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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 ...
The Biographies of Exemplary Women (Chinese: 列女傳) is a book compiled by the Han dynasty scholar Liu Xiang c. 18 BCE. It includes 125 biographical accounts of exemplary women in ancient China, taken from early Chinese histories including Chunqiu, Zuozhuan, and the Records of the Grand Historian.
Lü Zhi was born in Shanfu County (單父; present-day Shan County, Shandong) during the late Qin dynasty.Her courtesy name was Exu (Chinese: 娥姁; pinyin: Éxǔ).To flee from enemies, her father Lü Wen (呂文) brought their family to Pei County, settled there, and became a close friend of the county magistrate.
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 ...
Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1912) rulers are referred to solely by their era names, of which they only had one. [19] Apart from ethnic Han rulers, China was also ruled by various non-Han monarchs, including Jurchen, Khitan, Manchu, Mongol and Tangut and many others. [20]
According to historical accounts, her personal name might be Yi Zhu (宜主), She was a daughter of two hereditary servants of imperial princes or princesses. Those accounts also say that when she was born, her parents were so poor that they abandoned her, but they saw that she was still alive after three days, so they took her back in and ...
Ban Zhao (Chinese: 班昭; 45 or 49 – c. 117/120 CE), courtesy name Huiban (Chinese: 惠班), was a Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician.She was the first known female Chinese historian and, along with Pamphile of Epidaurus, one of the first known female historians.