Lan Tianye Lan Tianye Lan Tianye (; born 1927) is a Chinese actor and painter. Lan is noted for his roles as Jiang Ziya in the television series "The Investiture of the Gods". Lan was born Wang Runsen () in Raoyang County, Hengshui, Hebei in 1927, during the Republic of China. Wang became a drama actor in 1944. Wang graduated from National Beiping Art School (). In 1948, during the Chinese Civil War, Wang defected to liberated areas, and changed his name Lan Tianye. Lan entered the Beijing People's Art Theatre in 1952. In 1962, Lan learned Chinese painting from Li Kuchan
Recursive acronym Recursive acronym A recursive acronym is an acronym that refers to itself. The term was first used in print in 1979 in Douglas Hofstadter's book "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid", in which Hofstadter invents the acronym GOD, meaning "GOD Over Djinn", to help explain infinite series, and describes it as a recursive acronym. Other references followed, however the concept was used as early as 1968 in John Brunner's science fiction novel "Stand on Zanzibar". In the story, the acronym EPT (Education for Particular Task) later morphed into "Eptification for Particular Task". Recursive acronyms typically form backwardly: either an