Under the influence of Empress Dowager Feng, Tuoba Hong had studied the Confucian classics since childhood and was rather familiar...
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In 471, four-year-old Tuoba Hong succeeded to the throne from his father Emperor Xianwen(also named Tuoba Hong,454-476). Nevertheless, he was...
In 495, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty led 300,000 troops south to invade the Southern Qi, and besieged...
Deng Ai（197-264），a general of the Wei，already captured Chengdu and destroyed the Shu Kingdom in 263. After ascending the throne, Sima...
In 226，the dying Cao Pirequested Sima Yi（179-251）to assist Crown Prince Cao Rui（204-239），who later became Emperor Ming，in governing the Wei Kingdom，and...
Its anancient chinese vehicle with a wooden figure always pointing to the south. The system of nine-graded official ranks continued...
Zhu is an ancient unit of weight equal to 1/24 liang or a little more than 2 grams. In the...
Once the country was at peace, Liu Xiu made proper arrangements for the placement of senior generals who had distinguished...
Once defeating Wei Xiao, Liu Xiu took Gongsun Shu as the next target of attack, hence the Chineseidiom of "coveting...
After the Eastern Han was established，Wei Xiao who held a post in the Chang an-located Gengshi government persuaded Liu Xuan...
Following the downfall of the Xin Dynasty, by order of Emperor Gengshi, Liu Xiu commanded hisarmy to exterminate the warlords...
In AD 23, Wang Mang mustered 420 thousand troops claiming to be one million strong, led by Wang Yiand Wang...
Liu Xiu was the ninth in descent from Liu Bang.By overthrowing Wang Mang's short-lived Xin Dynasty（AD 8-23），he restored the Han...
According to the Han Dynasty's funeral system, members of the imperial family were encoffined wearing jade clothes sewn with gold...
After the death of Xiang Yu--his biggest rival, Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor on the northbank of the Si River(in...
In 202 BC Conqueror of West chu Xiang Yu and his 100 thousand army were tightly encircled in Gaixia by...
The Banquet at Hongmen Once entering the Qin capital with a scene of bustling activity，Liu Bang got carried away by...
In 209 BC, Liu Bang, village head of Sishui, sent a group of conscripted laborers under escortto Mount Lito build...
In 210 BC,49-year-old Ying Zheng went on an inspection tour to the south. He offered sacrifices to Yu--the reputed founder...
On the pretext of the palaces in Xianyang being too small, starting from 212 BC Ying Zheng employed more than...