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	Wang Zhaojun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wang Qiang (王牆 also 王檣; 王嬙), more commonly known by her style name Wang Zhaojun (王昭君) was the consort of the Xiongnu shanyu Huhanye (呼韓邪).
		Wang Zhaojun was born to a prominent family of Zigui county, Nan county (now Xingshan county, Hubei) in the south of the Western Han empire.
		Wang was honoured as Ninghu Yanzhi (寧胡閼氏 "Hu-Pacifying Chief-Consort").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wang_Zhaojun (535 words)

	Wang Zhaojun -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wang Qiang (王牆 also 王檣; 王嬙), more commonly known by her style name Wang Zhaojun (王昭君) was the consort of the (Click link for more info and facts about Xiongnu) Xiongnu (Click link for more info and facts about shanyu) shanyu Huhanye (呼韓邪).
		Wang Zhaojun was born to a prominent family of Zigui county, Nan county (now Xingshan county, (Click link for more info and facts about Hubei) Hubei) in the south of the (Click link for more info and facts about Western Han) Western Han empire.
		Wang was honoured as Huning Yanzhi (胡寧閼氏 "Hu-Pacifying Chief-Consort").
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/wang_zhaojun.htm (644 words)

	Wang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wang (王 in pinyin: Wáng; in Jyutping: Wong4) is one of the most common Chinese family names.
		Wang Dao, stateman and chief advisor of Emperor Yuan of Jin China
		Wang Yan, stateman and Taoist philosopher during the Western Jin Dynasty.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Wang (697 words)

	ipedia.com: Wang Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wang is a royalty rank and a surname in China and Korea.
		Wang Dun, ambitious militant of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
		Wang Xizhi, calligrapher during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
	www.ipedia.com /wang.html (430 words)

	Wang Zhaojun
		Wang Zhaojun was a real person, born in Zigui County (in current Hubei Province) in the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD).
		Wang Zhaojun did not like the thought of wasting her life in the imperial harem, and hoped that some day something would happen that would free her from it.
		But not to Wang Zhaojun: she saw it as a chance to leave the empty palace life and possibly play a more important role than she ever would.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_22654.htm (801 words)

	Hohhot, Regent Tour China
		Lying 9 km to the south of the city, Zhaojun's tomb is a tomb tumulus with rammed clay 33 meters high.
		It occupies an area of 3.3 ha and is one of the remains for posterity to commemorate Wang Zhaojun, the lady of honor of the Han Dynasty, from 51-53 BC.
		Zhaojun's tomb, a symbol of national unity, has become one of the eight historical scenic spots in Hohhot.
	www.regenttour.com /chinaplanner/het/het-sights-zhaojun.htm (187 words)

	Wang Zhaojun: one of the four greatest beauties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the popular mind Wang Zhaojun has always been a tragic figure: a Han dynasty court lady married off a Chanyu (Khan) of the Xiongnu(Huns) who left her hom eand died in far north.
		Wang Zhaojun, despite the persistence of the counter-legend, was the exception: she chose her life.
		But not to Wang Zhaojun: She saw it as a chance to leave the empty palace life and possibly play a more important role than she ever would in Chang'an.
	www.shme.com /culture/legend/wang.htm (391 words)

	nmgnews --- Zhaojun Tomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Zhaojun Tomb is also known as "Qingzhong", it is at the 9 kilometers section from the southern suburbs of Hohhot.
		With an area of nearly 100 mu, it is thought to be the mausoleum of Wang Zhaojun (Wang Qiang) of thewestern Han Dynasty.
		Wang Zhaojun then asked to go to the frontier areas and serve as an ambassador for peace.
	english.nmgnews.com.cn /eng/article/20040905/308_1.html (213 words)

	Zhaojun's Hometown Scenic Spots-Three Gorges Yangtze Cruises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is said to be the birthplace of Wang Zhaojun (note Wang is surname), the famous concubine of the Han emperor Yuandi (r.
		Zhaojun's name was changed to Mingfei (Illustrious Imperial Concubine) after she had become an imperial consort.
		Zhaojun's Dressing Table stands on a piece of elevated land and is surrounded by ancient cypresses.
	www.yzcruises.com /english/scenes/ZhaojunHometown.asp (761 words)

	xin_dynasty
		At one time, two daughters of Lady Wang Zhaojun were invited by Wang Mang to visit the Han court, and Hunnic king promptly sent over one of the Lady Wang's daughters to the Han Court.
		The two sons of the brother of Lady Wang Zhaojun would often contact the husband of the elder daughter of Lady Wang Zhaojun to broker peace.
		Wang Mang, however, continued his tricks and he at one time placed into custody the husband of the elder daughter of Lady Wang Zhaojun as a hostage, intending to support him as the new Hunnic king.
	www.findthelinks.com /history/Huns_Turks/xin_dynasty.htm (328 words)

