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Zhizheng
Zhizheng (智正, 559–639) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the Sui and early Tang dynasties who lectured on the Huayan sutra and taught Zhiyan at Zhixiang Temple.
Zhizheng currency reform and inflation
The Zhizheng currency reform and inflation (至正钞法与通货膨胀) was the Yuan dynasty's last paper money reissue, decreed in 1350 under Emperor Toghon Temür, which collapsed into hyperinflation and barter.
Zhizheng He Fang Ji (Record of River Control in the Zhizheng Era)
Zhizheng He Fang Ji (至正河防记) is a Yuan dynasty treatise by Ouyang Xuan recording the methods and costs of Jia Lu's 1351 Yellow River closure campaign.
Zhizheng jiaochao
Zhizheng jiaochao (至正交钞) was a paper currency issued in the late Yuan dynasty in 1350 under Emperor Toghon Temür; prices rose more than tenfold before it failed.
Zhizheng River Works
The Zhizheng River Works (至正治河) was the Yuan dynasty project, directed by Jia Lu, that returned the Yellow River to its old channel in 1351.
Zhizhi Chanyu
Zhizhi Chanyu (郅支单于), personal name Luandi Hutuwusi, was a rival Xiongnu chanyu who held the steppe's north against his brother Huhanye during civil war, dying in 36 BCE.
Zhizhi Shisi (Office of the Pacification Commissioner)
The Zhizhi Shisi (制置使司) was the office of the zhizhishi, a Song dynasty military commissioner who planned and directed frontier military affairs when warfare required.
Zhizi Baipi Tang
栀子柏皮汤 (Zhizi Baipi Decoction), a three-herb formula from Zhang Zhongjing's Shanghan Lun (gardenia, Phellodendron bark, fried licorice) that clears damp-heat and treats jaundice with fever, heat predominating over dampness.
Zhizi Dahuang Decoction
栀子大黄汤 (Zhizi Dahuang Decoction), a Zhang Zhongjing classical formula from the Jin Gui Yao Lue for alcoholic jaundice, combining gardenia, rhubarb, immature bitter orange, and fermented soybean; studied for hepatoprotective chemistry and effects.
Zhizn Iskusstva
Zhizn Iskusstva (Жизнь искусства, "The Life of Art") was a Soviet theater and arts periodical in Petrograd, a newspaper from 1918 to 1922 and then a journal.
Zhong Changtong
Zhong Changtong (仲長統) was an Eastern Han philosopher and political essayist from Shanyang Gaoping, best known for the Changyan (昌言), a work of political and philosophical criticism arguing that human affairs, not Heaven's mandate, shape history.
Zhong Clan Army
The Zhong Clan Army (种家军) was a Northern Song hereditary line of frontier generals against Western Xia, begun by Chong Shiheng and prominent through 1126.
Zhong Hui
Zhong Hui (钟会) was a Cao Wei general and philosopher of the Three Kingdoms period who directed the conquest of Shu and died in a mutiny at Chengdu.
Zhong Hui's Rebellion
Zhong Hui's Rebellion (钟会之乱) was a 264 CE mutiny in which the Wei general Zhong Hui, after conquering Shu, was killed by his own troops.
Zhong Huijuan
Zhong Huijuan (钟慧娟) is a Chinese pharmaceutical executive who founded and leads Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group, a Hong Kong-listed drugmaker, and was named China's richest woman in 2025.
Zhong Lihe
Zhong Lihe (鍾理和) was a Taiwanese Hakka novelist and essayist, 1915 to 1960, called the Father of Nativist Literature, best known for Lishan Farm and Rain.
Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang (王中林) is a Chinese-American materials scientist and nanotechnologist who founded the fields of nanogenerators and piezotronics, and won the 2023 Global Energy Prize.
Zhong Man
Zhong Man (仲满), born 1983 in Nantong, is a Chinese sabre fencer who won men's individual sabre gold at Beijing 2008 under French coach Christian Bauer, the first Chinese male Olympic fencing champion, later China's sabre team coach.
Zhong Mingliang uprising
The Zhong Mingliang uprising (钟明亮起义) was a rebellion against Yuan rule led by the She leader Zhong Mingliang, which rose in Fujian in 1287 and was suppressed in 1291.
Zhong Nanshan (钟南山)
Zhong Nanshan (钟南山), born 20 October 1936, Chinese pulmonologist, CAE academician, Medal of the Republic recipient, SARS hero, and director of Guangzhou Laboratory who announced COVID-19 human-to-human transmission on 20 January 2020.
Zhong Qiu Tie
Zhong Qiu Tie (中秋帖) is a cursive-script handscroll attributed to Wang Xianzhi, held in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and generally considered a Song copy by Mi Fu.
Zhong Rong
Zhong Rong (鍾嶸, ca. 468–518) was a Chinese literary critic of the Liang dynasty, author of the Shipin, the first work of Chinese criticism devoted to poetry.
Zhong Shanfu
Zhong Shanfu (仲山甫) was a minister of King Xuan of Zhou, remembered for opposing a census and praised in the Book of Songs poem Zhengmin.
Zhong Shanshan (钟睒睒)
Zhong Shanshan (钟睒睒), born 1954, is a Chinese entrepreneur, founder of Nongfu Spring (农夫山泉) and controlling shareholder of Beijing Wantai Biological; former journalist, 'lone wolf', China's richest person 2021–2025.
Zhong Tianshi
Zhong Tianshi (钟天使), born 1991 in Shanghai, is a retired Chinese track sprint cyclist and two-time Olympic team sprint gold medalist (Rio 2016 with Gong Jinjie, Tokyo 2020 with Bao Shanju, world record 31.804 s), also world champion in 2015 and 2016.
Zhong Xing
Zhong Xing (钟惺, courtesy name Bojing, 1574–1624) was a Ming dynasty poet and critic from Jingling, Hubei, who founded the Jingling School and compiled the influential poetry anthology Shigui.
Zhong You
Zhong You (钟繇, Zhong Yuanchang, 151–230) was a chief minister of Cao Wei who served four rulers and became a founder of regular script calligraphy.
Zhong Zhaozheng
Zhong Zhaozheng (鍾肇政, 1925–2020), Hakka novelist of Longtan, Taoyuan, pioneer of the Taiwanese river novel with Turbidity Trilogy and Taiwanese Trilogy, founder of Wenyou Tongxun, editor of Taiwan Literary Arts, called Mother of Taiwanese Literature.
Zhong‐Ping Jiang
Zhong-Ping Jiang is a control and systems engineer, Institute Professor at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, known for nonlinear small-gain theory and robust adaptive dynamic programming.
Zhongar Biosphere Reserve
Zhongar Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB site in Kazakhstan's Zhetysu Alatau, designated 2018, 645,548 ha, protects Central Asian mountain ecosystems and the wild apple gene bank of Malus sieversii.