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  Emperor Hui of Jin China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chin Hui-ti (between 258 and 260-poisoned January 8, 307) was the second emperor of the Jin Dynasty (265-420).
Emperor Hui was recorded as a retarded ruler.
Emperor Wu of Jin China (second son of)
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 Emperor Wu of Han   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emperor Wu is considered one of the greatest emperors throughout Chinese history, ranking alongside Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
Emperor Wu dispatched his envoy Zhang Qian in 139 BC to seek an alliance with the Yuezhi of modern Uzbekistan.
Emperor Wu was greatly pleased by this gesture, and he dispatched an expedition force to attack Minyue, over the objection of one of his key advisors, Liu An, a royal relative.
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 China to 1126 CE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The last three Tang emperors (from 873 to 907) were the puppets of eunuchs, and to the Chinese people it seemed that the Tang dynasty had lost the mandate of heaven.
In 960, amid the chaos in China, troops of the commander of the palace guard at the new capital at Kaifeng, surrounded him and demanded that he become emperor.
China had a military but no warrior class, and its military was neglected, with little attention being given to the arts of warfare.
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 Han Dynasty: Emperor Han Wudi
Emperor Wu of the Han (156 - 87 BC)
Emperor Wu's most important military campaigns were against the Xiongnu, an ancient tribe that lived in North China who posed a powerful threat to the Han Empire.
During the reign of Emperor Wu, Western Han Dynasty was in a period of great prosperity.
www.warriortours.com /intro/history/han/emperor_wu.htm   (288 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Emperor Wu of Jin China
Events Births Emperor Wu of Jin China (approximate date) Deaths Zhuge Liang of the Shu Kingdom in China, dies on the Wu Zhang Plains in a battle against the Kingdom of Wei Emperor Xian of Han China, last emperor of the Han Dynasty Categories: 234...
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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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Emperor-Wu-of-Jin-China   (1099 words)

  
 China and Korea, 300 to 500 CE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
China and Korea, 300 to 500 CE The Xiongnu Conquer Northern China
The newly declared Jin emperor was made to serve Liu Ts'ung as had his predecessor, by rinsing cups during feasts, until he too was executed.
In 453, in the south of China, the third successor in the Liu Song dynasty was assassinated by his son, and the assassin was himself murdered by his brother in 455.
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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.
The story is about Wu Fei's mission to avenge his parents, but Jin Yong uses Fei to bring out his parents' history and the reason they died.
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 Western Jin Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Historically the dynasty is known as the "Western Jin Dynasty" and Sima Yan was known as Emperor Wu.
Emperor Wu conferred dukedoms to many of his kinsmen due to their contributions in the founding and consolidation of the empire.
Since the Jin was based on the power of hereditary aristocrats, measures were taken to protect the interests of the privileged, which further fed up of the big family.
www.warriortours.com /intro/history/jin/western.htm   (370 words)

  
 Emperor Fei of Jin China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emperor Fei of Jin China (341 or 342-November 23, 386) was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China.
He was the younger brother (from the same mother) of Emperor Ai and later deposed by military leader Huan Wen.
The dethroned emperor was given the title "Prince of Donghai" in the decree of deposing.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/emperor_fei_of_jin_china   (429 words)

  
 Liu Zhe (Wudi) - Western Han Ruler and Emperor Biographies - English
Emperor Wu’s reign prolonged the prosperity of the Dynasty.
China began breeding a superior breed of horses, and it began growing Alfalfa and grapes.
China’s most renowned Confucian scholar, Dong Zhongshu, was outraged by the plight of the peasants and led the way in expressing concern about social decay.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Wang Mang - nephew of Empress Dowager Wang, cousin of Emperor Cheng of Han China and founder of the Xin Dynasty.
Yang Jun (simplified Chinese: 杨骏 yang2 jun4) - father-in-law of Emperor Wu of Jin China
Wu Sansi -- nephew of the Empress Wu
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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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 Sima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sima Yi, renowned strategist during the Three Kingdoms, ultimate adversary of Zhuge Liang in Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the revered progenitor of the Jin Dynasty (265-420).
Sima Yan, also known as the Emperor Wu of Jin China, was a son of Sima Zhao.
He took the throne of the Kingdom of Wei, proclaimed the Jin Dynasty and unified China.
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 Chinese History - Jin Dynasty literature and Jurchen script (www.chinaknowledge.org)
Emperor Jin Xizong erected a Confucius temple in the capital.
Among the Jin period writers and thinkers we find many scholars that interpreted the Confucian classics, like Du Shisheng 杜時升, Ma Jiuchou 麻九畴, Wang Ruoxu 王若虛, and Zhang Bingwen 趙秉旇, the last being the greatest representant of Neo-Confucianism among the Jin Dynasty philosophers.
Jin period historiographers wrote down the history of their predecessor state, the Liao Dynasty.
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 Ancient China
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China, an Inner Realm is where one can explore fascinating facts pertaining to the land, culture, and language of the vast and diverse nation.
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 Station Information - Consort clan
Dou Xian (simplified Chinese: 窦宪 dou4 xian4) - brother of Empress Dowager Dou and brother-in-law of Emperor Zhang of Han China.
Dou Wu (simplified Chinese: 窦武 dou4 wu3) father of another Empress Dowager Dou and killed in his abortive coup d'etat against eunuchs.
Dong Cheng (simplified and traditional Chinese: 董承 dong3 cheng2) - father of Concubine Dong of Emperor Xian of Han China and known for his abortive coup d'etat with Liu Bei against Cao Cao.
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 wu
Wu can be several other less common Chinese family names, 仵,烏,鄔; etc. In Cantonese, 吳 and 仵 are transliterated to Ng; 烏 and 鄔 to Woo.
Wu (吳) was a region in the south of Chang Jiang, surrounding Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province of China.
The most influential Wu state was the Kingdom of Wu during the period of Three Kingdoms.
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 HongKongChina
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 trade surplus narrowed to $7.57 billion in September, as exports grew at their slowest pace so far this year, but economists say it is too early to view the weaker numbers as a trend.
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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 Jin Dynasty (265-420) - China-related Topics I-L - China-Related Topics
Meanwhile remnants of the Jin court fled from the north to the south and reestablished the Jin court at Jiankang, which was located south-eastward of Luoyang and Chang'an and near modern-day Nanjing, under Prince of Longya.
The last emperor and brother of Emperor An, Emperor Gong of Jin ChinaEmperor Gong, was installed in 419.
Meanwhile North China was ruled by the Sixteen Kingdoms, many of which were founded by the Wu Hu, the non-Han Chinese ethnicities.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Jin_Dynasty_(265-420)   (543 words)

