairy

Their search brings them to Sichuan, where the Mount Shu Sect, a powerful martial arts clan, is based.

Undisputed III: Redemption

Forced to adapt, he begins using a new style mixing in elements of grappling, dirty boxing head-butts and elbows, wrestling, and wu-shu.

Unsuri

He is said to have been born in Balkh, today located in Afghanistan, and he eventually became a poet of the royal court, and was given the title Malik-us Shu'ara (King of Poets').

Wang Bao

Wang Bao was a native of Ziyang, in Sichuan: the Sichuan area was then known as Shu and was one of the remote parts of the territory of the Han Empire.

Xu Shu

Xu Shu is first introduced as a playable character in Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires of Koei's Dynasty Warriors video game series.

Xue Zong

On one occasion, when the Shu Han envoy Zhang Feng (張奉) made fun of the name of his colleague Kan Ze during a feast, he gained somewhat of a measure of revenge by making fun of Shu Han's name.

Yang Hong

Yang Hong (Shu Han) (楊洪), style name Jixiu (季休), Shu official of the Three Kingdoms period, see Records of the Three Kingdoms

Yizhoushu

Depending upon the semantic interpretation of shu, Zhoushu can be translated "Book(s) of Zhou" (cf. Hanshu 漢書 Book of Han) or "Documents of Zhou" (cf. Shujing 書經 Book of Documents).

Yuan Shu

Most devastating of the departures and defections - both to Yuan Shu personally and to the strength of his forces - was that of Sun Ce, who had recently conquered most of the Jiangdong territory under Yuan's banner.

Zhang Yi

Zhang Ni (died 254), often misspelled as Zhang Yi, general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period

Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign

The plan was to lure the Shu forces into poisonous marshes around the caves of King Duosi, but Zhuge Liang was forewarned of the dangers by Meng Huo's older brother, Meng Jie, and managed to avoid the marshes all together.

Ziyarat

In this regard, Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani also narrates a hadīth from the tenth Imām of the Twelver Shī‘as