Soo Kui Jien

Soo Kui Jien (Chinese: 苏桂健; pinyin: Sū Guìjiàn; born 31 August 1972), is a Malaysian television personality.

Biography

Better known as Handsome Jien, Jien got his big break when he became a host on the Disney Channel in 1997. He has worked as an emcee and host on television in Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore and Malaysia. He has also acted in a few TV series shown on Singapore and Malaysian TV channels. Jien is based between Kuala Lumpur and ESPN’s studio in Singapore. He was the host of the television show Malaysian Idol, and also the first Asian Idol held in Indonesia. He is 5' 9" tall.

He also regularly appears on sports programmes for ESPN or ESPN Star Sports. These programmes include Nokia Football Crazy and Top Corner.

He married Channel [V] VJ Sarah Tan on 21 December 2007. In April 2008, his wife gave birth to a son named Dylan Robert Soo.

References

Jien

Jien (慈円, 17 May 1155 in Kyoto – 28 October 1225 in Omi (now Shiga)) was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.

Biography

Jien was the son Fujiwara no Tadamichi, a member of the Fujiwara family of powerful aristocrats. He joined a Buddhist monastery of the Tendai sect early in his life, first taking the Buddhist name Dokaie, and later changing it to Jien. He eventually rose to the rank of Daisōjō (大僧正, "Archbishop"), or leader of the Tendai sect.

He began to study and write Japanese history, his purpose being to "enlighten people who find it hard to understand the vicissitudes of life". His masterpiece, completed around 1220, was humbly entitled, Gukanshō, which translates as Jottings of a Fool. In it he tried to analyze the facts of Japanese history. The Gukanshō held a mappo and therefore pessimistic view of his age, The Feudal Period, and claimed that it was a period of religious decline and saw the disintegration of civilization. This is the viewpoint generally held today. Jien claimed that changes in the feudal structure were necessary and defended the shogun's claim of power.