	Tomb of Wang Zhaojun Pictures and travel information - China Travel Attraction
		Wang Zhaojun was selected at an early age to be a concubine for the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) Emperor, Yuandi, one of his imperial majesty's many.
		The result was that the emperor, semi-satisfied by love at home, but troubled by war in the north, had never set eyes on the heroine when he came to decide which of his ladies would be sent to the north to appease the tribal chief of a southern Hun tribe, the Xiongnu.
		The Tomb of Wang Zhaojun (Wang zhaojun mu) itself is also shrouded in mystery, in that no one knows whether the true concubine Wang lies beneath.
	www.muztagh.com /china-attraction/hohhot/tomb-of-wang-zhaojun.htm (406 words)

	Zhaojun Tomb
		Zhaojun Tomb is located on the southern bank of the Dahei River, nine kilometers south of the city of Hohhot.
		Wang Zhaojun was a maid of honor in an imperial palace of the Han Dynasty.
		Zhaojun Tomb is similar to the imperial tombs of the Han Dynasty that were built in the central plain of the kingdom.
	www.greatwalltour.com /greatwall_pages/provinces/mongolia/hohot/zhaojunmu.htm (157 words)

	Wang article - Wang royalty rank surname China Korea Chinese noble Korean nobility - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wang (王 in pinyin: Wáng; in penkyamp and Jyutping: Wong4) is the most common Chinese family name and literally means "king" (See Chinese noble#Wang), although the name itself has no royal implications.
		However, after the Goryeo Dynasty fell, the royal Wangs changed their surname to avoid severe persecution from the subsequent Joseon Dynasty.
		Wang article - Wang definition - what means Wang
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Wang (353 words)

	Wang Zhaojun
		Wang Zhaojun was the former concubine of Emperor Han Yuandi.
		The Han regime was not strong enough to resist the invasion of the Huns due to weakness of the Emperor and incompetence of the court ministers and officials.
		Wang Zhaojun, filled with grief and indignation, was forced to assume her mission of marrying afar to the Chieftain of the Huns in order to defend the Han from foreign invasion and seek a cease-fire between the two belligerent parties.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_exhibition/2003-12/26/content_45024.htm (98 words)

	Tomb of Zhaojun (Zhaojun Mu) - She Volunteered To Marry Mongolia King For Keeping Peace.
		The tomb of Zhaojun is situated in the alluvial plain of the Da'hei River, 9 Km south of the Huhhot City.
		Zhaojun Wang was born in Zigui town south of the county during Western Han Dynasty (Xingshan county in Hubei Province).
		Zhaojun Tomb is one of the most beautiful scenes of ancient times.This tomb is one hundred feet tall, occupying an area of 1.3 hectare.
	www.chinatravelz.net /china/Inner-Mongolia/Hohhot/zhaojun-tomb/index.asp (534 words)

	China Province - Region, Regional
		Covering 1.4 hectare in area and standing 33 meters high, the tomb of Princess Wang Zhaojun is located on the southern outskirts, nine kilometers from Hohhot.
		During the reign of Emperor Yuandi of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.220), Wang was chosen to serve in the imperial court.
		As it is believed, "Wang Zhaojun is the symbol of national unity, and her tomb is a monument to national unity."
	www.cntravel.biz /china_columns/provinces/innermongolia/inm_twan.shtml (174 words)

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		One of the "Great Four Beauties of China" (these compromise of Xi Shi, Diao Chao, Wang Zhaojun, and Yang Guifei, all of whom have rather tragic tales), her story varies from version to version; therefore I will tell you the version I read (which was incidentally a comic version that was badly translated.
		Long time ago, Wang Zhaojun was one of the thousands of palace ladies who existed as part of the Emperor's harem.
		As a result, many of the women bribed the painters in order to have a better chance at becoming the Emperor's favourite.Well, Wang Zhaojun was too proud to stoop to bribing the painter Mao Yanshou, so as revenge he painted a less than flattering portrait of her.
	jibril.virtue.nu /about.html (454 words)

	Highlights of Chinese Culture and History
		When the news reached her that the Huns had asked for a matrimonial relationship with the Han, Wang expressed her willingness to marry the chieftain of the Huns partly out of concern for her own happiness and future and party for the friendship and unity between the two nationalities of Han and Hun.
		Eventually Wang Zhaojun got on very good terms with the Huns and succeeded in spreading the Han culture and civilization among the Hun nationality.
		As she was loved and respected by the Huns, Chieftain Huhanxie conferred on her the tittle of the First Lady of Hun Peace, eulogizing Zhaojun as a queen who had brought peach and security to the Hun nationality.
	www.chinatown-online.com /cultureeye/highlights/zhaojun.htm (913 words)

	Wang Xizhi - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Wang Xizhi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wang Xizhi (王羲之, 303-361) is a famous Chinese calligrapher.
		The most celebrated calligrapher in Chinese history, he is said be the exemplar of the high art of calligraphy, a master of every form but particularly of the running script (xingshu).
		Wang Xizhi is particularly remembered for one of his hobbies - rearing geese.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Wang-Xizhi.html (206 words)

