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  Wanli Emperor - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Following the death of the emperor, the Wanli era was normally due to end on January 21, 1621.
The new emperor Tianqi decided that the Wanli era would be considered ended since August 27, 1620, the last day of the 7th month in the Chinese calendar, to enable the Taichang era to be applied for the five months remaining in that year (see Taichang article).
The Wanli Emperor (1563 - 1620) was emperor of China (Ming dynasty) between 1572 and 1620.
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 Taichang Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was succeeded by his son the Tianqi Emperor, and according to the law the Tianqi era was now scheduled to start on January 22, 1621, so that the Taichang era would never exist in practice.
In order to honor his father, the new emperor decided that the Wanli era would be considered ended since August 27, 1620, the last day of the 7th month in the Chinese calendar.
The Taichang Emperor (1582-1620) was the 14th emperor of China (Ming dynasty) in 1620.
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 Wanli Emperor - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Wanli ascended the throne when he was 9 and for the first ten years the young emperor was aided by a notable statesman Zhang Juzheng (張居正).
Emperor Wanli's died in 1620 and was buried in Dingling (定陵) located on the outskirts of Beijing.
The Wanli emperor’s reign is representative of the decline of the Ming.
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 Read about History of China at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research History of China and learn about History of China ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The emperor's role became more autocratic, although Zhu Yuanzhang necessarily continued to use what he called the Grand Secretaries to assist with the immense paperwork of the bureaucracy, which included memorials (petitions and recommendations to the throne), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various kinds, and tax records.
Emperor Qianlong, the compilation of a catalogue of the important works on Chinese culture was made.
Emperor Guangxu died one day before the death of Cixi (some believe Guangxu was poisoned by Cixi).
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 Qing Dynasty Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Emperor Kangxi commanded the most complete dictionary of Chinese characters ever put together at the time, and under Emperor Qianlong, the compilation of a catalogue of the important works on Chinese culture was made.
Cixi and the Guangxu emperor both died in 1908, leaving a relatively powerless and unstable central authority.
During the Qianlong Emperor's reign, for example, members of his family were distinguished by garments with a large circular emblem on the back, whereas a Han could only hope to wear clothing with a square emblem; this meant effectively that any guard in the court could immediately distinguish family members from the back view alone.
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 biology - Qing Dynasty
In the aftermath of the 1911 revolution, a new Republic of China was established and the last emperor abdicated.
The Empress Dowager Cixi, concubine to the Xianfeng Emperor, the mother of child emperor Tongzhi, and Aunt of Guangxu successfully controlled the Qing government and was the de facto leader of China for close to 40 years.
She staged a coup d'état to oust the regency led by Sushun appointed by the late Emperor.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: History of China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Emperor Wu (Han Wudi 漢武帝) consolidated and extended the Chinese empire by pushing back the Xiongnu (匈奴)(sometimes identified with the Huns) into the steppes of modern Inner Mongolia (內蒙古), wresting from them the modern areas of Gansu (甘肅), Ningxia (寧夏) and Qinghai (青海).
Emperor Guangwu (光武帝) reinstated the Han Dynasty with the support of land-holding and merchant families at Luoyang (洛陽), east of Xi'an.
The emperor's role became more autocratic, although Zhu Yuanzhang necessarily continued to use what he called the "Grand Secretaries" to assist with the immense paperwork of the bureaucracy, including memorials (petitions and recommendations to the throne), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various kinds, and tax records.
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 Ancient China ,by www.cINEMA-resources.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Emperor Guangwu of Han China reinstated the Han dynasty with the support of land-holding and merchant families at Luoyang, east of Xi'an; hence the new era is termed the Eastern Han Dynasty (東漢朝).
Along with the refugees from the North, Emperor Yuan of Jin China reinstated the Jin regime at Nanjing in the south; from this came the sequence of Southern dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, which all had their capitals at Jiankang (near today's Nanjing).
Zhu Yuanzhang, (Hongwu Emperor of China or Hong-wu) the founder of the dynasty, laid the foundations for a state little interested in commerce and more interested in extracting revenues from the agricultural sector.
