The regular script is the newest of the major Chinese script styles , emerging during the Three Kingdoms period c. 230 CE , and stylistically mature by the 7th century. It is the most common style used in modern text. In its traditional form it is the third-most common in publishing after the Ming and Gothic types used exclusively in print.
26-738: (Redirected from Yiu ) Yao [REDACTED] Yao surname in regular script Pronunciation Yáo (Pinyin) Iâu ( Pe̍h-ōe-jī ) Language(s) Chinese Origin Language(s) Old Chinese Word/name Henan Fan County or Shandong Other names Variant form(s) Yao (Mandarin) Yiu (Cantonese) Lao, Lau, Yeow ( Hokkien ) Diêu, Dao (Vietnamese) Yo (Korean) Yō (Japanese) Yao ( Chinese : 姚 ; pinyin : Yáo ), also romanized as Yiu in Cantonese ,
52-586: A band of six instrumentalists. All six performances during its initial run at the Aldeburgh Festival and Almeida Theatre were sold out. 2008 saw the premières of Faerie Tales , a Celebrating English Song commission, and Xocolatl , written for the London Symphony Orchestra as part of the 2008 Panufnik Young Composer Scheme. Maomao Yü , a quintet scored for piano and four traditional Chinese instruments - erhu , pipa , yangqin and guzheng -
78-512: A calligrapher in the state of Cao Wei (220–266), being credited as its first master, known as the father of regular script. His famous works include the Xuanshi biao ( 宣示表 ), Jianjizhi biao ( 薦季直表 ), and Liming biao ( 力命表 ). Palaeographer Qiu Xigui describes the script in Xuanshi biao as: ...clearly emerging from the womb of early period semi-cursive script. If one were to write
104-573: A style of calligraphy like that in the "Xuān shì biǎo". However, very few wrote in this script at the time other than a few literati; most continued writing in the neo-clerical script, or a hybrid form of semi-cursive and neo-clerical. The regular script did not become dominant until the 5th century during the early Northern and Southern period (420–589); there was a variety of the regular script which emerged from neo-clerical as well as regular scripts known as ' Wei regular' ( 魏楷 ; Wèikǎi ) or 'Wei stele' ( 魏碑 ; Wèibēi ). Thus,
130-555: Is a composer, conductor, jazz pianist and music writer. Born in Hong Kong , he started piano lessons at the age of four. He went to England in 1990 and now lives in London . He began writing music as a teenager, and took up composing again while he was studying at Imperial College . As a composer, Yiu is mostly self-taught. He received informal consultations from several composers including Julian Anderson , Lukas Foss and David Sawer . He
156-501: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Regular script The Xuanhe Calligraphy Manual ( 宣和書譜 ) credits Wang Cizhong [ zh ] with creating the regular script, based on the clerical script of the early Han dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE). It became popular during the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms periods, with Zhong Yao ( c. 151 – 230 CE),
182-805: Is one of the most ancient Chinese surnames , the " Eight Great Xings of High Antiquity ". It is also unique that, along with Jiang 姜 it is still in common use in the modern day. It is listed 101st in the Hundred Family Surnames , and as the 51st most common surname in Mainland China . Alternate spellings [ edit ] Mandarin : Yao Cantonese : Iu, Yiu Min Nan ( Hokkien ( Fujian )/ Teochew ): Lao, Lau, Yeow Vietnamese : Diêu, Dao Korean : Yo Japanese : Yō Singapore : Yow, Yeo, Iau Malaysia : Yeow Prominent people [ edit ] Yao [ edit ] Yao Chonghua ,
208-593: Is the recipient of the spnm’s 2003 George Butterworth Award , a Bliss Trust Composer Bursary 2009, and a scholarship from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama , where he completed a doctorate under the supervision of Julian Anderson . Distance of the Moon , scored for eleven solo strings, was conducted by Lukas Foss at the Bridgehampton Music Festival 2001. Three of his works have been shortlisted by
234-641: The BBC Symphony Orchestra , was premiered by the orchestra under the baton of Yu Long in January 2013. It was nominated in the orchestral category of the BASCA British Composer Awards 2013. A new production of The Original Chinese Conjuror by Teatro Barocco took place at Musikverein in Vienna, April 2013. "Northwest Wind", a quintet for flute, clarinet, harp, viola and double bass to mark
