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Li Hu (general)
Li Hu (Chinese language, Chinese: 李虎; died 551 or 554), styled Wenbin (文彬), was a Chinese general and official of the Northern Wei and Western Wei dynasties. He was the grandfather of Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty, during which he was honored with the temple name of Emperor Taizu (太祖皇帝). Background Official histories about Li Hu's era such as ''Book of Wei'', ''Book of Zhou'', and ''History of the Northern Dynasties'' have no biographies about him, as these histories were all written during the Tang dynasty, which honored him as an emperor, meaning that he was not included in the biographies section, which was reserved for officials, princes, and other figures. Much information about Li Hu comes from histories composed in later dynasties such as ''Cefu Yuangui'', ''Zizhi Tongjian'', and ''.'' According to ''Old Book of Tang,'' Li Hu was a fifth-generation descendant of Li Gao, founder of the Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Language
Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and List of ethnic groups in China, many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39 billion people, or 17% of the global population, speak a variety of Chinese as their first language. Chinese languages form the Sinitic languages, Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be dialects of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are sometimes considered to be separate languages in a Language family, family. Investigation of the historical relationships among the varieties of Chinese is ongoing. Currently, most classifications posit 7 to 13 main regional groups based on phonetic developments from Middle Chinese, of which the most spoken by far is Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin with 66%, or around 800&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
