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The Picture of Dorian Gray at Wikisource. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella -length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. [1] [2] The novel-length version was published in April 1891.
Yang Jingyu (February 13, 1905 – February 23, 1940), born Ma Shangde, was a Chinese communist, military commander and political commissar who led the First Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. His troops waged a guerrilla war against Japanese forces in Manchukuo ( Manchuria) who were ...
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The Falun Gong qigong movement uses a symbol that features a large swastika surrounded by four smaller (and rounded) ones, interspersed with yin-and-yang symbols. Heathenry. The swastika is a holy symbol in neopagan Germanic Heathenry, along with the hammer of Thor and runes. This tradition – which is found in Scandinavia, Germany, and ...
Alexander III of Macedon ( Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized : Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, [c] was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. [d] He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years ...
Nora Lum [1] (born June 2, 1988), [2] known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, rapper, and comedian. She rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube. She then released her debut album, Yellow Ranger (2014), and appeared on the MTV comedy series Girl Code (2014–2015).
Hagia Sophia ( lit. ' Holy Wisdom '; Turkish: Ayasofya; Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized :Hagía Sofía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia ), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi ), [3] is a mosque, a former church, and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
Yang Xianrong (羊獻容) (died 13 May 322 [2] ), posthumous name (as honored by Former Zhao) Empress Xianwen (獻文皇后, literally "the wise and civil empress"), was an empress —uniquely in the history of China, for two different dynastic empires and two different emperors. Her first husband was Emperor Hui of Jin, and her second husband ...