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5 unusual facts about Wanli


Donglin Academy

In 1604, during the Wanli era, Gu Xiancheng (顧憲成 Gù Xiànchéng, (1550–1612), a Ming Grand Secretary, along with Gao Panlong (高攀龍 Gāo Pānlóng, 1562–1626), a scholar, with fellow scholars Qian Yiben(钱一本) and Yu Kongjian(余孔兼) restored the Donglin Academy on the same site with the financial backing of local gentry and officials from Changzhou state governor Ouyang Dongfeng(欧阳东风) and Wuxi county governor Linzai(林宰).

History of Sino-Japanese relations

During that time, Ming granted Hideyoshi the title as "King of Japan" as withdrawal conditions, but Hideyoshi felt it insulted the Emperor of Japan and demanded concessions including the daughter of the Wanli emperor.

Wanli

Wanli District, New Taipei (萬里區), a district in New Taipei City, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Fang Hui, Song/Yuan dynasty historian, also called Wanli (萬里)

Wanli District (湾里区), district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China


Baotu Spring

(Ming Dynasty, west of the spring), and the Laihe Bridge (built during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, east of the spring).

China Airlines Flight 358

The crew lost control of the airplane and it struck a hill, right wing first, near Wanli, Taipei.

Ji Cheng

Ji Cheng was born in the Ming Wanli Reign 10th year (1582) in Tong Li township, Wujiang county, Suzhou.

Wei Chueh

For over ten years, Venerable Wei Chueh went into solitary seclusion in the Yang Ming mountains near Wanli, a suburb of Taipei.

William Lai

Born in Wanli, a rural coastal town in northern Taipei County (now New Taipei City) on October 6, 1959, Lai underwent schooling in Taipei City and studied at both National Cheng Kung University in Tainan and National Taiwan University in Taipei, where he specialized in rehabilitation.


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