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This event is regarded as the formal establishment of era names in Chinese history. [16] Emperor Wu changed the era name once more when he established the 'Great Beginning' (太初 Taichu) calendar in 104 BC. [17] From this point until the end of Western Han, the court established a new era name every four years of an emperor's reign.
Emperor Houshao of Han: Empress Dou: Dou Chong, Marquis Ancheng 205 BC 179 BC 179 BC 157 BC 135 BC Emperor Wen of Han: Empress Bo: 158 BC 157 BC 151 BC 147 BC Emperor Jing of Han: Empress Wang Zhi: Wang Zhong Zang Er 173 BC 150 BC 126 BC Empress Chen Jiao: Chen Wu, Marquess of Tangyi Liu Piao, Princess Guantao 141 BC 130 BC c.110 BC Emperor Wu ...
Wang Zhaojun was endowed with dazzling beauty with an extremely intelligent mind. She was adept in playing the pipa and also mastered the ancient "Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar" – the guqin, go, calligraphy and Chinese painting. In 36 BC, Emperor Yuan of Han chose his concubines from the whole state. Because of Wang's fame in the county ...
She dominated the political scene for 15 years until her death in August 180 BC, and is often depicted as the first woman to have ruled China. While four women are noted as having been politically active before her— Fu Hao , Yi Jiang , Lady Nanzi , and Queen Dowager Xuan —Lü was the perhaps first woman to have ruled over united China.
The Han dynasty in 195 BC and its vassal kingdoms. After Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and proclaimed himself emperor of the Han dynasty, he followed the practice of Xiang Yu and enfeoffed many generals, noblemen, and imperial relatives as kings (Chinese: 王; pinyin: wáng), the same title borne by the sovereigns of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and by the rulers of the Warring States.
Xin Zhui (Chinese: 辛追; [ɕín ʈʂwéɪ]; c. 217 BC –169 or 168 BC), also known as Lady Dai or the Marquise of Dai, was a Chinese noblewoman.She was the wife of Li Cang (利蒼), the Marquis of Dai, and Chancellor of the Changsha Kingdom, during the Western Han dynasty of ancient China.
Paramount leader, an informal list of those who have been considered the highest leader of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China; Leader of the Chinese Communist Party; Chairman of the Kuomintang; List of leaders of the People's Republic of China of institutions; List of national leaders of the People's Republic of China
His family name is "Liu"; the ruling family or clan of the Han dynasty shared the family name of "Liu", the family name of Liu Bang, the founding father of the Han dynasty. The character "Di" ( 帝 ) is a title: this is the Chinese word which in imperial history of China means "emperor".