kuò
to enclose
to include
also pr. [gua1]
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
armchair strategist
idle theorizing
cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
Jiǎng Jīng guó
Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988
Bā jiǎo jiē
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
same as 八廓街[Bā kùo jiē]
Táng Dé zōng
Emperor Dezong of Tang (742-805), reign name of tenth Tang emperor Li Kuo 李适[Li3 Kuo4], reigned 779-805
Zhào Kuò
Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子
Jiǎng Wěi guó
Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
Lǐ Kuò
Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗[De2 Zong1], (742-805), reigned 779-805
kuò
variant of 廓, big
empty
open
Mǎ Fú zǐ
Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括
Guō Sōng dào
Guo Songdao or Kuo Sun-tao (1818-1891), China's first imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK and France
Mèng Xī Bǐ tán
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
Shěn Kuò
Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2]
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