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 Manchu Qing Dynasty - Part I -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
Emperor Chongzhen, at the admonition of court minister Sun Chengzong, immediately sent messenger to chase Zu Dashou and He Kegang for pacification even though the two guys had pillaged their way to Shanhaiguan Pass.
Southern Ming Emperor Yongli [Zhu Youlang] was the grandson of Ming Emperor Shenzong and 4th son of King Guiwang Zhu Changying.
Hearing of the death of Emperor Yongli, Li Dingguo was saddened to death in June of 1662 [solar cal?].
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 Ming Empire 1368-1644 by Sanderson Beck
Yuan emperor Toghon Temur died in 1370 and was succeeded by his son Ayushiridara; but as he fled to Outer Mongolia, 50,000 Mongol warriors were captured along with the Empress and his son Maidiribala.
Emperor Hongwu wrote a commentary on Lao-zi's Dao De Jing in 1375, and he thought maybe he should not put to death so many people; but the next year he had hundreds of officials executed for pre-stamping fiscal documents as a convenience.
Scholars criticized the Emperor for harsh methods; but in 1385 Hongwu had his vice-minister of revenue and hundreds of others executed for embezzling, and the minister of personnel was accused of slandering the head of the National University and was put to death.
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 History of China: china history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Emperor Guangwu reinstated the Han Dynasty with the support of land-holding and merchant families at Luoyang, east of Xi'an; hence the new era is termed the Eastern Han Dynasty (東漢朝).
Later on, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei reunified north China again, marking the beginning of the Northern Dynasties, a sequence of local regimes ruling over regions north of Yangtze.
The emperor Xizong fled to Chengdu and Huang established a new dynasty.
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 List of Emperors of the Ming Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
A series of claimants to the Ming throne continued to claim the throne of what was known as the Southern Ming until the last was executed in 1662.
2 The Yongle emperor usurped the throne of his nephew the Jianwen emperor, who was officially said to have died in a palace fire but who was suspected of escaping to live as a recluse.
However, the Zhengtong emperor was able to reclaim his position upon the death of his brother, choosing the reign name Tianshun.
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 QING DYNASTY FACTS, INFORMATIONS AND TRADES
In the aftermath of the Xinhai Revolution, a new Republic_of_China was established and the last emperor abdicated.
To further suppress the Chinese intellectuals, Manchu emperors, like Qianlong emperor, resorted to "literary inquisition" (''Wen Zi Yu'', "imprisonment due to writings") for controlling the minds and thoughts of Chinese.
During the Qianlong_Emperor's reign, for example, members of his family were distinguished by garments with a large circular emblem on the back, whereas a Han could only hope to wear clothing with a square emblem; this meant effectively that any guard in the court could immediately distinguish family members from the back view alone.
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 Taichang Emperor - TheBestLinks.com - Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1582, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Taichang Emperor - TheBestLinks.com - Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1582,...
The Taichang Emperor (1590-1620) was emperor of China (Ming dynasty) in 1620.
Born Zhu Changluo, he was the Wanli Emperor's son.
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 Qing Dynasty:
1850-1861), the mother of child emperor Tongzhi, and Aunt of Guangxu successfully controlled the Qing government and was the de facto leader of China for close to 40 years.
The system was also inconsistent and at times arbituary because the emperor had final say on all judicial outcome, and could (and did) overturn judgment of individual cases.
In 1730 Emperor Yongzheng established the General Command Centre (Junjichu军机处) at first to direct day to day military operations, but gradually Junjichu began to take over other military and government duties and served to centralize authority to the crown.
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 Chongzhen Emperor of China @ BasketballLiving.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Chongzhen Emperor (WG: Ch'ung-chen) (February 6, 1611 - April 25, 1644) was last emperor of Ming dynasty in China between 1627 and 1644.
Chongzhen grew up in a relatively quiet environment because he was a younger son of the Taichang emperor, he was not a part of the power struggle his elder brother Tianqi had endured.
In spite of the fact that the Ming dynasty had been in decline for many decades prior to his reign, he would expect quick results and if they were not to his satisfaction he would quickly administer punitive actions and thus resulting in the expulsion of the remaining handful of capable and loyal ministers.
