Society and history

Dai Jin

Dai Jin (戴金, 1484–1548) was a Ming dynasty official from Hanyang, Huguang, who rose through the censorate to become Minister of War under the Jiajing Emperor.

Dai Li

Dai Li (戴笠, 1897–1946) was a Chinese intelligence officer from Zhejiang who ran Chiang Kai-shek's secret service, the Juntong, during World War II, dying in a 1946 plane crash.

Dai Nam thuc luc

Dai Nam thuc luc (Đại Nam thực lục) is the official court annal of Vietnam's Nguyen dynasty, compiled by its National History Institute from 1821 to 1909.

Dai Nihon shi

Dai Nihon shi (大日本史, Great History of Japan) is a history of Japan in classical Chinese, compiled by the Mito Tokugawa house from 1657 until 1906.

Dai Nippon Printing

Dai Nippon Printing (大日本印刷) is a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Japanese company formed in 1935, now the world's largest printer, diversified into packaging and electronic components.

Sep 17, 2026

Dai people (傣族, Daizu): Tai-speaking ethnic minority of southern and southwestern Yunnan, China, named "Dai" by the state in 1951; about one-quarter live in Xishuangbanna, follow Theravada Buddhism blended with animism, and celebrate the water-splashing New Year.

Dai Quheng

Dai Quheng (戴衢亨) was a Qing dynasty official from Dayu, Jiangxi, who placed first in the 1778 palace examination and rose to Grand Secretary under the Jiaqing Emperor.

Dai Shan

Dai Shan (代善) was a prince of the Aisin Gioro clan, second son of the Later Jin founder Taizu, who fought the Ming and twice acted as kingmaker.

Dai Shanhui

Dai Shanhui (戴山辉) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who founded Shixianghui, a Wuhan community group-buying platform, in 2017 and later co-founded the snack chain Ailingshi.

Sep 25, 2026

Dai Tang Guoshi Bu

Dai Tang Guoshi Bu (唐国史补) is a Tang dynasty collection of 308 anecdotes by Li Zhao, covering events from Emperor Xuanzong's Kaiyuan reign to Emperor Muzong's Changqing reign.

Sep 25, 2026

Dai Tang jiaosi lu (Record of Suburban Sacrifices of the Great Tang), compiled in the Yuanhe era

Dai Tang jiaosi lu (Record of Suburban Sacrifices of the Great Tang), also called Tang Zhenyuan jiaosi lu, is a Tang ritual text in ten juan by Wang Jing.

Dai Viet

Dai Viet (Đại Việt, "Great Viet") was the independent Vietnamese state name used from 1054 to 1804. During this period, it repelled Mongol invasions and became centralized.

Dai Viet army under the Tran

The Dai Viet army under the Tran (Quân đội Đại Việt thời Trần) was the armed force of Vietnam's Tran dynasty, defeating three Yuan-Mongol invasions in the 13th century.

Đại Việt Quốc dân Đảng

Đại Việt Quốc dân Đảng (大越國民黨), often shortened to Đảng Đại Việt, was a Vietnamese nationalist party founded by Trương Tử Anh in 1939, one of the main non-communist nationalist parties in Vietnam until 1975.

Dai Viet su ky

Dai Viet su ky (Đại Việt sử ký) is Vietnam's first official national history, a 30-volume chronicle compiled by Le Van Huu and completed in 1272.

Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư

Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (大越史記全書, Complete Annals of Đại Việt, often shortened to Toàn thư) is the oldest surviving complete official history of Vietnam, written in classical Chinese.

Dai Viet su luoc

Dai Viet su luoc (Đại Việt sử lược), also Viet su luoc, is one of the two oldest surviving historical records of Vietnam, an anonymous Tran dynasty chronicle.

Dai Viet thong su

Dai Viet thong su (Đại Việt thông sử), also called Le trieu thong su, is a history of Vietnam by Le Quy Don, completed in 1749 at age 23.

Dai Wei

Dai Wei (戴威) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the bike-sharing company ofo in 2014 and was later listed by courts as a dishonest debtor.

Dai Xi

Dai Xi (戴铣) was a Ming dynasty censorial official who died from a court beating after petitioning the Wuzong Emperor to retain grand secretaries Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

Dai Xiufen

Dai Xiufen (戴秀芬) is a Chinese businesswoman, founder and president of Xiaoyangren Bio Dairy Group, a dairy maker she started in Qingxian, Hebei in 1994.

Dai-ichi Life Insurance

Dai-ichi Life Insurance (第一生命保険) is a Japanese life insurer founded in 1902 as a mutual company, demutualized and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2010.

Daidō Danketsu Movement

The Daidō Danketsu Movement (大同団結運動, Grand Coalition Movement) was an anti-government coalition of Meiji Japan's popular-rights factions, led by Gotō Shōjirō from 1887 until it split in 1889.

Daie Zaocan

Daie Zaocan (呆鹅早餐, "Silly Goose Breakfast") was a Hangzhou internet breakfast pre-ordering platform founded by former Alibaba employee Lan Yaodong in 2014, closing after nine months.

Daifang Commandery

Daifang Commandery (帶方郡, 대방군) was a Chinese commandery on the Korean Peninsula, split from Lelang in the late Eastern Han and destroyed by Goguryeo in the early 4th century.

Daigaku-ryō

Daigaku-ryō (大学寮, also read ōtsukasa) was the central government academy for training officials under Japan's ritsu-ryō system, formalized by the Taihō Code of 701 and destroyed by fire in 1177.

Daigas Group

Daigas Group is a Japanese energy group built around Osaka Gas, founded in 1905, supplying city gas, LNG, LPG, industrial gases, and power to 10.89 million customer accounts.

Daiichi Life Group

Daiichi Life Group is a Japanese insurance holding company built around The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, founded in 1902 and ranked second in Japan by premium income.

Daiichi Sankyo

Daiichi Sankyo (第一三共) is a Japanese pharmaceutical company formed in 2005 by the merger of Sankyo and Daiichi Pharmaceutical, known for its Enhertu cancer drug.