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 Jing Ke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jing Ke Jing Ke (荊軻; pinyin jing1 ke1) was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang Di.
Jing Ke was introduced by Tian Guang to Dan the crown prince of Yan.
Since the army of Yan was too weak to fight off Qin's army, Dan consulted with Tian Guang on a course of action to assassinate the king of Qin (Ying Zheng).
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 Crown Prince Dan of Yan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King Xi of Yan, Dan's father and the last king of Yan, ordered the execution of Dan to please the Qin after Ji, the capital of Yan, had fallen.
Meanwhile the King Xi of Yan moved to the Liaodong Commandery.
The state of Yan was conquered in 222 BC and King Xi was captured.
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Prince of Hunxie, fearful of such punishment, after being unable to persuade the Prince of Xiutu, killed the Prince of Xiutu and surrendered his forces, which then controlled the Gansu region, to Han, and this turned out to be a major blow to Xiongnu, robbing Xiongnu of a major grazing region and other natural resources.
Later, Yan was falsely accused of committing a crime, and during the investigation, it became known that once, when a friend of Yan's criticized a law promulgated by the emperor, Yan, while not saying anything, moved his lips.
Prince Ju initially hesitated and wanted to speedily proceed to Ganquan to try to see his father to explain himself, but he found out that Jiang's messengers were already on their way.
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 Science Fair Projects - Jing Ke
Dan was a friend of Zheng (who later became Qin Shi Huang) when they were both hostages in the State of Zhao.
When Dan escaped from Zhao back to Yan, Qin's army moved towards the border with Yan.
Yan's army was too weak to fight off th army of Qin.
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 Crown Prince Dan of Yan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Invasion of Qin did halt for few years, during which time the states of (Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556) Wei and (Click link for more info and facts about Chu) Chu were conquered.
The (Click link for more info and facts about state of Yan) state of Yan was conquered in 222 BC and King Xi was captured.
Crown Prince Dan put forward the assassination to please Qin-Shi, Qin Shihuangdi's (A woman who cohabits with an important man) concubine.
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 Dan, Crown Prince of Yan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dan, Crown Prince of Yan (simplified and traditional Chinese 燕太子丹) sent Jing Ke to assassinate Qin Shihuangdi, then Emperor of China.
His father King Xi of Yan had him killed after the failed assissination to please the Qin after Ji, the capital of Yan, had fallen.
Invasion of Qin did halt for few years, during when the Wei (state) and Chu (state) were conquered.
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 Jing Ke - China-related Topics JI-JL - China-Related Topics
Jing Ke (Chinese character荊軻, pinyinJing1 Ke1) was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang who reigned from 221 BC to 210 BC.
Jing Ke was introduced by Tian Guang to Dan the crown prince of Yan (state)Yan.
Dan was a friend of Zheng (who later became Qin Shi Huang) when they were both hostages in the Zhao (state)State of Zhao.
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 Jing Ke - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jing Ke (荊軻;, Jing1 Ke1) was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang Di.
Dan was a friend of Ying Zheng (who later became Qin Shi HuangDi) when they were both hostages in Zhao.
A Qin army general (Fan Yu Qi), who had lost favor with the king of Qin, was a guest at Dan's residence at that time.
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 Crown Prince - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Crown Prince   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy.
It should however be noted that, although it is often used as a generic term for heir apparent, it is seldom an official title in the European monarchies.
*Prince of Orange (House of Orange-Nassau) (The Netherlands)
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 Xi'an Forest of Stone Steles Museum
The two-layered crown at the top is engraved with cloud designs and the three-layered terraces at the bottom are engraved with exquisite designs of tendrils and auspicious animals.
His handwriting on Huangpu Dan Stele is not only forceful, but also delicate and fluent, demonstrating a fresh and clear-cut composition, a breakthrough go early calligraphers' restrained and rigid style, and a reflection of his own unique style.
The inscription on the Yan Family Temple Stele was both composed and written by Yan Zhenqing himself in the first year of Jianzhong (780AD) of the Tang Dynasty, with the heading of the stele written by Li Yangbing in seal script.
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 Crown Prince Dan of Yan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Crown Prince Dan of Yan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Crown Prince Dan of Yan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Crown Prince Dan of Yan.
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Crown Prince Dan of Yan (Chinese: 燕太子丹) was the crown prince of the state of Yan during the Warring States Period in China.
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 MSN Encarta - Sidebar - Records of the Grand Historian
In this account, Crown Prince Dan of Yan, a small northern state near present-day Beijing, tells Jing Ke, an itinerant swordsman, of Qin's expansionist designs.
He requests his help in forming a “north-south alliance” with the other states of the region against Qin, whose forces are poised to take over the large states of Chu and Zhao.
Meanwhile, the Qin armies advance all the way to Yan's border, and in the end Jing Ke devises a strategy by which he can gain access to the hated Qin king in order to assassinate him—acquire the head of General Fan Yuqi, Qin's longtime enemy, to present to the king.
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Dan, the crown prince of Yan, was once a friend of the king of Qin but was now a victim of the king's drive to conquer the feudal states.
Also in Yan was a Qin general named Fan who had fallen from the king's favor and fled to Yan.
Along with a map of Yan, in which was concealed a poisoned knife, Jing Ke brought the general's head before the king of Qin.
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 Encyclopedia: Qin Shi Huang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was the son of Zichu, a prince of the royal house of Qin who served as a hostage in the State of Zhao under an agreement between the states of Qin and Zhao.
Jing Ke (Chinese: 荊軻; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching Ko) was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang who reigned from 221 BC to 210 BC.