260-1125: The Gang of Four MC HotDog (born name as Yao Chung-jen), Taiwanese rapper Yao Beina , Chinese singer Yao Chen , Chinese actress Yao Jen-to , Vice Chairperson and Secretary-General of Straits Exchange Foundation of the Republic of China Yao Leeh-ter , Political Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of China (2017–2019) Yao Mingming , Former member of K-pop group BLK and C-pop Group UNINE Yao Wenlong , Malaysia born Singapore actor Yiu [ edit ] Claire Yiu , Hong Kong actress Edward Yiu , Hong Kong scholar and politician Raymond Yiu , Hong Kong composer Yiu Cheuk Yin , Hong Kong footballer Yiu Ho Ming , Hong Kong footballer Yiu Si-wing , Hong Kong lawmaker Chantel Yiu , Hong Kong singer and actress Yeow [ edit ] Yeow Chai Thiam , Malaysian politician. References [ edit ] ^ Southern Song 《通志·氏族略》records：「姚姓，虞之姓也，虞帝生於姚墟，故因生以為姓」 ^ "公安部统计分析显示：王姓成为我国第一大姓" . 2007-04-29. Archived from
286-672: The Qing dynasty (1644–1912); the calligrapher Huang Ziyuan [ zh ] wrote a guidebook illustrating these rules, with four characters provided as an example for each. The Eight Principles of Yong encapsulate varieties of most strokes that appear in the regular script. Regular script characters with dimensions larger than 5 cm (2 in) are usually classified as 'large' ( 大楷 ; dàkǎi ); those smaller than 2 cm (0.8 in) are usually classified as 'small' ( 小楷 ; xiǎokǎi ), and those in between are 'medium' ( 中楷 ; zhōngkǎi ). Notable works written in regular script include
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#1733084843529312-573: The surname Yao . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yao_(surname)&oldid=1253091736 " Categories : Surnames Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames Eight Great Surnames of Chinese Antiquity Hidden categories: Articles containing Chinese-language text Articles with short description Short description
338-788: The 2003 Bath Festival and was presented as a dance piece at the Österreichisches Theatermuseum , Vienna , with choreography by Bernd Bienert . Beyond the Glass , performed and recorded for broadcast by the BBC Singers , was nominated for the BASCA British Composer Awards 2004. A Whorl of Knowings Dim and Bright was premièred by Andrew Watts at the Cheltenham Music Festival 2004. Night Shanghai , premièred by Lontano in 2005 in London, has been performed by groups including Concorde Ensemble, Chroma and Ensemble 10/10 . It began life as part of
364-577: The 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 , was written for and premiered by Lontano. It won the chamber category of the BASCA British Composer Awards 2010. "Symphony" for counter-tenor and symphony orchestra - inspired by a poem by Basil Bunting and setting texts by Walt Whitman , Constantine P. Cavafy , Thom Gunn and John Donne - was given its world premiere by Andrew Watts, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner on 25 August 2015 as part of The Proms 2015. It
390-493: The Genesis Opera Project 2 (GOP2), supported by The Genesis Foundation , The Original Chinese Conjuror , with a libretto by Lee Warren, was one of the six projects chosen for development out of the 200-plus proposals. Although it was not selected as one of the three projects to be fully developed following a workshop performance of a selection of scenes in 2003, it attracted the attention of various opera companies, and it
416-689: The Northern and Southern-era Records of Yao Boduo Sculpturing ( 姚伯多造像記 ) and Tablet of General Guangwu ( 廣武將軍碑 ), the Sui-era Tablet of Longzang Temple ( 龍藏寺碑 ), Tombstone Record of Sui Xiaoci ( 蘇孝慈墓誌 ), and Tombstone Record of Beauty Tong ( 董美人墓誌 ), and the Tang-era Sweet Spring at Jiucheng Palace ( 九成宮醴泉銘 ). 其數然而天地苞 乎陰陽而易識者 以其有象也陰陽 處乎天地而難窮 Raymond Yiu Raymond Yiu ( Chinese : 姚恩豪 ; pinyin : Yáo Ēnháo ; Cantonese Yale : Yiu4 Yan1 Hou4 ), born 1973;
442-539: The name of Emperor Shun of pre-dynastic China, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors Yao Chang , founding emperor of the Later Qin Dynasty Yao Ming , Chinese professional basketball player and humanitarian Andrew Yao , Chinese computer scientist and A.M. Turing Award laureate Jianping Yao , Canadian engineer Yao Defen , former world's tallest woman Yao Wenyuan , member of
