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  Chinese History - Song Dynasty 宋 event history (www.chinaknowledge.de)
His proposals to the emperor to return to Kaifeng as a symbol for the population of northern China was not accepted, and within the next few years, the resistance among the inhabitants of the Yellow River plain 中原 weakened or was crushed by Jurchen troops.
Emperor Jin Xuanzong 金宣宗 resumed war campaigns against the Song in the south, the first reason being a punishment for the delay of the annual tributes, the second reason was a territorial compensation for the losses to the Mongols.
The court of Emperor Lizong 宋理宗 was dominated by consort clans (Yan é—», Jia 賈) and the eunuchs Dong Songchen 董宋臣 and Lu Yunsheng 盧允昇.
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  China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
China as it exists today has been variously described in different points of view as a single civilization or multiple civilizations, as a single state or multiple states, and as a single nation or multiple nations.
In 1912, after a prolonged period of decline, the institution of the Emperor of China disappeared and the Republic of China was established.
China is composed of a vast variety of highly different landscapes, with mostly plateaus and mountains in the west, and lower lands on the east.
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 Jin Yong and Chinese Martial Arts Novels
The most famous writer of wuxia novels is undoubtedly Jin Yong, whose dozen of novels have become the all-time bestsellers of Chinese novels around the world, and have inspired many television series and films.
They are forced to rethink their mission after it is revealed that the current Manchu emperor, Qian Long (Chien Lung), is actually of Han birth, and is the older brother of Chan Kar-lok.
Set in the Sung Dynasty (12th Century AD China) at a time when the Mongols were threatening to invade, the story is centred around a young man named Kwok Jing.
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 Encyclopedia: Emperor Gong of Jin China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Emperor Gong of Jin China (晋恭帝, 晉恭帝, Pinyin Jìn Gōngdì, Wade-Giles Chin Kung-ti) was last emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China.
The Jin Dynasty (晉 pinyin jìn, 265-420) followed the Three Kingdoms and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China.
Categories: Jin Dynasty emperors A Chinese surname, also called a clan name or family name (姓, pinyin: x ng; or 氏, shi), is one of the over seven hundred family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups.
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 Asian Studies Institute - Approaching 'Asia' from the Southeast: Does the Crisis Make a Difference?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Gong Xiaogong[4] was the eldest son of Gong Zizhen (hao Dingan, 1792-1841), a noted literary figure of the late Qing.
Gong became an associate of Lin Zexu, the Imperial Commissioner entrusted by the Court with the abolition of the opium trade, and with him and Wei Yuan formed a poetry club, the Poetry Society, in 1830.
Xie Xingyao, 'Gong Xiaogong yu Yuanmingyuan' (Gong Xiaogong and the Yuan Ming Yuan), Ziyue congkan, vol.
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 History of Chinese Religion - ReligionFacts
Emperor Wu-ti's desire for immortality for himself and deceased loved ones led him to employ a number of intermediaries who claimed to be able to make contact with the world of the immortals.
China was suffering from great financial hardship and seizing the lands and holdings of the many Buddhist monasteries was a quick way of increasing the empire's holdings.
The Republic of China succeeded the Ch'ing Dynasty.
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 Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty) Summary
Emperor Huizong (November 2, 1082 – June 4, 1135) was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song Dynasty of China, with a personal life spent amidst luxury, sophistication and art but ending in tragedy.
Not content with the annexation of the Liao kingdom, and measuring rightly the weakness of the Song empire, the Jin soon declared war on their former ally, and by the beginning of 1126 they crossed the Yellow River and came in sight of Kaifeng, the capital of the Song empire.
Huizong, his son Emperor Qinzong, as well as the entire imperial court and harem were captured by the Jin in the Jingkang Incident.
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 Station Information - Gong Jin'ou
Written in flowery Classical Chinese, the song was by Bo Tong, a high-ranking officer of the Imperial Guard and Yan Fu, commander of the Qing Navy.
Gong Jin'ou was adopted by the Qing government on the 13th Day and 8th Month of the 3rd Year of the Xuantong Emperor's reign (October 4, 1911).
However, only six days later was the Wuchang Uprising, which effectively led to the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the declaration of the Republic of China on January 1, 1912 and the abdication of the emperor on February 12, 1912.
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 Tang Dynasty: Tang TaiZong
His reign, which is known as the Prosperity of Zhenguan, was outstanding as an era of peace and prosperity, one of the most flourishing during the Tang period.
When Emperor Yang was assassinated in 618 by an aide, Li Yuan deposed the puppet prince and declared himself emperor, thus establishing the new Tang Dynasty.
The Emperor said to his ministers, "With a bronze mirror, one can see whether he is properly attired; with history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of a nation; with men as a mirror, one can see whether he is right or wrong.
