- 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...
- as the Niu
Faction (named
after Niu
Sengru)
against Li Deyu's Li Faction—including the
former chancellors Niu
Sengru and Li Zongmin—by
accusing them of...
-
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
humble origins...
-
notes that the "Xuanguai lu", aut****d by the Tang
dynasty minister Niu
Sengru (779–847),
remains the
first real
source on the
Chinese chess variant xiangqi...
-
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...
- region. The
situation was
summed up thus by Tang dynasty's
chancellor Niu
Sengru: "Ever
since the
Anshi Rebellion, the
three Fanzhen have not been part of...
- by Li Gongzuo, "The Tale of Hongxian" by Yuan Jiao, "Du Zichun" by Niu
Sengru, "Tale of the
Transcendent Marriage of
Dongting Lake" by Li Chaowei, "Nie...
- and servants, not
attending to the
affairs of state. The
chancellor Niu
Sengru,
feeling that he
could do
nothing in this
political climate,
resigned and...
- as a
military governor). The
succeeding chancellors Li
Zongmin and Niu
Sengru were
considered factional figures (of the
faction historians later referred...
- of the
Xuanguai lu (玄怪錄;
Records of the
Mysterious and Strange) by Niu
Sengru,
dated between 805 and 826. The
story is also
collected in the Xu Xuanguai...
