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Kung","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/h-h-kung"},{"name":"Hsu Chih-chieh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hsu-chih-chieh"},{"name":"Lee Huan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lee-huan"},{"name":"Lin Zi-miao","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lin-zi-miao"},{"name":"Lu Ming-che","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lu-ming-che"},{"name":"Sean Chen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sean-chen"},{"name":"Su Tseng-chang","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/su-tseng-chang"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/wu-den-yih-7f4f7cb456.jpg","width":500,"height":700,"license":"Attribution","credit":"中華民國總統府(國史館提供)","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wu_Den-yih.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Wu Den-yih","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Den-yih","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q57838","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57838","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Wu Den-yih.jpg by 中華民國總統府(國史館提供) (Attribution)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wu_Den-yih.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Wu Den-yih, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Wu Den-yih.jpg — 中華民國總統府(國史館提供), Attribution.","cite":"\"Wu Den-yih\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/wu-den-yih. Retrieved 9 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T08:54:54Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-09","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/wu-den-yih","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/wu-den-yih","ne":null}}