  
 Articles - Posthumous name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The posthumous name is commonly used when naming most Chinese royalty, most Korean royalty, almost all Vietnamese royalty and all the emperors of Japan, except the four most recent emperors, Akihito, Hirohito (the Shōwa emperor), the Taishō emperor and the Meiji emperor.
Although Korean emperors and kings had elaborate posthumous names, they are usually referred to by their temple names today.
Sima Zhao, the Prince of Jin and effective ruler in Wei in the Three Kingdoms period, who was the father of the eventual first emperor of Jin Dynasty Sima Yan (Emperor Wu of Jin).
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 All Empires - The Song Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
China began to grow strong again, and the population increased and the economy recovered.
However the Jin turned on the Sung soon after, and had taken most of northern China by the 1120s.
Great leaps were also made in the field of technology The main weakness of the Sung was their military, and this and the usual mix of corrupt officials and weak emperors contributed to their downfall.
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 Emperor Huai of Jin China -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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Chin Huai-ti ((Click link for more info and facts about 283) 283 or (Click link for more info and facts about 284) 284-March 14, (Click link for more info and facts about 313) 313) was an emperor of the (Click link for more info and facts about Jin Dynasty (265-420)) Jin Dynasty (265-420).
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 Knowledge King - Emperor Wu of Jin China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Knowledge King - Emperor Wu of Jin China
Chin Wu-ti (between 234 and 236-May 17,290) was a grandson of Sima Yi and the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty (265-420).
Emperor Wu was known for his extravagence and sensuality, espcially after the unification of China after 280; legends boasted of his unimaginable potency over ten thousand concubines.
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 History of Ancient China: Western Jin Dynasty
Since the Jin was based on the power of hereditary aristocrats, measures were taken to protect the interests of the privileged, which often upset the big family.
His army captured Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty and captured the emperor.
The survivors of the Jin named another emperor in Chang'an (present Xian), the Xiongnu army broke into Chang'an in 316 and put an end to the Western Jin Dynasty.
www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/jin/western.htm   (425 words)

  
 The State of Wei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Then, in response to the Emperor's call for help against the rebels Li Jue and Guo Si, Cao Cao mustered 250 000 troops and conquered them.
However, once Cao Cao had rescued the Emperor, he installed himself as Prime Minister, wielding the true power behind the throne and using the Emperor as a puppet.
From thence on, all of Cao Cao's actions would be "justified" by the authority of the Emperor.
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 China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Released to coincide with the return of Hong Kong to China, this film follows the historical events leading up to the infamous Treaty of Nanjing that gave control of Hong Kong to the British in 1842.
Born in 1923, Xie Jin is China's veteran filmmaker active before, during, and after the Cultural Revolution.
Considered by many as "elder statesman" of Chinese cinema, Xie confirmed his status with "The Opium War" (1997), an epic and one of the most expensive pictures in Chinese history made to welcome Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
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 Emperor Wu of Jin China -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emperor Wu of Jin China -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Emperor Wu of Jin China, (Click link for more info and facts about sim.
Emperor Wu was known for his extravagance and sensuality, espcially after the unification of China after (Click link for more info and facts about 280) 280; legends boasted of his unimaginable potency over ten thousand (A woman who cohabits with an important man) concubines.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Em/Emperor_Wu_of_Jin_China.htm   (539 words)

  
 Emperor Huai of Jin China - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emperor Huai of Jin China - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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The article about Emperor Huai of Jin China contains information related to Emperor Huai of Jin China and Personal information.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Jin_Huai_Di   (133 words)

  
 Yue Jin (Wenqian) - Comprehensive Romance of the Three Kingdoms Biography
Yue Jin was a peasant from the north of China; he was unusually small and had small limbs.
Along with fellow officers Yu Jin and Li Dian, Yue Jin led Lord Cao’s army in battle against Lü Bu, defended the western frontier from Ma Chao, chased Liu Bei down Jing Zhou, and helped crush Yuan Shao in the north.
Yue Jin died in the twenty-third year of Rebuilt Tranquility (AD 218) right after the rebellion in Xu Chang was put down.
www.kongming.net /novel/kma/yuejin.php   (205 words)

  
 Xi Jin Dynasty (265-316 A.D.)
Jin Wu Di fled from Le Yang due to the invasion of the Huns (Hungarians).
Jin Hui Di Jin Hui Di was not a bright king.
Jin Huai Di Leyang was conquered, and the king captured (311 A.D.)
www.yutopian.com /history/xijin.html   (278 words)

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