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The king stared at the figure in astonishment. It walked with rapid strides, moving its head up and down, so that anyone would have taken it for a live human being. The artificer touched its chin, and it began singing, perfectly in tune. He touched its hand, and it began posturing, keeping perfect
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267:Hanyu Pinyin
177:Western Zhou
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1193:977–922 BC
1102:Li Shangyin
554:Daughters:
453:Li Shangyin
387:state of Xu
355:Yoji yeondo
71:Ji Man (姬滿)
44:Predecessor
1622:Categories
1545:3 Kingdoms
1137:References
1117:2022-08-11
1071:3 November
986:. (2007).
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731:Wang Jiang
281:Wade–Giles
197:Queen Fang
459:Automaton
371:King Zhao
353:painting
79:922/18 BC
54:Successor
1490:Shenjing
1450:Zhending
936:See also
569:Ancestry
483:Queens:
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379:Quanrong
89:Sheng Ji
649:Wang Si
391:Fenghao
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351:Joseon
328:Ji Man
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194:Mother
184:Father
109:Shuqie
84:Spouse
1529:Shang
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1300:Cheng
1166:Died:
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504:盛姬 姬姓
466:Liezi
445:Zaofu
383:China
158:House
118:Names
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1577:Liao
1569:Tang
1533:Zhou
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1352:Xuan
1330:Xiao
1320:Gong
1310:Zhao
1305:Kang
1073:2010
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518:太子繄扈
431:One
342:Life
332:king
173:Zhou
76:Died
68:Born
1609:PRC
1605:ROC
1589:Jīn
1565:Sui
1549:Jìn
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1537:Qin
1525:Xia
1514:Hui
1495:Nan
1480:Lie
1465:Kao
1435:Dao
1395:Hui
1357:You
1325:Yih
1265:Wen
1255:Tai
1110:全唐詩
314:周穆王
130:(姬)
24:周穆王
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