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Xu Jie was born in Xuanping, Zhejiang in 1503, while his father was working there as the assistant county magistrate. Allegedly, when Xu was less than one year old, he fell into a well but lived on. While he was about five years old, he plummeted from a mountain, but his clothing snagged on a branch and saved him from death.
Around 19 BCE, however, Emperor Cheng took a liking to the dancing girl Zhao Feiyan and her sister Zhao Hede. They were both made concubines and he favored them over Empress Xu and Consort Ban. In 18 BCE both the Empress and Consort Ban were accused of witchcraft. Empress Xu was put under house arrest away from court, but Consort Ban pleaded ...
Meanwhile, officials Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng work with the Prince to counter the Yan faction’s harmful "rice-to-mulberry" policy, which causes famine and unrest in Zhejiang. Local uprisings, led by farmers like Qi Dazhu, escalate as corrupt officials profit from silk trade deals, while Governor Hu Zongxian secretly opposes the ...
Xu Jie may refer to: Xu Jie (Southern Tang) (Chinese: 徐玠 ; pinyin: Xú Jiè , 868–943), Southern Tang politician Xu Jie (Ming dynasty) (Chinese: 徐階 ; pinyin: Xú Jiē , 1503–1583), Ming dynasty politician
The relationships between literati (scholar-official of imperial China) and the geji often became heavily romanticized during the late Ming Dynasty, and even married women associated openly with geji, inviting them to parties. Famously, the poet Xu Yuan was known to keep the company of famous geji, such as Xue Susu.
Lady Xu was born in 1362, as the eldest daughter of Xu Da and Lady Xie (謝氏), second daughter of Xie Zaixing (謝再興). She had four brothers—Xu Huizu (徐輝祖), Xu Tianfu (徐添福), Xu Yingxu (徐膺緒), and Xu Zengshou (徐增壽)—and two younger sisters, who were the wives of Zhu Gui, Prince Jian of Dai (thirteenth son of the Hongwu Emperor) and Zhu Ying, Prince Hui of An ...
Xue was born in either Suzhou or Jiaxing (contemporary sources disagree). [3] According to the historian Qian Qianyi she spent at least some of her childhood in Beijing. [4] Due to her poor background, Xue Susu had performed in a circus troupe since she was a child, and developed the skills of riding a horse, shooting a slingshot, and walking on a rope. [5]
According to legend, Xi Shi was originally a girl who regularly washed gauze in the Huan Sha river. [1] In traditional stories, Xi Shi was named Shi Yiguang (施夷光). [2] She was discovered by the Yue minister Fan Li and given to King Fuchai of Wu by King Goujian of Yue in a sexpionage operation which successfully brought down the State of ...