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 Chongzhen Emperor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Chongzhen Emperor (WG: Ch'ung-chen) (1611 - 1644) was the 16th and last emperor of Ming dynasty in China between 1627 and 1644.
Born Zhu Youjian, he was emperor Taichang's son.
Chongzhen, still wearing his imperial attire, fled to the nearby Jingshan Park, where it is believed that his finals words to princess Chang (長平公主) were "吾非亡国之君,汝皆亡国之臣。吾待士亦不薄,今日至此,群臣何无一人相从?",which roughly translates as "I am not the emperor of an ill-fated kingdom, but you, my officials, remain its servants.
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Emperor Bing (宋帝昺) (1271-March 19, 1279) was the last emperor of Southern Song Dynasty of China who died a boy.
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 Song Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
Emperor Taizu's grandfather was a Tang Dynasty 'ci shi' (circuit inspector) of Zhuozhou Prefecture, and further up the lineage would be numerous ancestors serving under Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Zhenzong dispatched a minister (Zhang Qixian) to Jing-Yuan areas as jinglüe shi, and Zhang proposed that the city of Lingwu on the west Yellow River Bend be abandoned.
The ministers argued that the emperor was like a father and the empress was like a mother and that ministers should pacify father and mother instead of encouraging a divorce.
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 Tianqi Emperor - TheBestLinks.com - Tianqi Emperor of China, Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, TheBestLinks.com:Find ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Tianqi Emperor of China, Tianqi Emperor, Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar...
Born Zhu Youxiao, he was the Taichang Emperor's eldest son.
Zhu Youxiao became emperor as a teenager and did not give much attention to affairs of state, giving the actual power to the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and Madam Ke.
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 cars - Qing Dynasty
Manchu got into antagonism with Han Chinese only as a result of enforcing the 'queue order', which forced the Han Chinese to adopt Manchu hairstyle (the pigtail) and Manchu-style clothing.
To further suppress the Chinese intellectuals, Manchu emperors, like Qianlong emperor, resorted to "literary inquisition" [i.e., "Wen Zi Yu" (imprisonment due to writings)] for controlling the minds and thoughts of Chinese.
Yongzheng died in 1735, shortly after he ordered his third son, Hongshi, to commit suicide.
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 1644 Definition / 1644 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
[click for more], the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty The Ming Dynasty (Chinese: 明朝; Pinyin: míng cháo) was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, though claims to the Ming throne (now collectively named the Southern Ming) survived until 1662.
The Ming dynasty emperors were members of the Zhu family.
During the rule of Mongols, there were strong feelings against the rule of "the foreigners" among the populace, which finally led to a peasant revolt that pushed the Yuan...
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 XPath bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Emperor Tianqi (1605-1627) was emperor of China (Ming dynasty) between 1620-1627.
Born Zhu Youxiao, he was emperor Taichang's eldest son.
Tiromancy is a form of divination that seeks to know the future by examining how curds form during cheesemaking.
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 Fine Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Wine Cup, ca.1621-27
It was understandable that Tianqi would borrow the styles of his predecessors if remembering this Ming emperor's reign.
MIng Emperor TianQi (1621-27), son of Ming Emperor TaiChang (1619-21), grandson of Ming emperor Wanli (1573-1619).
TianQi became emperor at the age of 16.
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 Homepage of Timothy: Timeline of History
France, 18 May: Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor Napoleon I. Farquhar appointed Resident of Malacca.
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China: Emperor Yongle moves the capital from Nanjing to Beijing.
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 Table of Chinese monarchs : search word
This title of Emperor continued to be used for the remainder of China's imperial history, right down to the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.
Sometimes the same emperor is commonly known by two or three separate names, or the same name is used by emperors of different dynasties.
The tables below do not necessarily include all of an emperor's names - for example, posthumous names could run to more than twenty characters and were rarely used in historical writing - but where possible the most commonly used name or naming convention has been indicated.
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 Ming Dyn. TianQi Qinghua Jar, ca.1621-27
TianQi paid little attention to Stately affairs, allowing the country to fall to despare, poverty and corruption.
He paid no attention to routine affairs as other fatuous emperors.
TianQi's reign was instrumental in rapid decline and fall of the Great Ming Dynasty.
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