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Chen Yun (1905) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (6 ed.)
...politically, Chen did not personally bear the brunt of Mao's hostilities during the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural Revolution decade had once again severely damaged the Chinese economy, and in 1978 , the party turned to Chen Yun once again. In addition to his economic work, Chen also returned to his leadership origins in party organization, becoming the first head of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission, and for a short time, Chen Yun and Deng Xiaoping developed a strategic partnership in the central élites. However, by 1984 Chen Yun had become...
Chen Yun (1905) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Political Biography (2 ed.)
...politically, Chen did not personally bear the brunt of Mao's hostilities during the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural Revolution decade had once again severely damaged the Chinese economy, and in 1978 , the party turned to Chen Yun once again. In addition to his economic work, Chen also returned to his leadership origins in party organization, becoming the first head of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission, and for a short time, Chen Yun and Deng Xiaoping developed a strategic partnership in the central élites. However, by 1984 Chen Yun had become...
CHEN Yun (1905–1995) Reference library
Joel R. CAMPBELL
Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
...CHEN Yun Chén Yún 陈云 1905–1995 Early Communist leader Considered to be one of China’s “eight immortals,” a group of Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) patriarchs who held significant power after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 , Chen Yun was perhaps most famous for his theory of the “bird-cage economy.” He held that China’s market should be allowed to perform like a bird in a cage. The cage should not be so small that the bird cannot fly, but the bird should remain within the confines of a cage, lest it fly away. Born in Qingpu near...
♂ Chén Yún (1905–1995) Reference library
Joel R. CAMPBELL
Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography (Volume 4)
...♂ Chén Yún 陈云 1905–1995 — Old-guard political leader and economic thinker , one of the so-called Eight Immortals Alternate names: b. Liào Chényún 廖程雲 ; trad. 陳雲 Chen Yun in Zhongnanhai ( 1959 ). Author unknown. Summary A long-lived revolutionary and government official, Chen Yun is best known as a key party economic thinker and ideological theorist from the 1950s to the 1980s. He developed the bird cage theory of limited economic freedom after the Cultural Revolution and promoted slow, steady development in opposition to Deng...
Chen Yun
Chinese Family Names Reference library
Mark Lewellen and Horace Chen
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
...historic books on the origins of Chinese surnames are Yuan He Xing Zuan ( 元和姓纂 ), Xing Shi Kao Lüe ( 姓氏 考 略 ), Tong Zhi – Shi Zu Lüe ( 通志 · 氏族略 ), Xing Yuan ( 姓苑 ), Xing Xi ( 姓觽 ), Gu Jin Xing Shi Shu Bian Zheng ( 古 今 姓氏 書 辯 證 ), Xing Yuan Yun Pu ( 姓源韻譜 ), Xing Shi Ji Jiu Pian ( 姓氏 急 就 篇 ), Lu Shi ( 路史 ), Feng Su Tong ( 風俗通 ), etc. But some of the records of persons in these books may be legendary, and some scholars are skeptical about them, particularly those concerning figures prior to the Xia...
Mu-chou Chʾen-tsun-su
Yunqiao (c.1410) Reference library
Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists
... or Yun-ch'iao Chinese , 15th century, male. Born c.1410 ; died c.1490 . Painter . Ming dynasty. Yunqiao was the teacher of the painter Zhou Chen. He was probably the same artist as Chen Xian ( 1405–1496 , sobriquet Jizhao, style name...
Jiang Jie (1800–1830) Reference library
Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists
...(Zhejiang). Painter . After studying figure painting, Jiang Jie turned to flower painting in the style of Chen Shun, who was working in the mid-17th century. He painted several signed and dated works, including Chrysanthemums , after Yun Shouping, dated 1817 ; Four Paintings of Flowers Depicting the Four Seasons , including two after Yun Shouping, dated 1831 ; Tao Yuanming Gathering Chrysanthemums , dated 1831 ; Peonies and Magnolias , after Yun Shouping, accompanied by two lines of poetry; and Old Plum Tree in Flower...
Mu-chou Chʾen-tsun-su (c.780–877) Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...Chʾen-tsun-su (Jap., Bokushū Chinsonshuku ; ; c. 780–877 ). Chʾan dharma-successor ( hassu ) of Huang-po Hsi-yün , whose abrupt methods he developed even further. Thus Yun-men attained enlightenment when he went to Mu-chou, who followed his practice of listening to the footsteps of approaching students, and of admitting them only if their steps expressed a prepared state of mind. Mu-chou's teaching was short and abrupt, and he appears in example 10 of Pi-yen-lu ( see KŌAN...
YUN Shouping (Z.) Reference library
Fang Chao-ying
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (Rev)
...In reality only the older one was killed; the younger, Yun Shouping, then only fifteen, was taken by Chen Jin and was adopted by the latter’s wife. One day when Yun Richu was visiting a monastery on West Lake, Hangzhou he recognized his son in the company of Chen’s wife who happened to be visiting the monastery too. As Chen was then governor-general of Zhejiang and Fujian, Yun did not dare to appeal directly to the Governor’s wife for the return of his son, and so plotted with the abbot of the monastery to recover the boy by some other means. The abbot persuaded...
Yun Zhu Reference library
Ellen Widmer
The Oxford Encyclopedia Women in World History
...the limelight. Her son Linqing's autobiography, published in 1846–1850 , added to Yun's luster with its celebration of her career. [ See also Chen Duansheng ; China, subentry Imperial Period ; Huang Yuanjie ; Shen Shanbao ; Wang Duanshu ; Wang Yun ; and Wu Zao .] Bibliography Chang, Kang‐i Sun . “Ming and Qing Anthologies of Women's Poetry and Their Selection Strategies.” In Writing Women in Late Imperial China , edited by Ellen Widmer and Kang‐i Sun Chang , pp. 147–170. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. The best discussion of...
