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  Emperor Wen of Han - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emperor Wen of Han (202 BC–157 BC) was an emperor of the Han Dynasty in China.
Liu Heng was a son of Emperor Gao of Han and Consort Bo, later empress dowager.
Emperor Wen, during the early part of his reign, was often impressed with suggestions tendered by a young official, Jia Yi (賈誼), but opposed by senior officials, he did not promote Jia to particularlly high positions; rather, Jia was put into a rotation as a teacher for various princes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Wen_of_Han_China   (2351 words)

  
 Sui Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was marked by the reunification of Southern and Northern China and the construction of the Grand Canal, though it was a relatively short Chinese dynasty.
It saw various reforms by Emperors Wen and Yang: the land equalization system, initiated to reduce the rich-poor social gap, resulted in enhanced agricultural productivity; governmental power was centralized, and coinage was standardized and unified; defense was improved, and the Great Wall was expanded.
The Sui Dynasty began when Wendi entered a marriage alliance with the daughter of a ruler of the northern Zhou empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sui_Dynasty   (858 words)

  
 China History Forum, chinese history forum > Greatest Han Emperor
Han Wudi, the martial emperor, for example, is considered one of the Greatest Han Emperor because he defeated the Xiongnu and widen his territory.
Therefor, Emperor Wen of Han IS the 3rd emperor of Han and Emperor Xuan and Yuan of Han ARE the 7th and 8th emperor of Han respectively.
Han GaoZu and Han GuangWu are the founders and 2 Han dynasties.
www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t797.html   (3298 words)

  
 AnywhereChina.com - History Page - Han Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In the Han Dynasty, the Huns (known as Xiongnu by the Chinese) threatened the expanding Chinese Empire from the north.
The Han Empire expanded in the west almost to the borders of eastern Europe and in the northeast to Korea.
The pattern of the rise and fall of Han was to be repeated in later dynasties.
www.anywherechina.com /history/dynasties/han/han.htm   (856 words)

  
 Han , Sui, Tang Dynasties
The Han Dynasty was founded by the Liu family.The Chinese people consider the Han Dynasty to be one of the greatest periods in the entire history of China.
Han court officials who attempted to strip lands out of the landlords faced such enormous resistance that their policies would never be put in to place.
Prestige of a newly founded dynasty during the reigns of the first three emperors was barely able to hinder the corruption; however Confucian scholar gentry turned against eunuchs for their corrupted authorities, while consort clans and eunuchs struggled for power in subsequent reigns.
www.crystalinks.com /chinadynasties2.html   (2575 words)

  
 Greatest Han Emperor - China History Forum, chinese history forum
China History Forum is an online chinese history forum, discussion board or community for all who are interested in learning and discussing chinese history from prehistoric till modern times, including chinese art of war, chinese culture topics.
The emperor travelled around and relieved tax in the provinces he passed by and refused to accept their offerings (again "raised" by the sycophants trying to "please" the emperor).
The Han might was extended to the northern barbarians and the Chanyu of the Xiongnu came to submit as vassal states.
chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=797&st=0&...&#entry4257379   (1295 words)

  
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The Han government retained this policy in its tax and labor service obligations, which were imposed directly on each subject according to age, sex, and rank, instead of on families or communities.
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.
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 Han Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
Tiying submitted a request to Emperor Wendi, saying she would be willing to be sold to the government as a slave for substituting her father's bodily punishment.
Hence, Emperor Wendi was moved by Tiying and decreed that 'bodily penalty' be abolished.
Han Dynasty's notable deeds would be the restoration of Confucianism as the creed for ruling the nation.
www.uglychinese.org /han.htm   (10194 words)

  
 China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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.
www.hostkingdom.net /china.html   (2189 words)

  
 China, 500-1000 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In the second half of the sixth century, China, long divided into north and south, is further subdivided into the northwestern and northeastern regions ruled by different factions of the once-powerful
The reign of Emperor Xuanzong is generally regarded as a classic period of Chinese culture characterized by good government and the flourishing of poetry, music, and calligraphy.
China is controlled by successive short-lived kingdoms in the north and overlapping rulers in the south after the dissolution of the Tang empire.
www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/06/eac/ht06eac.htm   (1162 words)

  
 China History Forum, online chinese history forum -> Gay Emperors?
Han Wudi was probably bisexual, and so was Fu Jian of the Former Qin.
The emperor then asked the empress to leave the room, and Xiao Tanzhi told him that there were rumours outside the palace about the empress and Yang Minzhi.
When a missionary arrived china, he wrote that chinese culture was great but he complained that chinese loved "sodomy", which could be seen everywhere.
s7.invisionfree.com /China_History_Forum/index.php?showtopic=231&st=0   (1016 words)

