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  • 91Ge Hong — (zh cpw|c=葛洪|p=Gě Hóng|w=Ke Hung, 284–364), courtesy name Zhichuan (稚川), was a minor southern official during the Jìn Dynasty (263 420), best known for his interest in Daoism, alchemy, and techniques of longevity. Yet religious and esoteric… …

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  • 92Wang Tao (19th century) — Wang Tao (Chinese:王韜 Pinyin: Wángtāo; November 10, 1828 ndash; April, 1897) was a Qing dynasty translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher, and fiction writer. He was born as Wang Libin in Puli Town fn|1 in Suzhou prefecture.… …

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  • 93Tom Bradley (author) — Tom Bradley is an American novelist, essayist and writer of short stories. He is the author of The Sam Edwine Pentateuch [ [http://s232745871.onlinehome.us/corpse/archives/issue 14/poetick kulchur/johan.html Exquisite Corpse A Journal of Letters… …

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  • 94Kuang (surname) — Kwong (zh tspw|t=鄺|s=邝|w=k uang|p=kuàng) is a Chinese family name originated from central China. Today, it is the surname of over 5 million individuals, across the southern part of China and in the ethnic Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Macau,… …

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  • 95Ming dynasty — (1368–1644) Chinese dynasty that provided an interval of native rule between eras of Mongol and Manchu dominance. The Ming, one of the most stable but autocratic of dynasties, extended Chinese influence farther than did any other native rulers of …

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  • 96Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …

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  • 97Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 98Chen Ping — b. 1960, Beijing Traditional Chinese painter Trained privately in traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy and seal carving from his youngest years, Chen Ping received from the start the education of a classic literatus. In 1984 he graduated… …

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  • 99Scrabble — For other uses, see Scrabble (disambiguation). Scrabble Current Scrabble logo by Hasbro, Inc. used in the USA and Canada, since March 2008 Former Scrabble logo by Hasbro, Inc. used in the USA and Canada, until March 2008 …

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  • 100Yeonsangun of Joseon — Yeonsan gun is also the name of a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea Infobox Korean name hangul=연산군 hanja=燕山君 rr=Yeonsan gun mr=Yŏnsan gun hangulborn=이융 hanjaborn=李隆 rrborn=I Yung mrborn=I YungYeonsan gun (1476 – 1506, r. 1494 1506),… …

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