468-1652: The original on 2007-04-29 . Retrieved 2022-07-25 . v t e 100 most common family names in mainland China (2020) 1–25 Wáng 王 Lǐ 李 Zhāng 张/張 Liú 刘/劉 Chén 陈/陳 Yáng 杨/杨 Huáng 黄/黃 Zhào 赵 Wú 吴/吳 Zhōu 周 Xú 徐 Sūn 孙/孫 Mǎ 马/馬 Zhū 朱 Hú 胡 Guō 郭 Hé 何 Lín 林 Luó 罗/羅 Gāo 高 Zhèng 郑/鄭 Liáng 梁 Xiè 谢/謝 Sòng 宋 Táng 唐 26–50 Xǔ 许/許 Hán 韩/韓 Dèng 邓/鄧 Féng 冯/馮 Cáo 曹 Péng 彭 Zēng 曾 Xiāo 萧/蕭 Tián 田 Dǒng 董 Pān 潘 Yuán 袁 Cài 蔡 Jiǎng 蒋/蔣 Yú 余 Yú 于 Dù 杜 Yè 叶/葉 Chéng 程 Wèi 魏 Sū 苏/蘇 Lǚ 吕/呂 Dīng 丁 Rén 任 Lú 卢/盧 51–75 Yáo 姚 Shěn 沈/沉 Zhōng 钟/鍾 Jiāng 姜 Cuī 崔 Tán 谭/譚 Lù 陆/陸 Fàn 范 Wāng 汪 Liào 廖 Shí 石 Jīn 金 Wéi 韦/韋 Jiǎ 贾/賈 Xià 夏 Fù 傅 Fāng 方 Zōu 邹/鄒 Xióng 熊 Bái 白 Mèng 孟 Qín 秦 Qiū 邱 Hóu 侯 Jiāng 江 76–100 Yǐn 尹 Xuē 薛 Yán 阎/閻 Duàn 段 Léi 雷 Lóng 龙/龍 Lí 黎 Shǐ 史 Táo 陶 Hè 贺/賀 Máo 毛 Hǎo 郝 Gù 顾/顧 Gōng 龚/龔 Shào 邵 Wàn 万/萬 Qín 覃 Wǔ 武 Qián 钱/錢 Dài 戴 Yán 严/嚴 Mò 莫 Kǒng 孔 Xiàng 向 Cháng 常 Related Hundred Family Surnames List of common Chinese surnames 101–200 Most Common Family Names in mainland China [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
494-452: The regular script is descended both from the early semi-cursive style as well as from the neo-clerical script. The script is considered to have become stylistically mature during the Tang dynasty (618–907), with the most famous and oft-imitated calligraphers of that period being the early Tang's Four Great Calligraphers ( 初唐四大家 ): Ouyang Xun , Yu Shinan , Chu Suiliang , and Xue Ji , as well as
520-567: The spnm: Tranced Summer-Night , Tranced and Calendar of Tolerable Inventions from Around the World , which was performed by Lontano in 2002, and was subsequently broadcast by BBC Radio 3 . It was also chosen by Sir Harrison Birtwistle for performance at the 2003 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival with the London Sinfonietta . Tranced was performed by the Northern Sinfonia at
546-550: The tandem of Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan . During the Northern Song (960–1127), Emperor Huizong created an iconic style known as 'slender gold' ( 瘦金體 ; shòujīntǐ ). During the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) also became known for his own calligraphic style for the regular script, called Zhaoti ( 趙體 ). 92 rules governing the fundamental structure of regular script were established during
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#1733084843529572-404: The tidily written variety of early period semi-cursive script in a more dignified fashion and were to use consistently the pause technique [( 頓 ; dùn )], used to reinforce the beginning or ending of a stroke when ending horizontal strokes, a practice which already appears in early period semi-cursive script, and further were to make use of right-falling strokes with thick feet, the result would be
598-671: Was commissioned by LSO UBS Soundscapes, and premiered by Lang Lang (pianist) and the Silk String Quartet with the composer conducting in April 2009. His second Celebrating English Song commission, "Dead Letters", was premiered in July 2010, and "The Earth and Every Common Sight", for soprano and piano, won the Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize 2010. His first major orchestral work, The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured , written for
624-601: Was commissioned by the BBC . The International Anthony Burgess Foundation commissioned "The World Was Once All Miracle" for baritone and symphony orchestra - setting of six poems by Anthony Burgess - to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the Manchester -born writer. The orchestral song cycle was given its world premiere by Roderick Williams , BBC Philharmonic and Michael Francis (conductor) on 4 July 2017 as part of Manchester International Festival 2017. Its London premiere
650-618: Was eventually commissioned by Aldeburgh Almeida Opera (with the support of Genesis Foundation) for the 2006 Aldeburgh Festival and the Almeida Opera Season. Subtitled A Musical Diversion Suggested by the Lives of Chung Ling Soo , The Original Chinese Conjuror was based on the real-life story of William Ellsworth Robinson, a.k.a. Chung Ling Soo , It was an experiment to combine different theatrical protocols into an integrated whole. It consists of twelve scenes, and scored for five singers and
676-599: Was given by Williams, BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis on 13 April 2018. This work was nominated in the large-scale composition category of the 2018 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards . On 20 March 2024 his Violin Concerto received its world premiere at the Barbican Centre in London. Co-commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra , the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and
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