Liu is one of China's most successful athletes and has emerged as a cultural icon. He is the only male athlete in history to have achieved the "triple crown" in the event of 110-metre hurdles: World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion. He was the favorite to win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the Beijing Olympics, but he had to withdraw from competition at the last moment after a false start and aggravation to a previously unrevealed injury. Again a gold medal favourite in the 110 metre hurdles at the London Olympics he pulled his Achilles tendon attempting to clear the first hurdle in the heats. On April 7, 2015, he made a retirement announcement on his Sina Weibo. He would end his sport career officially.
During the Lü Clan Disturbance, Liu Xiang led the Qi forces and also seized the forces of the nearby Principality of Langye, and was ready to march to the capital Chang'an to claim the imperial throne for himself, assisted by his brothers Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju. After the officials in the capital overthrew the Lü clan and deposed Emperor Houshao of Han, however, they instead invited his uncle Prince Liu Heng of Dai (later Emperor Wen) to be emperor. Liu Xiang acquiesced and did not fight Emperor Wen for the throne, and he withdrew his forces back to his territory, though in fact he should be the heir presumptive after the extinction of the male line of Emperor Hui of Han.
Liu Xiang or Liu Hsiang, 劉湘 (1888–1938) was one of the warlords controlling Sichuan province during the Warlord era of 20th century China.
Liu Xiang was born 1 July 1888, in Dayi, Sichuan, China. He graduated from Sichuan Military College and eventually was promoted to army commander in Sichuan. From 6 June 1921 to 24 May 1922 Liu was both Civil Governor and Military Governor of Sichuan Province, and remained civil governor until December 1922. He again became both civil and military Governor of Sichuan Province from July 1923 until 19 February 1924 and remained military governor until 27 May 1924. He was again military governor between 16 May 1925 until he was replaced by Deng Xihou in 1926.
During the period from 1927–1938, Sichuan was in the hands of five warlords: Liu Xiang, Yang Sen, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, and Tian Songyao. No one warlord had enough power to take on all the others at once, so many small battles occurred, pitting one warlord against another. Large conflicts seldom developed, plotting and skirmishing characterized the Sichuanese political scene, and ephemeral coalitions and counter-coalitions emerged and vanished with equal rapidity.
Liu Xiang (Chinese:劉向) (77–6 BCE), born Liu Gengsheng (劉更生), courtesy nameZizheng (Chinese:子政), was a government official, scholar, and author of who lived during the Han Dynasty, of China. Among his polymathic scholarly specialties were history, literary bibliography, and astronomy. He is particularly well known for his bibliographic work in cataloging and editing the extensive imperial library.
Life
Family
Liu Xiang was born in Xuzhou. Being a distant relative of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han dynasty, he was thus a member of the ruling dynastic clan (the Liu family). Liu Xiang's father ranked as a marquess. Liu Xiang's son, Liu Xin, would continue the scholarly tradition of his father and his relative Liu An (the Prince of Huainan).
Middle career
By the beginning of Han Yuandi's reign, Liu Xiang was a member of a group of Confucian officials, including Xiao Wangzhi, who wished to limit the power of the emperor's female family member's relatives' clans, the Shi and the Xu; but, ended up on the wrong side of a power struggle involving the powerful eunuchs Hong Gong and Shi Xian. Again, briefly imprisoned, Liu Xiang was soon released, but terminated from official position, and he received no new appointments to office for the next fifteen years.
"Holding the Olympics in Beijing will be a major event that will remain in Chinese history, ... It will be an excellent opportunity for China to demonstrate the rapid development it has made. As athletes, we will be called upon to produce good results for our home country."
"The Beijing Olympics will be a good opportunity for the athletes of Asia to show their abilities, ... I don't believe that Asian athletes are inferior to athletes from North America and Europe in the track sprint events. I'm a good example. It's important to wipe away existing stereotypes. I hope Japanese athletes will also make their best efforts."
"I had thought the year following the 2004 Olympics would not be so busy. But it turned out to be very busy. I competed in Golden League races and world championships and quite a few domestic races."
"I hope to be at the starting line of the finals at Athens and win a medal at Beijing,"
"Of course, I want to win a second gold medal in my own country, ... In order to achieve that, I will have to make the effort. I will not only talk about it, but have my deeds speak for themselves. I will grab whatever chance I get."
"Some may be surprised, but I do expect more for Saturday's relay final. It's a team work, and I think it's more exciting."
"I majored in hurdle, so I am happy to bring the silver home with my teammates. They did a really good job. I should thank the audience who gave me enormous support tonight."
"I knew I would win although I felt tired after the National Games,"
"It was comfortable. I think I will be able to run under 13 seconds again sooner or later but I'm not losing sleep over it or putting pressure on myself."
"To win is the most important. I knew that I could make it, but I didn't expect such a time,"
Like a song I have to sing I sing it for you Like the words I have to bring I bring it for you And in leather, lace, and chains We stake our claim Revolution once again No I won't... I won't wear it on my sleeve I can see through this expression And you know I don't believe Too young to be told Exactly who are you Tonight Tomorrow's Too late And we love to wear a badge, a uniform And we love to fly a flag But I won't...let others live in hell As we divide against each other And we fight amongst ourselves Too set in our ways to try to rearrange Too right to be wrong, in this rebel song Let the bells ring out Let the bells ring out Is there nothing left Is there, is there nothing Is there nothing left Is honesty what you want A generation without name, ripped and torn Nothing to lose, nothing to gain Nothing at all And if you can't help yourself Well take a look around you When others need your time You say it's time to go...it's your time Angry words won't stop the fight Two wrongs won't make it right A new heart is what I need Oh God, make it bleed
Liu Xiang, director of the office of Piyan Mountain hot spring ancient village, said that the local hotels are often fully booked in winter ... Liu particularly recommended the stand-alone homestays, ...
... by using the example of Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) official Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), who compiled a number of books with a team of scholars under the command of the emperor starting in 26 BC.
by sportswriters Jiao Ziqi, Wu Zhi and Yue Wenwan. WUHAN, Oct ... A SEASON OF HIGHLIGHTS AND REGRETS. At 21, Zheng made headlines by winning an Olympic gold medal, following in the footsteps of her idol Liu Xiang ... "At the same time, it can also be pressure.
Researchers from Wuhan Botanical Garden, led by Professor Liu Wenzhi and Professor XiongXiang, recently conducted metagenomic sequencing and genome binning to examine the abundance and diversity of ...
Baltimore Sun
18 Nov 2024
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18 Nov 2024