  
 Chinese Han Dynasty
China's cities were soon flooded with western traders and the goods they brought.
The Emperors placed on the throne during this period included six year old Pingdi, and two year old Ruzi.
The Western Han dynasty was defeated and the capital was moved east to Luoyang.
www.asianartmall.com /dhan.htm   (228 words)

  
 Liu Heng (Wendi) - Western Han Ruler and Emperor Biographies - English
A son of Liu Bang born to a concubine became Emperor.
Though the Han’s authoritarian rule did not fully benefit the people of China, Emperor Wen’s short rule came with many blessings.
In addition, with this prosperity China’s population began to increase.
www.kongming.net /novel/han/liuheng.php   (347 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Three Kingdoms Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The death of Emperor Ling in May 189 led to an unstable regency under General-in-chief He Jin and renewed rivalry between the factions of the eunuchs and officials.
The mounting pressure drove the Han Emperor and later Dong Zhuo himself west to Chang'an in May 191.
A year later he was killed in a coup and the Emperor passed through a number of warlords in the years that followed.
www.ipedia.com /three_kingdoms.html   (2611 words)

  
 Gay Emperors? (China History Forum, online chinese history forum)
I was reading up on Han Aidi, and I read in a brief history description that he live in the company of gay boys.
This means every emperor in the in the Western Han, that was male, was gay to some degree.
Han Aidi was given the posthumous title Aidi (Emperor of Sorrow) partly because his homosexuality and consequent failure to produce an heir was a tragedy for the Western Han dynasty in the long term.
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 Chinese History - Three Kingdoms 三國, Jin 晉, Southern and Northern Dynasties 南北朝 ...
The orthodox Confucianism of the Han Dynasty that was only able to comment the old canonical books and to produce a sterile officialdom, was thoroughly discredited by the end of Later Han.
While Confucianism has seen its highlight during the course of Han Dynasty, there had always been different schools and philosophies that had a mere metaphysical worldview than the society-centered teachings of the Confucians.
Now, in a time of political, social and economic instability, intellectuals were interested in the search of an integral view of the universe, and the hence neglected Daoist classics like Laozi and Zhuangzi just met their needs.
www.chinaknowledge.org /History/Division/jin-literature.html   (1427 words)

  
 Former Han Legal Philosophy notes
They seem to have considered China, the "Middle Kingdom," to be literally at the middle of the earth, positioned at the favored spot on the hub of the cyclical processes of nature.
By definition, the barbarians of the four quarters could not enjoy China's advantages, subject as their lands were to the unbalanced forces of the Yin and Yang, the Dipper, Sun, and Moon (Yantie lun 14: 101.) 49) See Hulsewé, Remnants of Han Law: 103-109.
69) He served under Han Wendi, and was famed for flatly refusing the emperor's demand that a man who had accidentally frightened the emperor's horses should be more heavily punished than the fine allowed for in the law.
www.cic.sfu.ca /nacc/articles/hanlaw/arblawnotes.html   (4499 words)

  
 Portraits of Emperors
Kangxi was the 4-th emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
The portrait shows the young emperor Kangxi, sitting at his writing table and holding a thick writing brush.
On the marble top of the table there are paper, ink, brush and inkstone, the "Four Treasures of the Study"; they are the tools of the painter and calligrapher.
www.chinapage.com /emperor.html   (250 words)

  
 Emperors of China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Each Emperor at birth [except in the Yuan Dynasty received a given name and a personal name.
After the accession of the Emperor the personal name became taboo.
After the death of an Emperor, a posthumous or temple name was used in Confucian rites.
users.bigpond.net.au /bstone/emperors.htm   (98 words)

  
 Sun Simiao: Author of the Earliest Chinese Encyclopedia for Clinical Practice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Sun refused at least three official court positions offered to him: by the Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty and by the Emperors Taizong and Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.
The formula best known to Western practitioners, and still widely used in China, is Duhuo Jisheng Tang (Tu-hou and Loranthus Combination), a prescription used for pain syndromes affecting the lower back and legs (see: Chinese herb therapies for sciatica and lumbago).
A formula frequently referenced in China and used as a basis of numerous formulations used in modern times is Xijiao Dihuang Tang (Rhino and Rehmannia Combination), a prescription for blood-heat syndrome causing bleeding from the nose and mouth or causing severe mental distress.
www.itmonline.org /arts/sunsimiao.htm   (5568 words)

  
 CHINA AND INNER ASIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Emperors, Scholars, and Soldiers: New Perspectives on Civil-Military Relations in Imperial China
Revenge in Literature and the Law in Late Imperial China, C.
A Whore is Born: The Transgenderal Odyssey of a Courtesan-To-Be, Paola Zamperini
www.aasianst.org /absts/1999abst/china/c-toc.htm   (4108 words)

  
 China-Related Topics Homepage
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