Ma Mingde’s demeanor led her to become Empress Ma. The third daughter of the famous Han Dynasty General Ma Yuan, Ma Mingde was only 13 years old at the time of her father’s death and her mother’s mental instability, but she bravely stepped forward to take care of the entire family. She was not only ...
It certainly was a unique sight to behold — a woman dressed in Han Dynasty clothing, an Imperial Decree in hand, traveling by horse-drawn carriage… This woman, who had begun life as a humble maidservant, went on to make history by becoming the first official diplomat to the Western Regions — the regions of Central ...
In the early Han Dynasty, a young man, an important official named Zhang Liang started life as an aristocrat from the State of Han during the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). The Han Dynasty is not the same as the State of Han. They existed 24 years apart. After the State of Han was conquered ...
To save her father, a young girl courageously wrote a petition to the Emperor 2,000 years ago. Ban Gu (A.D. 32-92), a Chinese historian and politician, wrote a poem in her praise. The courageous daughter was Chunyu Tiying of the Han Dynasty. Tiying‘s father, Chunyu Yi, rose from a humble beginning in Shandong Province, China, ...
One of my Chinese friends in Germany exclaimed enthusiastically: “The old imperial city of Luoyang, with her peonies and poetry from the Tang Dynasty, for me is an expression of peace, riches, and of harmony long ago; something that impresses me deeply.” He spoke of the central Chinese city in positively glowing terms; Luoyang was ...
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