Mǎn Hàn
Manchurian-Chinese (relations)
Bān Chāo
Ban Chao (33-102), noted Han diplomat and military man
Zhōu Bó
Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han
shǐ sī míng
Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安禄山, eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 Anshi rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱 against the Tang dynasty
mán hàn
rude and violent
fierce and reckless
rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
Shǐ Sī míng
Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] against the Tang dynasty