• Niu Sengru (牛僧孺) (780 – January 27, 849), courtesy name Si'an (思黯), formally Duke Wenzhen of Qizhang (奇章文貞公), was a prominent statesman, scholar, chuanqi...
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  • factions later to be referred to by Chinese historians as the Niu Faction (牛黨), named after Niu Sengru, which was largely viewed as a faction of officials from...
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    enemies in the Niu-Li Factional Struggles—those who were members of what would later be referred to as the Niu Faction (named after Niu Sengru) against Li...
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    toward each other as a result of personal animosity. The Niu faction was represented by Niu Sengru and Li Zongmin and the Li faction by Li Deyu. In the 830s...
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  • — as a leader of the so-called Niu Faction, named after his colleague Niu Sengru. It is not known when Li Zongmin was born. His great-great-grandfather...
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  • Niu Lijie (牛丽杰), former Chinese women's national football team member. Rong Niu or Red Panda (born 1970/1971), Chinese American acrobat Niu Sengru (牛僧孺)...
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    Zongmin and Niu Sengru were considered factional figures (of the faction historians later referred to as the Niu Faction, named after Niu), and they,...
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    He notes that the "Xuanguai lu", authored by the Tang dynasty minister Niu Sengru (779–847), remains the first real source on the Chinese chess variant...
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    recovered somewhat from his stroke. In 823, impressed with the official Niu Sengru for having refused gifts from the now-deceased Han Hong while virtually...
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    story "Cén Shùn" (岑順) in the collection Xuanguai lu (玄怪錄), written by Niu Sengru in the middle part of the Tang dynasty. Xiangqi is the same as it is today...
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