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Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1zheng4], a county-level city in Henan / surname Zheng / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4zhou1], the capital of Henan
zhēng zheng or guzheng, a long zither with moveable bridges, played by plucking the strings
嬴政 Yíng Zhèng Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
包公 Bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
希仁 rén Xiren, courtesy title of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
图穷匕见 qióng xiàn lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4] by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent
隋书 Suí shū History of the Sui Dynasty, thirteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Wei Zheng 魏徵|魏征[Wei4 Zheng1] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 85 scrolls
正安 Zhèng ān Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou
郑人买履 zhèng rén mǎi lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea
韩正 Hán Zhèng Han Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-)
郑玄 Zhèng Xuán Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
郑和 Zhèng Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
宝船 bǎo chuán Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2]
荆轲 Jīng Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
郑声 Zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music
郑码 Zhèng Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里[Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3]
嫪毐 Lào Ǎi Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao
包青天 Bāo Qīng tiān Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
燕太子丹 Yān Tài Dān Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC
三宝太监 Sān bǎo tài jiàn Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] / also written 三保太監|三保太监
下西洋 xià yáng to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
中国航海日 Zhōng guó Háng hǎi Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] in 1405 AD
元曲四大家 Yuán jiā Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
包待制 Bāo Dài zhì Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
包拯 Bāo Zhěng Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician


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