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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 ...
[4] In addition to the seven maps on wooden blocks found at Tomb 1 of Fangmatan, a fragment of a paper map (5.6 × 2.6 cm) was found on the chest of the occupant of Tomb 5 of Fangmatan in 1986. This tomb is dated to the early Western Han dynasty, so the map dates to the early 2nd century BC.
[2] 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 Sixteen Prefectures (yellow) wedged between Liao (gray) in the north and Northern Song (light gray) in the south. Some distance to its west is Western Xia (deep gray). The Sixteen Prefectures, more precisely known as the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan-Yun (traditional Chinese: 燕雲十六州; simplified Chinese: 燕云十六州; pinyin: Yānyún Shíliù Zhōu) or the Sixteen Prefectures of ...
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 ...
Yang Fu (楊敷) – He was a grandson of Yang Zhen and was known for his good personal qualities. [10] Yang Fu (楊馥)– He was a grandson of Yang Zhen. He was appointed as a Gentlemen Cadet and become the Commander of the Guards. [11] Yang Ci (楊賜; died c.November 185 [12]) – He was a grandson of Yang Zhen (楊震), and a tutor to ...
The Chiefdom of Bozhou (Chinese: 播州土司; pinyin: Bōzhōu Tǔsī), ruled by the Yang clan, was an autonomous Tusi chiefdom established by Yang Duan (楊端) during the Tang dynasty. After he conquered the Bozhou Prefecture (centred on modern Zunyi ) from the Nanzhao Kingdom, Yang Duan was recognized as the hereditary ruler of the region ...