Ancient China - The Romance of the Western Chamber
The story in The Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) directly came from the prose romance The Story of Yingying by Yuan Shen of the Tang Dynasty (618-907)...
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Why Did Ming China Stop Sending out the Treasure Fleet?
In part, the sense of surprise and even bewilderment that the Ming government's decision elicits in the West arises from a misunderstanding about the original purpose of Zheng He's voyages.
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Ancient China - The Spring & Autumn Period & The Warring States
During the Spring and Autumn Period (772-476 BCE and so called from the Spring and Autumn Annals), the Zhou government became decentralized in their move to the new capital at Luoyang...
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Ancient China - Trade in the Silk Road
Silk was generally the favorite export of China's empires that traded with western countries along the Silk Road from the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) onwards. But there were other important exports as well...
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Why Did Ming China Stop Sending out the Treasure Fleet?
In part, the sense of surprise and even bewilderment that the Ming government's decision elicits in western observers arises from a misunderstanding about the purpose of Zheng He's voyages.
https://t.co/MYXMmjh5qw
Ancient China - The Romance of the Western Chamber
The story in The Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) directly came from the prose romance The Story of Yingying by Yuan Shen of the Tang Dynasty (618-907)...
https://t.co/yGQchkOGI6
Ancient China : Meng Haoran
Meng Haoran (689/691–740) was a major Tang dynasty poet, and a contemporary of Wang Wei, Li Bai and Du Fu. Meng Haoran mainly lived in and wrote about the area in which he was born and raised
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Ten Ancient Chinese Women Warriors - Lin Siniang
Lin Siniang, who lived during the Ming Dynasty, worked as a prostitute on the banks of Qinhuai River, but was also adept with sword and spear. One day Zhu Changshu, king of the feudal Qingzhou state
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JAPANESE HAIKU
A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
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Fujiwara Family- Heian Japan
Fujiwara Family, dynastic family that, by shrewd intermarriage and diplomacy, dominated the Japanese imperial government from the 9th to the 12th century and it sophisticated Court
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