Dai Zong

Dai Zong is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. He ranks 20th of the 36 Heavenly Spirits of the 108 Liangshan heroes and is nicknamed "Magic Traveller".

Background

The novel describes Dai Zong as a man with a broad face, squarish mouth and lean body. He practises Taoist magic and has the ability to travel long distances at superhuman speed and stamina. He does so by tying magic talismans to his legs, and can travel up to 800 li in a day. He is nicknamed "Magic Traveller" because of his special skill.

Dai Zong is first introduced in the novel as the chief warden of a prison camp for exiled convicts in Jiangzhou (江州; east of present-day Chongzuo, Guangxi). He is a close friend of Wu Yong, the chief strategist of the outlaw band at Liangshan Marsh.

Becoming an outlaw

Wu Yong helps Song Jiang write a letter to Dai Zong when Song is exiled to Jiangzhou for killing Yan Poxi. Dai Zong treats Song Jiang well after reading Wu Yong's letter and befriends him. When Song Jiang gets into trouble after writing a seditious poem while he was drunk, Dai Zong suggests to him to behave like a lunatic to trick Cai Jiu, the governor of Jiangzhou. However, Huang Wenbing, a corrupt minor official, notices that Song Jiang is pretending to be mad, so he proposes to Cai Jiu to use torture to force a confession out of Song. Song Jiang is unable to withstand the torture so he confesses. Dai Zong tries his best to help Song Jiang but his efforts are in vain.

Zong

Zong may refer to:

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Zong (surname)

Zong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 宗. The Wade-Giles transliteration is Tsung.

Zong is also a Cantonese-derived spelling for the surname Zhuang (庄/莊).

People with the surname

Notes

Zong Pakistan

Zong (Urdu: زونگ‎) or China Mobile Pakistan is a pan Pakistani mobile network operator headquartered in Islamabad, which offers voice and data services ranging from postpaid and prepaid plans, 2G, 3G and 4G services, mobile banking to fixed telephony. It is the first oversea setup of China Mobile through acquisition of a license from Millicom to operate a GSM network in Pakistan in 2008. Zong is a 100% subsidiary of China Mobile.

It is Pakistan’s second largest GSM mobile service provider and third largest mobile service in terms of subscriber base of over 25.6 million. It has a market share of 19% among cellular operators in the country.

History

Zong commenced operations as Paktel by Cable & Wireless in 1991. It was the first company granted a free license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan. It carried out AMPS services until 2004, when the company launched GSM services.

In 2003, Millicom Corporation, who at that time were majority owners of Instaphone, bought Paktel from Cable & Wireless. Millicom installed a new management team headed by John Tumelty, former CEO of Instaphone, and Chief Financial Officer David Ordman.

Dai

Dai may refer to:

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Dai (surname)

Dai is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character 戴. It is romanized as Tai in Wade-Giles and in Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation. Dai is the 96th most common surname in China, according to a report on the household registrations released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007.

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Academia and literature

Dai (Warring States period)

Dai (Chinese: 代; pinyin: Dài) was a short-lived state from 227 BC to 222 BC during the Warring States period. Prince Zhao Jia, older brother of King Youmiu of Zhao, fled with the remnant forces to the former location of Dai after the Conquest of Zhao and proclaimed himself "King of Dai". It was conquered in the year 222 BC by Qin.

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