States
- Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the Warring States period
- Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one the seven major states of the Warring States Period
- Cao Wei (曹魏, 220–265), during the Three Kingdoms Period
- Ran Wei (冉魏, 350–352), short-lived Six Kingdoms state founded by Ran Min
- Northern Wei (北魏, 386–535), during Southern and Northern Dynasties
- Wei (Dingling) (魏, 388–392), state of Dingling/Gaoche ethnicity in China
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Famous quotes containing the word states:
“The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”
—William McKinley (1843–1901)
“How many ages hence
Shall this our lofty scene be acted over
In states unborn and accents yet unknown!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reconciled physically, such as for example that white is black and black is white; that one can be and not be at the same time; that there can be hills without valleys; that nothingness is something and that everything, which is, is not. But take note that he proves all these unheard-of paradoxes without any fallacious or sophistical reasoning.”
—Savinien Cyrano De Bergerac (1619–1655)