Chʾüan-chen tao Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...is thus eclectic. Of several movements derived from Chʾüan-chen tao, the most important (or at least enduring) has been Lungmen, the Dragon Gate school, with its monastery at Pai-yün kuan...
Wang Yun Reference library
Qingyun Wu
The Oxford Encyclopedia Women in World History
...and maneuver within the patriarchal system. Wang Yun's third play, Youxian meng , seems to have been lost. But according to Zhou Miaozhong, it is a sequel to Fanhua meng , portraying the life of Wang Menglin after she becomes an immortal. The play reflects the inescapability of real life, but its thematic concerns are still about equality between men and women and about a woman's pursuit of liberation and an ideal life. [ See also Chen Duansheng ; China, subentry Imperial Period ; Wu Zao ; and Yun Zhu .] Bibliography Ropp, Paul S. “ ‘Now cease...
Chen Duansheng Reference library
Qingyun Wu
The Oxford Encyclopedia Women in World History
...undermine female power, symbolized by the only woman emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian. Such attempted revisions of Zaisheng yuan mark Chen Duansheng's radical voice as especially controversial. The political as well as aesthetic value of her work has attracted wide critical attention in both China and the West. [ See also China, subentry Imperial Period ; Liang Mengzhao ; Qiu Xinru ; Tao Zhenhuai ; Wang Yun ; Wu, Empress ; and Wu Zao .] Bibliography Sung, Marina H. The Narrative Art of Tsai‐sheng‐yüan: A Feminist Vision in Traditional...
CHEN Shiguan (Z.) Reference library
Li Man-kuei
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (Rev)
...work Shaoguang buyi 少廣補遺 , 1 juan , was copied into the Siku ( see under Ji Yun ) Library. He is credited with another work on mathematics, Fangcheng shenlun 方程申論 , 6 juan. Chen Shiren’s wife, Yang Shouxian 楊守閑 (Z. 禮持 ), was a poetess, and his grandson, Chen Yongfu 陳用敷 (Z. 正誼 H. 錫民 , d. 1800 ), jinshi of 1760, served as governor of Guizhou (1785, 1795), of Anhui (1787–90, 1794, 1799), of Guangxi (1790–94), and of Hubei (1794–95). In 1789 Chen Yongfu was deprived of his rank (remaining, however, as governor of Anhui on probation)...
CHEN Menglei (Z.) Reference library
Fang Chao-ying
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (Rev)
...was compiled by Lionel Giles, under the title An Alphabetical Index to the Chinese Encyclopedia, Qinding ( 欽定 ) Gujin tushu jicheng. It was published in London in 1911. Chen Menglei left a work on the Classic of Changes , entitled Zhouyi qianshu 周易淺述 , 8 juan. It was written in 1694 and is mentioned in the Siku Catalogue ( see under Ji Yun ). Several collections of Chen’s literary works are referred to by bibliographers, namely: Tianyi daoren ji 天一道人集 , 100 juan; Risheng tang shiwen ji 日省堂詩文集 , 1 juan; Xianzhi shuwu ( tang ) ...
CHEN Wenshu (Z.) Reference library
Li Man-kuei
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (Rev)
.... Chen Wenshu was known for his liberality and fair-mindedness toward women, and had many women students whom he resolutely encouraged in the development of their talents. A painting, entitled Jinchai wenzi tu 金釵問字圖 , was made depicting some of these students taking lessons from him. Two of his concubines, Guan Yun 管筠 (Z. 湘玉 , 靜初 , Taoist names 純陽 , 守性 ), and Wen Jingyu 文靜玉 (Z. 湘霞 , Taoist name 秀貞 ), as well as his two daughters, Chen Huaqu 陳華娵 (Z. 萼仙 ), and Chen Liqu 陳麗娵 (Z. 茗仙 ), were poetesses. Chen Wenshu’s son, Chen...
CHEN Qiyuan (Z.) Reference library
Earl Swisher
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (Rev)
...14 years of labor and was first published in 1813 with a preface by Ruan Yuan . It was copied into the Imperial Library ( see under Ji Yun ) and is included in the Huang Qing jingjie ( see under Ruan Yuan ). In it Chen Qiyuan analyzes and corrects the works on the Odes by Zhu Xi ( see under Hu Wei ), Ouyang Xiu ( see under Shao Jinhan ), Lü Zuqian 呂祖謙 (1137–1181), and Yan Can 嚴粲 (13th century), and attacks those of Liu Jin 劉瑾 (Yuan dynasty), and Fu Guang 輔廣 (Song dynasty). It is one of the best examples of the beginnings of scientific...
CHEN Pengnian (Z.) Reference library
C. P. Wong
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (Rev)
...together with his nianpu , in 1762. An edition of his collected works, entitled Chen Keqin ji , in 39 juan , is listed in the Imperial Catalogue ( see under Ji Yun ). A treatise on public administration, Li shi zheng lüe 歷仕政略 , in 1 juan , and rules and regulations for river conservancy, Hegong tiaoyue 河工條約 , also in 1 juan , were both written shortly before his death. 1/283/6b; 3/164/1a; 23/16/1a; Hunan wenzheng 湖南文徵 32/1, 61/59; Siku ( see under Ji Yun ) 184/2b; Xiangtanxian zhi (1889) juan 8, sec. 4/81a. C. P. Wong ...
