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Ye Chengzhong

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Ye Chengzhong (1840–1899) was a Chinese businessman and philanthropist active during the final years of the Qing Dynasty and a pioneer in the hardware industry who also made considerable contributions to education. [1]

21 relations: Cai Yuanpei, Chinese units of measurement, Coching Chu, Comprador, Hongkou District, Household hardware, Hu Shih, Huangpu River, Kerosene, North China, Qing dynasty, Sampan, Shanghai, Standard Oil, Suzhou, Tael, Wuhan, Xinhua News Agency, Yangtze, Ye (surname), Zhenhai District.

Cai Yuanpei

Cai Yuanpei (11 January 1868 – 5 March 1940) was a Chinese educator, Esperantist, president of Peking University, and founder of the Academia Sinica.

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Chinese units of measurement

Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the shìzhì ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese.

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Coching Chu

Coching Chu or Zhu Kezhen (7 March 1890 – 7 February 1974) was a prominent Chinese meteorologist, geologist and educator.

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Comprador

A comprador or compradore is a "person who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation".

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Hongkou District

, formerly spelled Hongkew, is a district of Shanghai, forming part of the northern urban core.

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Household hardware

Household hardware (or simply, hardware) is equipment that can be touched or held by hand such as nuts, screws, washers, keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, belts, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts.

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Hu Shih

Hu Shih (17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat.

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Huangpu River

The, formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a long river flowing through Shanghai that was first excavated and created by Lord Chunshen, one of the Four Lords of the Warring States during the Warring States period (475 BC - 221 BC).

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Kerosene

Kerosene, also known as paraffin, lamp oil, and coal oil (an obsolete term), is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum.

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North China

North China (literally "China's north") is a geographical region of China, lying North of the Qinling Huaihe Line.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.

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Sampan

A sampan is a relatively flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat.

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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Standard Oil

Standard Oil Co.

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Suzhou

Suzhou (Wu Chinese), formerly romanized as Soochow, is a major city located in southeastern Jiangsu Province of East China, about northwest of Shanghai.

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Tael

Tael (at the OED Online.) or tahil can refer to any one of several weight measures of the Far East.

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Wuhan

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China.

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Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English) or New China News Agency is the official state-run press agency of the People's Republic of China.

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Yangtze

The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

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Ye (surname)

Ye is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in traditional character and in simplified character.

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Zhenhai District

Zhenhai is a district and former county of the sub-provincial city of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province in eastern China.

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Chengzhong Middle School, Yeh Ch'eng-chung.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Chengzhong

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