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Feizi (非子) was a Zhou Dynasty Chinese royal horse trainer and breeder. King Xiao of Zhou gave him the surname of Ying (嬴) and rewarded him the Qin City (秦邑, in today Tianshui, Gansu), which later became State of Qin, whose rulers revered him as an ancestor, known as Qin Ying. The Zhou Dynasty (周朝; Wade-Giles: Chou Dynasty) (late 10th century BC to late 9th century BC - 256 BC) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. ... Binomial name Equus caballus The Horse (Equus caballus) is a large ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... King Xiao of Zhou (ch 周孝王 zhōu xìao wáng) or King Hsiao of Chou was the eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. ... A Chinese surname, also called a clan name or family name (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: or 氏; shì), is one of the over seven hundred family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups. ... Tianshui (Chinese: 天水; pinyin: ) is the second largest city in Gansu province in northwest China. ... Gansu (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃; Traditional Chinese: 甘肅; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, or modified as Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ... State of Qin (small seal script, 220 BC) Qin or Chin (Wade-Giles) (秦) (778 BC-207 BC) was a state during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of China. ...


Not to be confused with Han Feizi, which is a book written by Han Fei (韓非). Traditional Chinese: 韓非子 Simplified Chinese: 韩非子 Pinyin: Hán Fēizǐ Wade-Giles: Han Fei-tzu Han Feizi (韓非子) (d. ...


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