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Song dynasty, Liao dynasty and Jin Empire; Yuan dynasty and Ming dynasty; Qing dynasty; On each map, ancient places and water features are shown in black and blue respectively, superimposed on modern features, borders and claims, shown in brown. All country-wide maps, from Paleolithic onward, include an inset showing the nine-dash line in the ...
Yang was born in 1839, during the Qing dynasty, in Lucheng Town, Yidu County, Hubei Province. His courtesy name was Xingwu ( 惺吾 ). After passing the provincial examination and earning the juren degree in 1862 (first year of the Tongzhi reign ), [ 1 ] he lived for ten years in Beijing trying to pass the imperial examination for the highest ...
The map shows 500 settlements and a dozen rivers in China, and includes large parts of Korea and Vietnam. On the reverse side of Huayi tu is the gridded Yu Ji Tu (Map of the Tracks of Yu the Great). [7] This map is the earliest surviving example of lattice cartographic grid found in Chinese map, a system first introduced in China a millennium ...
The Yang state was conquered by the Jin state during the reign of Duke Wu of Jin, and ancient lands of the Yang state were given to one of his sons named Ji Boqiao at 13th years old. With the conquest of the Yang state, many people of Yang and descendants of Boqiao eventually took the name of their former country as their family name, and ...
The Chinese dictionary Shiming, which dates back to the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE), states, "There are waters everywhere on Yangzhou's borders, the waters form waves." [4] A commentary to the Classic of Poetry states, "Yang (揚; lit. "rise / scatter"), like the Chinese character for it, gives people an arousing sensation." [5]
Sui dynasty (581–618), a Chinese dynasty ruled by a Yang family; Yang Wu (907–937), a dynasty in eastern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period; Chiefdom of Bozhou (876–1600), an autonomous polity in modern Guizhou, China, ruled by a Yang family; Chiefdom of Kokang (1739–1959), an autonomous polity in modern Shan State ...
The total population was 45,613 individuals, or 7,744 households. The commandery was abolished in early Sui dynasty. [5] In the Tang dynasty, Guangling Commandery was the alternative name of the Yang Prefecture. In 741, it administered 7 counties, namely Jiangdu, Jiangyang (江陽), Luhe (六合), Hailing, Yangzi (揚子) and Tianchang (天長 ...
Map showing the location of XIaoshang River where Yang fought his last battle. Yang Zaixing (simplified Chinese: 杨再兴; traditional Chinese: 楊再興; pinyin: Yáng Zàixīng, died 21 August 1140) was a Song dynasty general under Yue Fei, known for his ferocity in battles. He fought against the Jin dynasty in the Jin–Song Wars.