	Xiling Gorge: Xiangxi Stream
		Zhaojun was a maid of honour to the emperor during the Western Han Dynasty.
		She was beautiful and upright and she refused to bribe the painter from whose portraits of court ladies the emperor traditionally chose his concubines.
		Zhaojun exerted a good influence on relations between the Xiongnu and Han peoples after her marriage, and she also gained herself great respect.
	www.yangtzerivertour.com /amaze_yangtze/attraction/city/zigui/xiangxi.htm (341 words)

	Four Beauties of China - Chinese Culture
		Wang Zhaojun - Living during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220AD), Wang Zhaojun is believed to have lived around 30 BC.
		The Xionghu chief demanded to marry one of the concubines from the Han court.
		Wang volunteered, sacrificing herself for the peace of the land.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art29680.asp (623 words)

	The four most beautiful women in the ancient China
		Her name was Jiang, her style Zhaojun but during the Jin Dynasty, she was referred to as Minghou as the name Zhao could not be used by ordinary folks since the king, Sima Zhao had the same surname.
		Wang Zhaojun, however, was confident of her natural beauty and refused to pay the court painter, Mao Yanshou, his customary bribe.
		Diaochan had come to the Wang mansion as a young child and Wangyun had looked upon her almost as if she were his own daughter.
	www.chinatown-online.com /cultureeye/common/four.htm (1908 words)

	Wang - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wang (王 in pinyin: Wáng; in penkyamp and Jyutping: Wong4) is one of the most common Chinese family names.
		It literally means "king" (See Chinese noble#Wang), although the name itself has no royal implications.
		Oh or O is a rare Japanese family name which is the equivalence of Wang.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Wang (344 words)

	Wang Zhaojun
		Her story is told in the melody Longshuo Cao, also called Zhaojun Yuan (Lament of Zhaojun).
		Zhaojun herself is said to have written a æ¨æ ä¹æ Yuankuang zhi Ge (10739.98xxx), recorded in Qin Cao.
		Wang Zhaojun, original name Wang Qiang, was from a reputable family serving in the court of Han emperor Yuandi....
	www.silkqin.com /09hist/qinshi/wangzhaojun.htm (229 words)

	Wang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wang (王 in pinyin: Wng; in penkyamp & Jyutping: Wong4) is the commonest Chinese family name and literally means "king" (See Chinese noble#Wang), although the name itself has no royal implications.
		The "-ang" sound in pinyin is supposed to be pronounced as in German and so the name is frequently mispronounced by English speakers.
		Wang is also the pinyin transliteration of 汪.
	www.enlightenweb.net /w/wa/wang.html (268 words)

	Wang Zhaojun Pottery Statuary
		Wang Zhaojun - Living during the Chinese Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220AD), Wang Zhaojun is believed to have lived around 30 BC.
		The Hun chief demanded to marry one of the infanta from the Han court.
		The Emperor agreed to send Wang, finding out only too late that she had been his most beautiful infantainfanta rather than his most ugly.
	artcraft.zymq.com /Pottery/353005.htm (171 words)

	China City: Hohhot Travel
		In fact this is not the reason it becomes famous, but because of the lady Wang Zhaojun.
		Wang Zhaojun, a daughter of a Han family, was elected to enter imperial palace because of her beauty in the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-24AD).
		Zhaojun then married herself off to the grasslands of her free will; this is called Zhaojun Chu Sai meaning Zhaojun went out beyond the Great Wall, which is a very important incident happened in the history of Han and Xiongnu.
	www.warriortours.com /cityguides/hohhot/zhaojun.htm (274 words)

	Wang Weiping - Pipa Lute - Classical Chinese Music
		Wang Weiping composes herself some pieces putting in value the capabilities of her instrument.
		"Like the antic princess Wang Zhaojun who, exiled after the Great Wall, accompanying herself with the pipa, song the nostalgia of her mother land, Wang Weiping put her elaborated technique at the service of the greater musicality.
		Interpreting the thousand old pieces which resounded in the imperial court, she evokes the tumult of the wars as well as the odes to the moon light.
	www.webspawner.com /users/wangweiping1 (595 words)

	Mid-inner Mongolia Scenic Area - Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region - Adventure to the Wild West of China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The tomb, located on the bank of Dahei River some 9 km south of Hohhot City, is the mausoleum of Wang Zhaojun who in the legend was an imperial concubine during the Han Dynasty (206 BC 220 AD).
		In 33 AD, Wang Zhaojun, a maid in the imperial palace of Han Dynasty volunteered a marriage to Huhanye Khan, chief of the then Hun tribe in the north.
		But the tomb of Wang Zhaojun is an exception, still covered with fresh and green grass.
	www.chinatravelnews.com /westchina/innermongolia/midinner.htm (1439 words)

	nmgnews --- Wang Zhaojun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wang Zhaojun, styled Qiang, was selected into the court in the reign of the Yuan Emperor in the Western Han Dynasty.
		She volunteered to be a peace envoy through her marriage to Huhanye Chanyu (king of the Xiongnu in ancient China) and became Ninghu Yanshi (Yanshi, the legal wife of Xiongnu's King).
		Wang made contributions to further develop and strengthen friendly ties between the Han and Xiongnu.
	english.nmgnews.com.cn /eng/article/20040816/39_1.html (144 words)

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