Ju County or Juxian ( simplified Chinese : 莒县 ; traditional Chinese : 莒縣 ; pinyin : Jǔ Xiàn ) is a county of Rizhao City , in the south of Shandong , China. As of the end of 2021, the total registered population of Ju County was 1.167 million. It covers an area of 1,821 km (703 sq mi).
7-454: The Fulaishan Scenic Area ( 浮来山景区 ; Fúláishān Jǐngqū ) is located on the western border of Ju County. It is noteworthy for an ancient ginkgo tree that grows in the center of the front yard of Dinglin Temple ( 定林寺 ; Dìnglín Sì ) and is believed to be nearly 4000 years old. The tree is 26.7 meters high and 15.7 meters thick, covering an area of more than 600 square meters. In 1982, UNESCO conducted
14-406: A psychology experiment by asking his subjects to draw a circle on a piece of paper with one hand, while the other hand tried to simultaneously draw a square. This test was to measure the level of distraction that could be managed by his subjects. As Liu observed, his students, who were the subjects of his experiment, struggled to perform both tasks simultaneously. What Liu's experiment had demonstrated
21-457: A secretary to the emperor's other sons, until he was later sent back to the monastery. When the scripture editing project was finished, Liu decided to continue on at the monastery. Liu also wrote The Great Enlightenment ( Hong Ming Ji ) and On the World ( Shijie Ji ), both of which are lost. He also wrote an essay entitled "Treatise on Refuting Falsehood" ( Mie Huo Lun ). Liu Xie conducted
28-638: A special study on this tree and broadcast its close-up to the world. As 2012, this county is divided to 18 towns and 3 townships. Liu Xie (about 467-539) Word Yan, lived in Dongguan in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, who is the writer of "Wenxindiaolong". Song Ping, born in Luozhuang Zhaoxian in 1917, graduated from the College of Agriculture at Peking University, Tsinghua University study in 1936. He joined
35-731: The Dinglin Monastery ( 定林寺 ) until his death during the Liang Dynasty . It was during his time editing Buddhist scriptures that he wrote his The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons. He later became a private secretary to Xiao Hong, brother of the Liang emperor Xiao Yan . He also did logistics for a military unit and was later promoted to county magistrate in Taimo (modern day Longyou county, Zhejiang province). Eventually, he again worked as
42-828: The Chinese Communist Party in 1937. In June 1989, he was elected as the Politburo Standing Committee in the CCP Fourth Plenary Session of the Thirteenth. In 2011, Ju was honored as the National Civilized County. In 2009, Ju was honored as China's Most Unusual Charm County. This Shandong location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Liu Xie Liu Xie ( Chinese : 劉勰 ; pinyin : Liú Xié , ca. 465–522 ), courtesy name Yanhe ( 彦和 ),
49-518: Was a Chinese monk, politician, and writer . He was the author of China 's greatest work of literary aesthetics , The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (文心雕龍). His biography is included in the Liangshu . A native of today's Zhenjiang , Liu's traced his ancestry to Shandong . He was orphaned in his youth and chose not to marry, either because of poverty or conviction (or both). Liu studied Buddhism with Sengyou and helped edit sutras at
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