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Song Qing

Song Qing (宋庆, 1820–1902) was a Qing dynasty general who rose from household servant to army commander, founded the Yi Army, and fought the Nian rebels and Japan.

Song Qiqiu

Song Qiqiu (宋齐丘, 887–959) was a statesman and strategist of the Wu and Southern Tang states, chief planner of Li Bian's usurpation of the Wu throne.

Song Seok Wu

Song Seok Wu (송석우, also Song Seok-U), born 1983, South Korean short track speed skater; 2006 Turin Olympic gold in the men's relay and multiple world championship medals.

Song Seung Jun

Song Seung Jun (송승준), South Korean baseball player born 1980 in Busan, Lotte Giants affiliate; won gold with Korea in the men's baseball tournament at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Not the footballer or actor of similar name.

Song Seung-heon (송승헌)

Song Seung-heon (송승헌, real name Song Seung-bok, born 1976) is a South Korean actor who debuted as a STORM model in 1995, starred in Autumn in my Heart and East of Eden, and won the 2008 MBC Daesang and a 2014 Blue Dragon Popularity Award.

Song Shi

Song Shi (宋史) is the official dynastic history of the Song dynasty (960–1279), compiled at the Yuan court and completed in 1345 under Toqto'a.

Song Shu Pin Pin

Song Shu Pin Pin (松鼠拼拼) was a Beijing-based community group-buying platform for low-price fresh food, founded by Meituan co-founder Yang Jun in 2018 and collapsed in 2019.

Song Si-yeol

Song Si-yeol (송시열, 1607–1689) was a Neo-Confucian scholar and official of Korea's Joseon dynasty who led the Western faction and its Noron branch, serving as royal tutor and Left State Councillor before his execution in 1689.

Song structure

Song structure (song form): the arrangement of verses, choruses, prechoruses, and bridges in popular music. AABA/32-bar form dominated 1920s–1960s Tin Pan Alley; verse-chorus form overtook it in the late 1960s; streaming-era pop compresses sections.

Song Sun

Song Sun (孙崧, born 1987) is a Chinese mathematician in complex differential geometry who, with Xiuxiong Chen and Simon Donaldson, proved K-stable Fano manifolds admit Kähler–Einstein metrics, resolving Yau's conjecture.

Song Sung Blue (2008 film)

Song Sung Blue (2008) is Greg Kohs' Slamdance-winning documentary about Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute duo Lightning & Thunder, Mike and Claire Sardina, later adapted into Craig Brewer's 2025 feature with Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.

Song Sung Blue (2025 film)

Song Sung Blue (2025) is a Craig Brewer drama starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Milwaukee couple Mike and Claire Sardina, whose Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning and Thunder is dramatized from Greg Kohs' 2008 documentary.

Song thất lục bát

Song thất lục bát, also called lục bát gián thất, is a traditional Vietnamese verse form of 7-7-6-8 syllable quatrains, created in the 15th–16th centuries.

Song thrush

Song thrush (Turdus philomelos), a Eurasian woodland and garden songbird known for repeating song phrases and smashing snails on anvils; UK population down 45% since 1967 but recovering recently.

Song to Song

Song to Song is Terrence Malick's 2017 romantic drama set in the Austin, Texas music scene, starring Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, and Natalie Portman; it premiered at SXSW, grossed about $1.8 million worldwide, and holds a 43% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Song Wan

Song Wan (宋琬, 1614–1673) was a Chinese poet and official from Laiyang, Shandong, in the early Qing dynasty, paired with Shi Runzhang as "Southern Shi, Northern Song".

Song Wei

Song Wei (宋伟) is a Chinese beverage entrepreneur, founder and chairman of Zhejiang Youxianggu in Changshan, Zhejiang, known for creating Song You Juice, a dual-pomelo drink that grew to 1 billion yuan in sales by 2024.

Song Weicong

Song Weicong (宋维聪), born in 1955, is a Chinese semiconductor entrepreneur who spent thirteen years at Applied Materials before founding Betone, a Shanghai thin-film deposition equipment maker, in 2008.

Song Weilong (宋威龙) (actor)

Song Weilong (宋威龙) is a mainland Chinese actor and model born in 1999 in Dalian, Liaoning, who became a leading man with the 2020 dramas Find Yourself and Go Ahead.

Song Weiping

Song Weiping (宋卫平, born 1958) is a Chinese property developer who co-founded Greentown China, a Hangzhou-based builder of luxury homes, in 1995 and led it until 2019.

Song Xiang

Song Xiang (宋湘), 1756 or 1757 to 1826, was a Qing dynasty Hakka poet, calligrapher, and official from Jiaying, Guangdong, honored as the "First Scholar of Lingnan."

Song Yadong (宋亚东)

Song Yadong (宋亚东), "Kung Fu Kid", Chinese UFC bantamweight born 1997 in Heilongjiang; Team Alpha Male boxer, record 24-9-1; beat Cejudo, Figueiredo, and knocked out Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC Shanghai 2026.

Song Yi

Song Yi (宋义) was a Chu commander of the late Qin dynasty who served as supreme general under King Huai of Chu and was killed by his deputy, Xiang Yu.

Song Yingchang

Song Yingchang (宋应昌, 1536–1606) was a Ming dynasty civil official, grand coordinator of Shandong and, from 1592, commissioner of the Chinese expeditionary forces sent to repel Japan's invasion of Korea.

Song Yoon-ah (송윤아)

Song Yoon-ah (송윤아), South Korean actress born 1973; 1995 KBS Super Talent debut; known for Hotelier, The K2, Mama, Secret Mother, and Jail Breakers; married to actor Sol Kyung-gu.

Song Young-chang (송영창)

Song Young-chang (송영창, born 1958) is a South Korean actor of stage, film, television, and voice, known internationally as Player 100 in Netflix's Squid Game.

Song Young-gyu

Song Young-gyu (송영규), South Korean character actor born 1970, debuted 1994 in a children's musical, known for Extreme Job (2019), Narco-Saints, and Big Bet; found dead in a car in Yongin on August 4, 2025 at 55 after a June 2025 DUI; survived by his wife and two daughters.

Song Yu

Song Yu (宋玉) was a fu poet of the state of Chu in the late Warring States period, regarded as a leading follower of Qu Yuan.

Song Zhenzong's Heavenly Texts and Fengshan

Song Zhenzong's Heavenly Texts and Fengshan (天书封禅) was a staged campaign of divine omens and Mount Tai sacrifices under Emperor Zhenzong of Song, from 1008.

Song Zheyuan

Song Zheyuan (宋哲元, 1885–1940) was a general of the Republic of China who commanded the 29th Army in the defense of the Great Wall passes in 1933.