Taizu by the name of Zhao Kuangyin （927-976）（see Figure 11）was born in Zhuozhou ，Hebei Province.When he was young he was...
The Impression of China
The magnificent empire that had existed from 618 AD under the rule of the Tang Emperors finally collapsed in 907...
A Temporary Stability Wu Zhao's rule was followed by a Tang restoration and golden age which lasted from 710-755 AD.The...
The Sui Dynasty（581-618AD） By the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties（420一589AD），China had witnessed disunity and chaos for about 270...
The Tang Dynasty（618-907AD） The Tang dynasty lasted from 618-907 AD，which was a long and prosperous period. Although the Sui dynasty...
In the history of China，the dynastic power fell in the hands of women several times，e.g.Li Hou ，the Doweger，Liu Bang's wife，in...
After the Eastern Jin Dynasty，there concurred many rivaling regimes over the country.China was torn apart into the confronting north and...
The Founding of Jin At the end of the Three Kingdoms Period，the Sima family became prominent in the Wei Kingdom.In...
Sun Quan Sun Quan was the founder of the Wu Kingdom.He was the second son of Sun Jian ，who was...
Liu Bei Liu Bei is commonly called Liu Xuande .He claimed himself to be a descendant of Prince Zhongshanjing ，a...
Cao Cao Cao Cao was born in Pei Guo Jiao Zhou ，the present Bo County n Anhui Province.He was known...
This period is remarkable because it is always told through interesting stories and famous characters at the time. Zhuge Liang...
Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220AD） In 17AD，a countrywide rebellion broke out.In 25 AD，the rebellion army of Liu Xiu defeated the army of...
Emperor Wu's expansionist policies strengthened the empire，nevertheless they drained the imperial treasury.This resulted in sharp increases in taxes and tight...
Figure 8Han Wudi Liu Che An outstanding statesman in Chinese history，Han Wudi——Liu Che （156-87 BC）（see Figure 8）was one of the...
Compared with Liu Bang，Xiang Yu had all the good qualities of a noble gentleman.He was extremely manly:big，strong and skillful of...
Liu Bang Emperor Gaozu，also known under the name Liu Bang（see Figure 7），was the first emperor of the Han Dynasty（206 BC-24...
The Qin Dynasty（221-206BC） Qin Shi Huang founded the first Totalitarian Empire-the Qin Dynasty in the year 221 BC.It was ended...
Eastern Zhou（771-256BC） This dynasty is divided into two periods:Spring&Autumn Period（722一481BC）and Warring States Period（403-221BC）. After the capital in Haojing，located around today's...
Western Zhou（1100-771BC） There have been several opinions about when the Chinese Feudalistic society started.The famous Chinese historian Jian Bozan，who compiled...