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 Li Shimin: Tang Dynasty
When Emperor Yang was assassinated in 618 by an aide, Li Yuan deposed the puppet prince and declared himself emperor, thus establishing the new Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Taizong's willingness to listen to the opinions of others and his ability to both seek and act upon good advice was a major factor of his successful reign.
The Emperor said to his ministers, "With a bronze mirror, one can see whether he is properly attired; with history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of a nation; with men as a mirror, one can see whether he is right or wrong.
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 Prince Gong's Mansion (Residence of the Last Qing Emperor's Father),Beijing Top Attractions,Beijing Travel Guides-China ...
Prince Gong's Mansion was first built in front of Lion Alley in the eastern sector of Di'anmen (Gate of Earthly Peace) Dongjie (east street).
Therefore, it is not surprising that Prince Gong had the "Peak of Self-Enjoyment" set to comfort himself and appease the distrustful Empress Dowager.
Prince Gong's Mansion was the only place outside the Forbidden City that could use the sacred water.
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 Chinese History - Jin Dynasty event history (www.chinaknowledge.org)
During the twelve and more years of power struggle at the court of the Jin Dynasty, the normal agrarian population was afflicted by distress, calamities and hunger.
The increasing drive of conquest and the rebellions of the Non-Chinese population in the north against the Jin Dynasty lead to an enourmous exodus of Chinese peasants, landowners, and aristocrats to the south, especially into the lower Yangtse area.
Emperor Sima Chi (posthumous Jin Huaidi 晉懷帝 - see titles of emperors) who planned to escape to Chang’an, was killed.
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 Wu - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Wu (region), a region in China, associated with:
Wu (linguistics), a subdivision of spoken Chinese spoken in the Wu region
Emperor Wu of Han China, one of the most influential and important emperors of the Han dynasty
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 CHINA
Emperors turned to palace eunuchs (castrated men who served as palace servants) for help in ousting the maternal relatives, only to find that the eunuchs were just as difficult to control.
China also had critics of Buddhism, who labeled it immoral, unsuited to China, or a threat to the state because monastery land was not taxed.
China enjoyed a respite from Western pressure from 1914 to 1918, when European powers were preoccupied by World War I. Chinese industries expanded, and a few cities, especially Shanghai, Canton, Tianjin, and Hankou (now part of Wuhan), became industrial centers.
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 China
Revered in China during his lifetime in a way not easy for non-Chinese to understand, he was enormously influential around the world as well.
It is essentially a corridor running from the upper Yellow River in the east, along the verge between the Tibetan plateau on the one hand and the Gobi desert on the other, to the edge of the Xinjiang wastes in the west.
It formed with the encouragement of China, which needed a buffer zone between itself and the then-aggressive Tibetans, but Nan Chao soon became expansionist in it's own right, and proved to be a considerable threat to China at times.
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 HongKongChina
China Construction Bank Corp, which last week raised $62.24 billion in the world's largest share offer in four years, may be in for a tough first day of trading today as much of the "natural" demand from index-tracking funds may have already been satisfied through the initial allocation, brokers and analysts said yesterday.
China and India are set to play a bigger role in the world's principal financial institutions after the Group of 20 reached an agreement yesterday paving the way for reforms to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
China's economy is now at a key period for softlanding in light of growing investment, the driving force of its fast economic expansion, according to a report by a taskforce for the State Development and Reform Commission.
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 World Ki Gong Club
Two types of Ki Gong training were developed during this period: Religious Ki Gong which was practiced primarily by Taoist and Confucian scholars, and Medicinal Ki Gong which was practiced to prevent or cure illness.
The spread of Buddhism in China was allowed to occur and as such Indian meditation and movement techniques were accepted in some factions of Chinese culture.
It is important to examine the effects of Ki Gong practice on the health of individuals so that perhaps there will be a positive effect on the health of our society in general.
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 Five Kinds of Darkness A Tale From Ancient China | Clearharmony - Falundafa in Europe
Master Kuang, otherwise known as Ziye, was a famous musician from Jin, one of the states so named during the Spring and Autumn Period in China's history, from 770-476 B.C. The highest-ranking musicians during that era were generally given the title of "Shi" (Master).
When he played Qingjiao music, which Emperor Huangdi composed for the gathering of deities and ghosts at Mount Tai, the moment the first notes sounded, the sunny sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds.
Citizens in the neighboring states saw this and said, "Jin is a state that you cannot take lightly, for even a musician can guide the future of a state by playing the strings.
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 Tao Arts : Taoist Pantheon
China was once littered with Temples dedicated to Guan Yin, and she was worshipped by both Buddhists and Taoists, by men and women, by rich and poor people.
Guan Gong, or Guan Yu, was the object of the second most prevalent Taoist cult in traditional China (behind the cult dedicated to Guan Yin).
