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纸上谈兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC
昌平 Chāng píng see 昌平区
长平之战 Cháng píng zhī Zhàn Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
昌平区 Chāng píng Qū Changping, a district of Beijing
长平 Cháng píng Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao
赵括 Zhào Kuò Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 马服子
明十三陵 Míng shí sān líng the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing)
居庸关 Jū yōng guān Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平区
马服子 Mǎ Fú zǐ Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 赵括

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