Zhong Yao
Portrait of Zhong Yao in Sancai Tuhui
Politician of Cao Wei
Born	151
Died	230 (aged 78–79)
Names
Simplified Chinese	钟繇
Traditional Chinese	鍾繇
Pinyin	Zhōng Yáo
Wade-Giles	Chung Yao
Style name	Yuanchang (元常)

Zhong Yao^[1] (151–230)^[2] was a Chinese calligrapher and politician of Cao Wei during the late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. Born in modern Xuchang, Henan, he was at one time the Grand Administrator of Chang'an.

Following Cao Pi's death and Cao Rui taking the throne, Zhong Yao was appointed as a Grand Tutor of Wei in 226. As a student of Cai Yong, a famous calligrapher, he also contributed to the development of standard script (kaishu), and is known as the "father of standard script". His famous works include the Xuānshì Biǎo (宣示表), Jiànjìzhí Biǎo (薦季直表), and Lìmìng Biǎo (力命表), which survive through handcopies, including by Wang Xizhi. Qiú Xīguī (2000, p. 143) describes the script in Zhong’s Xuānshì Biǎo as:

"…clearly emerging from the womb of early period semi-cursive script. If one were to write the tidily written variety of early period semi-cursive script in a more dignified fashion and were to use consistently the pause technique (dùn 頓, used to reinforce the beginning or ending of a stroke) when ending horizontal strokes, a practice which already appears in early period semi-cursive script, and further were to make use of right-falling strokes with thick feet, the result would be a style of calligraphy like that in the “Xuān shì biǎo"".

Zhong Yao's son Zhong Hui was also a calligrapher and a general of the Wei who conquered Shu Han with Deng Ai.

Family[link]

• Son: Zhong Hui

See also[link]

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms

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References[link]

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• de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0. 
• 漢語大字典. Hànyǔ Dàzìdiǎn, 1992. 湖北辭書出版社和四川辭書出版社 Húbĕi Cishu Chūbǎnshè and Sìchuān Cishu Chūbǎnshè; The Taiwanese edition (traditional characters) cited here is from 建宏出版社 Jiànhóng Publ. in Taipei; ISBN 957-813-478-9.

• Qiú Xīguī (2000). Chinese Writing. Translation of 文字學概論 by Mattos and Norman. Early China Special Monograph Series No. 4. Berkeley: The Society for the Study of Early China and the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. ISBN 1-55729-071-7.

• Wang, Yuchi, "Zhong Yao". Encyclopedia of China (Arts Edition), 1st ed.

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Lee Pei Fen
Chinese name	李佩芬
Chinese name	李佩芬 (Traditional)
Chinese name	李佩芬 (Simplified)
Origin	Singapore
Born	Singapore
Occupation	Singer, Getai singer and compére
Genre(s)	Getai
Instrument(s)	Singing
Years active	1993 - present
Awards Stomp Getai Awards - People Choice Awards 2007-2011

Lee Pei Fen is a Singaporean Getai singer and Getai compére who started singing in getai when she's was 6 years old. She have since been in Getai industry for over 15 years. She's popular among the audience and netcitizens as videos of her singing performance was posted in youtube since 2007.

External links[link]

• Lee Pei Fen Facebook Group
• Getai A-go-go 2010 - Lee Pei Fen Getai Performance

Liu Ling (Chinese: 劉伶), born 221 and died 300, was a Chinese poet and scholar. Little information survives about his family background, though he is described in historical sources as short and unattractive, with a dissipated appearance.

One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Liu Ling was a Taoist who retreated to the countryside in order to pursue a spontaneous and natural existence that would have been impossible under the tight constraints of the Imperial court. Popularly regarded as an eccentric, he was notorious for his love of alcohol. The earliest depictions of him, on tombs in Nanjing, show him drinking wine from a gourd, and his most famous work is a poem titled "In Praise of the Virtue of Wine". ^[1]

An oft-quoted folk tale about Liu Ling claims that he was followed at all times by a servant bearing a bottle of wine and a shovel, who was equally prepared to offer him wine at a moment's notice or bury him if he fell over dead. Another cites his practice of commonly walking around his home in the nude, explaining to surprised visitors that he considered the entire universe his home and his rooms his clothing, and then inquiring as to why they had just entered his pants.

Liu Ling's name is commonly misprinted as "劉靈".

Liu Ling and his beliefs about drinking are discussed in Jack London's autobiographical novel John Barleycorn.

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