BETSTOPPER is a computer program, produced by Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation, to help prevent children from accessing internet online gambling sites.
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Monday 27 July 2009
Sunday 26 July 2009
Waka (poetry)
Waka (和歌 means literally "Japanese poem")
Important Facts:
Tags: Bussokusekika - Chōka - Japanese Poem - Katauta - Poetry - Sedōka - Tanka - Waka
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Important Facts:
- Also referred to as Yamato uta.
- Classical Japanese verse genre.
- The term comes from the Heian period.
- The term differentiates it from kanshi (poetry written in Chinese by Japanese poets).
- Instead of lines, waka has the unit (連) and the phrase (句).
- When translated into other languages, the units or phrases may be turned into lines.
- Bussokusekika
- Chōka
- Katauta
- Sedōka
- Tanka
Tags: Bussokusekika - Chōka - Japanese Poem - Katauta - Poetry - Sedōka - Tanka - Waka
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Waka,
Yamato Uta
Go (Game)
Strategically complex board game for two players.
Other names:
Other names:
- Baduk (Korean).
- Igo (Japanese),
- Wei ch'i / Weiqi (Chinese)
- Played with 2 players.
- Uses a grid of 19x19 lines.
- Players alternately place black and white stones on the intersections of the grid.
- Main object is to control more territory on the board than your opponent.
- A stone or group of stones can be captured if they are completely surrounded by stones of the opposing colour.
- Appears to have originated in ancient China over 2,500 years ago.
- Several legends to it's origin.
- One legend is that Chinese Emperor Yao, either himself or his counselor Shun, designed the game for his son Danzhu to teach intellectual discipline.
- Also possible the game may have started as a type of crude military map used by generals and warlords to plan campaigns.
- Already very popular by 3rd century BC (referenced by Confucius).
- The early game may have been played on a 17x17 grid (archeological evidence).
Liu Bang
Liu Bang also known posthumously as Emperor Gao.
Background information:
Background information:
- First Emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
- Ruler of China from 202 BC -195 BC.
- One of the few dynasty founders who came from the peasant class (Zhu Yuanzhang is the other notable example).
- Prior to becoming Emperor, he was called Duke of Pei (沛公) - from his birthplace.
- Father - Liu Zhijia
- Mother - Wang Hanshi (王含始)
- Wife - Empress Lü Zhi (mother of Emperor Hui & Princess Luyuan)
- Concubines - Consort Cao (mother of Prince Fei), Consort Qi (mother of Prince Ruyi), Consort Zhang, Consort Wei, Consort Bo (mother of Emperor Wen), Consort Zhao (mother of Prince Chang)
- Children - Liu Fei, Prince Daohui of Qi, Liu Ying, Liu Jian, Liu Ruyi, Liu Heng, Liu Hui, Liu You, Liu Chang.
- Grandchildren - Liu Xiang, Liu Zhang, Liu Xingju, Liu Qi
- Born in Pei, to a peasant farming family.
- Served as a patrol officer in Pei County as a young adult.
- Became a rebel leader - he lead a band of prisoners after earning their respect by killing a powerful cobra which had killed many of their escaping colleagues.
Labels:
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Duke of Pei,
Emperor Gao,
Empress Lü Zhi,
Farmer,
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Liu Zhijia,
Peasant Class,
Pei,
Pei County,
Prisoner,
Rebel Leader,
Zhu Yuanzhang
Xi Han Dynasty 西汉
Xi Han Dynasty 西汉(西漢 206 B.C. - 8 A.D.)
Important facts:
Important facts:
- Founded by the rebel peasant leader Liu Bang.
- Preceded by the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE)
- Succeeded by the Three Kingdoms (220–265 CE).
- Was interrupted for ~14 years by the Xin Dynasty (9–23 CE).
- The interruption separates the Han Dynasty into two periods: the Western Han (202 BCE–9 CE) and Eastern Han (25–220 CE) periods.
- Chinese cultural consolidation
- Economic prosperity
- Political experimentation
- Technological advances
- Territorial expansion
Dan Zhu (丹朱)
Important facts:
- Father - Emperor Yao Di (Tang Yao).
- Mother - concubine San Yi.
- Legend is that Emperor Yao (2357-2255 B.C.) invented Go (Weiqi) to enlighten his low intelligence son Dan Zhu.
- Dan Zhu spent most his time playing Go (Weiqi).
- Emperor Yao believed he was not suitable for anything other than Go (Weiqi).
- Dan Zhu was exiled to present day Zhucheng in Shandong by his father.
Saturday 25 July 2009
Diptych
Any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge.
Objects of this type were popular in the ancient world.
Diptych can also be used for a thematically-linked sequence of two books.
Objects of this type were popular in the ancient world.
Diptych can also be used for a thematically-linked sequence of two books.
Ki no Tsurayuki
Ki no Tsurayuki (紀貫之?, 872-945) [Wikimedia Commons]
Important facts about Ki no Tsurayuki include:
- Uncle of Ki no Tomonori.
- Son of Ki no Mochiyuki.
- Japanese author, poet.
- Courtier of the Heian period in Japanese history.
- One of 4 poets requested to compile the Kokin Wakashūi anthology of poetry.
- Held offices in Kyoto.
- Provincial governor of Tosa province (930-935).
- Presumed provincial governor of Suo province subsequently.
- One of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals selected by Fujiwara no Kinto.
- Editor of the Kokin Wakashū.
Ki no Tomonori (紀友則)
Ki no Tomonori in the Hyakunin Isshu.
Ki no Tomonori (c.850-c.904) was an early Heian waka Japanese poet, and also the nephew of fellow poet Ki no Tsurayuki. These 2 poets were among the 4 court poets requested by the Emperor Daigo to compile the Kokinshu (Collection of Poems Old and New) poetry anthology. Included in the Kokinshu is a eulogy to Ki no Tomonori by Ki no Tsurayuki.
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Emperor Daigo,
Heian,
Heian waka,
Hyakunin Isshu,
Ki no Tomonori,
Ki no Tsurayuki,
Kokinshu,
Poet,
Poetry,
Waka
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