Chung-li Ch'uan (One of the Eight Immortals of Taoism

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• Zhongli Quan — of Chinese mythology, the second oldest of the eight immortals. Zhongli Quan (traditional Chinese: 鐘離權; simplified Chinese: 钟离权; pinyin: Zhōnglí Quán; Wade Giles: Chung li Ch üan) is one of the most ancient of the Eight Immortals (some others say …   Wikipedia

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• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium