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Gong.io
Gong.io, commonly known as Gong, is a privately held software company founded in 2015 by Amit Bendov and Eilon Reshef that applies AI to sales calls, coaching, and revenue forecasting.
Gong'an Law
The Gong'an Law (공안, 貢案) was the tribute register of Joseon Korea, first compiled in 1392 under founder Taejo from Goryeo records and later replaced by the Daedong Law.
Gong'an school
The Gong'an school (Gongan pai) was a late Ming literary school of the three Yuan brothers of Hubei who advocated expressing one's own nature, or xingling, in writing.
Gongancheong
The Gongancheong (공안상정청, Office for the Detailed Determination of the Gongan) was a temporary Joseon office, established in 1501 to revise the gongan tribute register, producing the SinYu Gongan.
Gongbeop and Yeonbeop
Gongbeop and Yeonbeop (공법·연법 실시) is the early Joseon land-tax reform in which King Sejong replaced the Gwajeonbeop with the graded Gongbeop, finalized in 1444 and extended nationwide by 1489.
Gongbi
Gongbi (工笔, "meticulous brush") is a meticulous realist technique of Chinese painting, built from fine ink outlines filled with repeated washes of ink and color, opposite to xieyi.
Gongboxia hydroelectric plant
The Gongboxia hydroelectric plant (公伯峡水电站) is a 1500 MW hydroelectric station on the upper Yellow River in Qinghai, China, generating about 5.14 billion kWh annually.
Gongcheng City Site
共城城址 (Gongcheng site) is a Zhou-era walled city site in Huixian, Henan, linked to the state of Gong, Gongbo He, and the Gonghe regency of 841 BC. Sixth-batch national protected site (2006), roughly square, about 5 km perimeter, rammed-earth walls.
Gonggi (공기)
Gonggi (공기놀이, gonggi nori), Korean jacks, is a traditional children's game with five pebbles or plastic pieces tossed and caught one-handed through five stages; old Joseon records, Squid Game 2 fame, heritage shortlisting.
Gonggong (共工)
Gonggong (共工), also Kanghui, is the water god of Chinese mythology who, after losing a fight for emperorship to Zhuanxu (or Zhurong), struck Mount Buzhou, tilting heaven northwest and making China's rivers flow southeast; also namesake of dwarf planet 225088 Gonggong.
Gonghe Regency
The Gonghe Regency (共和行政) was a period of Western Zhou history after King Li fled in 842 BC, beginning the era of reliable Chinese dating in 841 BC.
Gongheyong
Gongheyong (共和涌) is a populated place in Guangdong, China, near Shenzhen at 22.76 N, 113.79 E, elevation 2 m, population about 204,881; a smaller namesake exists in Liaoning.
Gongjo
Gongjo (공조, 工曹) was the Ministry of Public Works in late Goryeo and Joseon Korea, one of six state ministries, responsible for construction, craft production, forests, and weights and measures.
Gongmin of Goryeo
Gongmin of Goryeo (공민왕), born Wang Gi in 1330, was the 31st king of Goryeo from 1351 to 1374, breaking with the Mongol Yuan empire before being assassinated in 1374.
Gongmin's anti-Yuan reforms
Gongmin's anti-Yuan reforms (공민왕의 반원 개혁) were measures taken by Goryeo's King Gongmin in 1356 to purge the pro-Yuan Gi Cheol faction, abolish Yuan's Imunso, and recover the Ssangseong region.
Gongniu Group
Gongniu Group Co., Ltd. (GONEO) is a Chinese maker of power strips and wall switches, founded in 1995 in Cixi, Zhejiang, and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2020.
Gongora
Gongora Ruiz & Pav. (1794) is a Neotropical orchid genus (Stanhopeinae) of epiphytes with pendent inflorescences, pollinated only by male euglossine bees; about 55-81 species from Mexico to South America and Trinidad.
Gongshang shiguan system
The gongshang shiguan system (工商食官) was an ancient Chinese arrangement in which craftsmen and merchants were organized and managed by the state, dominant in the Zhou era.
Gongshi
Gongshi (供石), also called guaishi and lingshi, are naturally shaped rocks collected in China as objects of contemplation, known in English as scholars' rocks; collected for over a millennium.
Gongsun Hong
Gongsun Hong (公孫弘) was a chancellor of China's Western Han dynasty under Emperor Wu who rose from herding pigs and first opened official office to Confucian scholars.
Gongsun Kang
Gongsun Kang (公孫康) was a Chinese warlord of the late Later Han who ruled Liaodong and northwestern Korea from 204 until his death around 221.
Gongsun Long
Gongsun Long (公孙龙) was a disputer of the Warring States period, a retainer of Ping Yuanjun in Zhao, known for the paradox "a white horse is not a horse."
Gongsun Longzi
Gongsun Longzi (公孫龍子) is a short philosophical text attributed to Gongsun Long, a Warring States logician, known for arguing that "a white horse is not a horse."
Gongsun Shu
Gongsun Shu (公孙述) was a Han official who declared himself emperor of Chengjia in Sichuan in AD 25 and died fighting the Han in AD 36.
Gongsun Zan
Gongsun Zan (公孙瓒) was a late Eastern Han warlord who commanded Youzhou's frontier cavalry and fought Yuan Shao for northern China until his death in 199.
Gongura
Gongura (puntikura, pulichakeerai, sougri) is the sour leaf of Hibiscus cannabinus (kenaf), also attributed to H. sabdariffa (roselle), a leafy green of Andhra, Telangana and northeastern India; top-ranked for iron (7.65–9.56 mg/100 g), base of gongura pachadi.
Gongxian power station
Gongxian power station (华电四川珙县发电厂) is a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power station in Gong County, Yibin, Sichuan, China, owned by China Huadian, whose two 600 MW units began service in 2010 and 2011.
Gongyang Commentary
The Gongyang Commentary (公羊传) is a classical Chinese work explaining the political meaning of the Spring and Autumn Annals through question-and-answer exposition, written down in the early Han dynasty.
Gongyang of Goryeo
Gongyang of Goryeo, personal name Wang Yo, was the 34th and last king of Goryeo, reigning from 1389 to 1392 before being deposed by Yi Seong-gye.
Gongyi power station
Gongyi power station (大唐巩义发电厂), also called Datang Gongyi power station, is a 1,320 MW coal-fired power station in Gongyi, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, commissioned in 2019.