The Great Buddha Hall is the main hall of a monastery.It usually has a number of huge stone pillars that...
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What can be said about the legendary origin of the Sixteen Arhats，the Eighteen Arhats and the 500 Arhats？ According to...
Yangjia Jiang（lit.Generals of the Yang Clan）is a series of novels and plays which detail the exploits of the Yang military...
Who is Dizang？ According the Buddhist classics，during the period from the Nirvana of Sakyamuni to the advent of Maitreya，Dizang Bodhisattva...
Mission to Xiongnu Su Wu（140-60 BC）was a diplomat and statesman during China's Han Dynasty，wel1-known in Chinese history for his faithfulness...
Zhou Enlai（Wade-Giles:Chou En-lai）（March 5，1898-January 8，1976），a prominent Communist Party of China leader，was Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949...
Mao Zedong（1893-1976）（also Mao Tse-Tung）was a Chinese Marxist military and political leader，who led the Chinese Communist Party（CCP）to victory against the Kuomintang（KMT）in...
Wang anshi（1021-1086）was a Chinese economist，statesman and poet of the Song Dynasty（960-1279）who attempted some controversial，major socio-economic reforms. His courtesy name was...
Early Life Zhuge Liang was born in Yangdu County in Langya Commandry，at present-day Yishui County，Shandong Province.He was the second of...
Shang Yang（Wade-Giles:Kung-sun Yang）（c.390-338 B.C.）was an important statesman of Qin in the Warring States Period of ancient China.With the support of...
Guan Zhong（died in 645 BC）was a politician in the Spring and Autumn Period. His given name was Yiwi.Zhong was his...
The Kangxi Emperor（Wade-Giles:Kang-hsi；1654-1722）was the fourth Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty，and the second Qing emperor to rule over all of...
The Hongwu Emperor（1328-1398），personal name Zhu Yuanzhang，was the founder of the Ming Dynasty of China，and the first emperor of this dynasty...
Genghis Khan（1162-1227），was a Mongol Khan and founder of the Mongol Empire，unifying independent Mongol tribes under his banner by 1206.One of...
Early Life Emperor Taizu（927-976），born Zhao Kuangyin，was the founder of the Song Dynastyof China，reigning from 960 to 976.His family was of...
Wu Zetian（624-705），personal name Wu Zhao，was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor.Ruling China...
Emperor Taizong of Tang（599-649），born Li Shimin，was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China from 626 to 649.He encouraged...
Cao Cao（155-220），zi Mende，was a regional warlord who rose to become the self-appointed Imperial Secretarist under Han Xian Di and the...
Emperor Wu of Han（156 BC-87 BC），personal name Liu Che，was the sixth emperor of China emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty，ruling...
Emperor Gao（256 BC or 247 BC-June 1，195 BC），commonly known inside China as Gaozu，personal name Liu Bang，was the first emperor of...