The play was based on an actual historical event, the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng by Jing Ke of Wei, at the request of the Prince of Yan, in 227 BC.
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 Lords of the Earth 34   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The prince regent and heir, Shen Tuan, once receiving word of his fathers death would race to the capital with his honor guard about him, some 1200 light cavalry, in an effort to secure his thrown before Jae Xan could, with his forces, secure the seat of power for himself.
Prince Octavian is on his game though as his forces encounter the some 2,600 mixed infantry and cavalry facing him.
Dan, sensing that he is being sent on a suicide mission due to the fact he is to go into the desert and threaten military force if the Oasis don’t join the realm.
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 Empire Divided - Jin Shu Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When Prince [Cao] Fang became Emperor, [Wang Jun] was 8 years old.
Emperor Wudi [Sima Yan] took the throne he was promoted to become the Marquis of Ruyin with a fief of 10,000 households with command of all Yuzhou military affairs.
He was promoted to command all of Yangzhou’s military affairs and took Shi Dan’s position of guarding Shouchun.
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 Xun Yu (Wenruo) - Sanguozhi (Records of the Three States) Biography - English Translation
Yan Liang and Wen Chou were killed and beheaded on the battlefield.
His older brother Xun Yan guarded Ye in the position of Colonel-Superintendent, and was in charge of military affairs of all of Hebei.
Xun Yi reported that the crown prince was improving much in both virtues and knowledge, but He Qiao said that his highness’ capabilities were as before.
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 Guards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang Di.
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Once again widowed in 1375, her fourth and final husband, a German groom named Otto, Duke of Brunswick, angered one of her imminent subjects, Bartolommeo Prigiani, who in 1378 became Rome's 203rd Pope Urban VI (the first Roman Pope born in Naples).
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 Zhou Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China -- Research Into Origins Of Huns, Uygurs, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hence, Yan Statelet extended by 500 li to the northwest, in addition to the eastward 50 li which was given to Count Yan for his escorting Marquis Qi all the way into Qi Statelet.
Prince Bigan, son of Shang King Zhouwang, would be deposed for admonishing Zhouwang on the deeds.
Brother Dan, i.e., Zhougong, was conferred Duke Zhou of Qufu, Shandong Province.
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 The Qin Dynasty On-line Source Book
c.261 BC Lu Buwei, a merchant from Zhao, befriends Prince Zichu, future king of Qin and father of the First Emperor, while the latter was a hostage in Han Dan, capital of the state of Zhao.
Through the machinations of Lu Buwei, Prince Zichu was appointed the Crown Prince, with Lu Buwei as his tutor.
The First Emperor's eldest son, Prince Fu Su, is banished to the Great Wall for appealing clemency for the scholars.
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 The Codex Forums :: View topic - Seal of Evil Connection With   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jing Ke, who was a famous travelling swordsman engaged by Crown Prince Dan of the state of Yan to kidnap/assassinate Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, failed in his attempt in 226 BC.
In reality Jing Ke did indeed seek out a friend to assist him but in the end set off without him because Prince Dan was becoming impatient regarding the delay in Jing Ke's departure from the state of Yan.
The scene in "Hero" where Jet Li’s character enters the Qin Palace to meet and assassinate the King of Qin is based on the actual scene that existed at that time when Jing Ke entered the Palace at Xiangyang for the same purpose.
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 Chinastic | CRIENGLISH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
At the time of Qin Shi Huang's birth, in 260 B.C., China was engulfed in the seemingly endless violence of the Warring States period (5th Century B.C.-221 B.C.).
Qin Shi Huang was born Ying Zheng to a prince who later became king of Qin.
Ying Zheng himself ascended the Qin throne in 247 B.C. at the age of 12.
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 phorum - Chinese Culture Forum at Asiawind - The attempt on the First Emperor's life
In 227BC, Ji Dan (®V¤¦), the Crown Prince of Yan employed Jing Ke with the help of Gao Jian Li to assassinate Ying Zheng.
Ji Jia believed that the Qin Army would stop attacking Yan if the head of Ji Dan were presented to Ying Zheng.
However, in 222BC, the State of Yan was subjugated by Ying Zheng.
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 Chinese History - Qin Dynasty (www.chinaknowledge.org)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dozens of concubines and tomb labourers are said to have followed their lord to the neither world.
On the sudden death of the First Emperor during his fifth inspection travel, the eunuch Zhao Gao 趙高 and chancellor Li Si 李斯 charged a plot against the crown prince Fusu 夫蘇.
During a mission presenting the submission of Yan, the prince tried to attack the future emperor, but he was cut to death before the "tyrant" was hurt.
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 Elementary knowledge of rubbings from stone tablets
Yan Shi Jia Miao Bei was a powerful work representative of his later years.
The atmosphere of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy may be compared to the imposing appearance of a marshal, or it is as majestic as a sovereign ruler.
Yan calligraphy is as robust as the sun.
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Being the bishop of Prague he also gained the title of the prince of the Empire.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, jing is stored in the kidneys and is the most dense physical matter within the body (as opposed to the shen which is the mos..
Jing Ke (荊軻;, Jing1 Ke1) was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang who reigned from 221 BC to 210 BC.
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 Jing ke ci qin wang (1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is now being preserved as a theme park drawing large numbers of tourists.
In addition, the capital cities of the other kingdoms featured in the film, Yan Zhao and Han, were constructed as several sights across China.
All have been meticulously built to scale with special attention paid to their historical accuracy.
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 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Officer Name Conversion Table
Wei Yan killed him when surrendering to Liu Bei.
Sent to aid Zhuge Dan’s rebellion, but surrendered to Wei.
Defeated Zhang Ni, and was later killed by Wei Yan.
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