The Jade Emperor's birthday is typically celebrated on the ninth day of the first lunar month, which corresponds roughly to the first day of spring.
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 PuJin
A member of the Manchu imperial family and a cousin of the last emperor of China, Pu Jin lived through the fall of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) founded by his ancestors.
Pu Jin's hanging scroll is an excellent example of the integration of painting and poetry common in Chinese culture.
Several of the poets hint at the conflict between their loyalty to the emperor they had once served and their desire to distance themselves from a regime controlled by foreign invaders.
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 The Emperor and the Assassin
To do so he gets his concubine Zhao to act as a spy in the kingdom of Han, but she is diverted by falling in love with the assassin she is hires to kill Ying Zheng (who will be prepared for his attempt and kill him, thus making him appear a king who is unstoppable).
Division of the large, powerful state of Jin into three independent parts marked the beginning of the Warring States Period, a two-hundred-year struggle for survival.
After a rule of only 37 years, Qin rule ended shortly after the first emperor's death in 210 B.C. His son became as the second emperor, but was quickly overthrown.
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 Xi Xia or Western Xia Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
Dangxiang-qiang spread from Lintao [Lintan of Gansu Prov] and Xiping [Xining of Qinghai] in the east to Yehu [Shanshan and Turfan county in New Dominion Prov] in the west.
Tuoba Shouji, i.e., son of Tuoba Sitou, received Tang Emperor Xuanzong's conferral as Duke Xiping-gong, and later the post of "ci shi" (satrap or inspector) of Rongzhou and consecutibely "du du" (governor) of Lingzhou for contributions to quelling the An-Shi Rebellion.
Song Emperor Zhenzong dispatched a minister (Zhang Qixian) to Jing-Yuan areas as jinglüe shi, and Zhang Qixian proposed that the city of Lingwu on the west Yellow River bend be abandoned.
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 The Three Kingdoms -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
Emperor Lingdi further conferred the post of bei zhonglang jiang (Northside Zhonglang General) onto shang shu Lu Zhi, the post of zuo zhonglang jiang (Leftside Zhonglang General) onto Huangfu Song, the post of you zhonglang jiang (Rightside Zhonglang General) onto da fu Zhu Juan.
Heh Jin then ordered that Yuan Shao be the so-called si li xiaowei in charge of the purging action, that Wang Yun be magistrate for Henan prefecture [henan yi], and that Dong Zhuo hasten his march on the capital.
Emperor called upon Ding Yuan to return to the capital from Henei area where he was previously ordered to station troops by Heh Jin.
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Death of the Emperor An of Jin China; succeeded (-d.
Death of the Emperor (419-) Gong of Jin China
Sui Yang Di, emperor of China, succeeded by Sui Gong Di
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 Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) - Movie - Film.com
Set in China's Tang Dynasty, follows an imperial bodyguard named Phoenix and Prince Ping as pair of star-crossed lovers who fall in love within the borders of a kingdom.
Near the end of the Tang Dynasty in 10th century China, things are not well between the Emperor (Chow Yun-Fat) and his Empress (Gong Li).
The Emperor brings his son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou) to the palace, and Jai is concerned for the Empress's health.
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 Chinese Prehistory -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
China's cultural heritage suffered a severe setback as a result of Qin Emperor Shihuangdi's book burning in the 3rd century BC.
China's civilization is dated later than the Sumer Civilization of 3500 BC, Ancient Egypt of 3100 BC, Minoan of 2000 BC, and Indian of 2500 BC.
Liu Qiyu pointed out that the Xia people to the west had adopted the ancient 'concubine inheritance system', i.e., the successors of nobles or lords would take over the concubines and wives of their fathers and brothers instead of forcing those women to be buried alive with their late husbands.
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 Yuan Dynasty: Ancient China Dynasties
Kublai, who was known as Emperor Shizu continued to annex Chinese territory and in 1279 the Yuan forces captured Hangzhou, the capital city of the Southern Song (1127 -1279).
The last Yuan Emperor together with his court fled from the country while many of the Mongols were content to remain and become integrated with the Chinese population.
The Manchu emperors of the Qing Dynasty (1644 -1911) accepted the final submission of the Mongol rulers and thus Mongolia became a part of China.
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 Gong Jin'ou - China-related Topics GM-GP - China-Related Topics
Written in flowery Classical Chinese, the song was by Bo Tong, a high-ranking officer of the Imperial Guard and Yan Fu, commander of the Qing Navy.
Gong Jin'ou was adopted by the Qing government on the 13th Day and 8th Month of the 3rd Year of the Xuantong Emperor's reign (October 4, 1911).
However, only six days later was the Wuchang Uprising, which effectively led to the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the declaration of the Republic of China on January 1, 1912 and the abdication of the emperor on February 12, 1912.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Gong_Jin'ou   (234 words)

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