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Deification of Captain Shin

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Part 1. How Captain Shin was killed by a tax kerfuffle in Sungai Linggi Yon (2013) listed 1 the following names as the holders of the office of Captain China in Sungai Ujong 芙 蓉 . Seng Meng Lee (d. 23 August 1860) 盛明利 Yap Ah Shak (d. 5 July 1889) 葉致英 Yap Ah Loy (d. 15 April 1885) 葉亞來 Wong Ying (d. 1890) 黃三伯 Hew Sam (d. ?) 丘國安 Ngoh Kim (d. ?) 吳長伯 Dèng Yòubó (d. ?) 鄧佑伯 Lee Sam (d. 1905) 李三 We can corroborate (48), (51) - (54) with the names found on a commemorative plaque in Fui Chiu Association in Seremban 森美蘭州惠州會館. The names were listed by Chin (2003) and they are given as follows: Shin On 盛大安 Wong Ying 黃三伯 Hew Sam 丘國安 Ngoh Kim 吳長伯 Dèng Yòubó 鄧佑伯 Chin was able to, after consulting Shin's descendants, convince himself that Shin On 盛大安 was physically identical to Seng Meng Lee 盛明利, but he was not ab...

無味無ソ

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Part 1. Zeng 曾 as a kitchenware A zeng ( 曾 or 甑 1 ) is an ancient Chinese cookware. A zeng is a pretty useless hardware by itself, but it can be magically transformed into a vessel for steaming food when coupled with its sisterware, the three-legged cauldron named ge 鬲 2 and a suitable heat source for boiling water in the cauldron. The Thermomix ® Varoma ® three-piece set (Varoma dish base, the Varoma insert and the Varoma lid) is technically a zeng 曾 with cover The bottom of a zeng is delibrately machined with holes or patterned openings, so that hot water vapor escaping from the cauldron can be harvested for steaming the food placed inside the zeng. $$\frac{\frac{甑}{箅}}{\frac{鬲}{火}} = \frac{\frac{\textrm{Zèng, steamer containing the food}}{\textrm{Bì, perforated window to allow passage of water vapor}}}{\frac{\textrm{Gé, cauldron for boiling ...