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Ma Xi'e
Ma Xi'e (), also known by his posthumous name as the Prince Gongxiao of Chu (楚恭孝王), was the fifth ruler of the Ma Chu dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Background It is not known when Ma Xi'e was born. He was Chu's founder Ma Yin (King Wumu)'s 30th son. His mother was not Ma Yin's wife, but was otherwise not named in historical sources, although it is known that a younger brother, Ma Xichong, was born of the same mother.''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', vol. 69. As of 947, Ma Xi'e was serving under an older half-brother (Ma Yin's fourth son), Ma Xifan, who was then the Prince of Chu, as the military governor of Wuping Circuit (武平, headquartered in modern Changde, Hunan) and the acting prefect of Yong Prefecture (永州, in modern Yongzhou, Hunan). When Ma Xifan died suddenly in 947 without designating an heir, his staff members discussed who should be invited to succeed him. The officers Zhang Shaodi () an ...
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Ma Chu
Chu (), known in historiography as Ma Chu () or Southern Chu (), was a Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China that existed from 907 to 951. It is counted as one of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period#Ten Kingdoms, Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history. Founding Ma Yin was named regional governor by the Tang dynasty, Tang court in 896 after fighting against a rebel named Yang Xingmi. He declared himself as the Prince of Chu with the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907. Ma's position as Prince of Chu was confirmed by the Later Tang in the north in 927 and was given the posthumous title of King Wumu of Chu. Territories The capital of the Chu Kingdom was Changsha (Tanzhou (in modern Hunan), Tanzhou). The kingdom ruled over present-day Hunan and northeastern Guangxi. Economy Chu was peaceful and prosperous under Ma Yin's rule, exporting horses, silk and tea. Silk and lead coinage were often used as currency, particularly with extern ...
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Spring And Autumn Annals Of The Ten Kingdoms
The ''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', also known by its Chinese title ''Shiguo Chunqiu'' (), is a history of the Ten Kingdoms that existed in southern China after the fall of the Tang dynasty and before the reunification of China proper by the Song dynasty. The book was written and compiled by the Qing dynasty scholar Wu Renchen ( 1628 – 1689). Wu took part in the compilation of ''History of Ming, Mingshi'', the official history of the Ming dynasty, and felt that the official dynastic histories have neglected the Ten Kingdoms. The book contains 114 volumes (scrolls). Contents The book consists of 114 volumes covering the histories of the Ten Kingdoms: #14 volumes - Wu (Ten Kingdoms), Wu (907–937) #20 volumes - Southern Tang (937–975) #13 volumes - Former Shu (907–925) #10 volumes - Later Shu (934–965) #9 volumes - Southern Han (917–971) #10 volumes - Chu (Ten Kingdoms), Chu (907–951) #13 volumes - Wuyue (907–978) #10 volumes - Min (Ten Kingdoms ...
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Li Jing (Southern Tang)
Li Jing ( zh, 李璟, later changed to ; 916''Old History of the Five Dynasties'', vol. 134. – August 12, 961'' Xu Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 2.Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter), originally Xu Jingtong (), briefly Xu Jing () in 937–939, courtesy name Boyu (), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang (), also known in historiography as the Middle Lord of Southern Tang (), was the second and penultimate monarch of China's Southern Tang dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned his state from 943 until his death. During Li Jing's earlier reign, he expanded Southern Tang's borders by extinguishing smaller neighboring states: Min in 945 and Ma Chu in 951. However, the warfare also exhausted the wealth of the country, leaving it ill-prepared to resist the Later Zhou invasion in 956. Forced to cede all prefectures north of the Yangtze River, he also had to relinquish his title as an emperor and accept ...
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Yiyang
Yiyang ( zh, s=益阳 , t=益陽 , p=Yìyáng) is a prefecture-level city on the Zi River in Hunan province, China, straddling Lake Dongting and bordering Hubei to the north. According to the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, 2010 Census, Yiyang has a population of 4,313,084 inhabitants residing in an area of . The previous census was in 2000 when it was recorded there were 4,309,143 inhabitants. Compilation by LianXin websiteData from the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China/ref> History Yiyang county was founded in 221 BC after Qin dynasty, Qin conquered Chu (state), Chu state. It is designated Yiyang as the county seat was situated at the north bank of the Zi River, Yi River (modern Zi River). Then the present-day jurisdiction mostly became a part of the Principality of Changsha Commandery (China), commandery during the Western Han. Subdivisions Yiyang administers two District of China, districts, one county-leve ...
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Huaihua
Huaihua () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Hunan province, China. It is known as the "Western Gate" of Hunan and is the largest prefecture-level city in the province.It covers and is bordered by Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Xiangxi to the northwest, Zhangjiajie and Changde to the north, Yiyang, Loudi and Shaoyang to the east, Guilin and Liuzhou of Guangxi to the south, and Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Qiandongnan and Tongren of Guizhou to the southwest. It has a population of 4,741,948 (Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, 2010 census), accounting for 7.22% of the provincial population.Huaihua Census 2010
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Yueyang
Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Yochow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze river in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China. Yueyang has an administrative area of and the city proper, . The population was 5,051,922 at the 2020 Chinese census whom 1,134,058 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Yueyanglou District and Yunxi District, Junshan District not being conurbated. Yueyang is the only international trade port city in Hunan and a famous port city in China, at the same time, Yueyang's comprehensive economic strength ranks of Hunan second only to Changsha, the provincial capital. The city's most famous attractions are the Yueyang Tower and Dongting Lake. The most famous food is Dongting lake silver fish (). In 2021, the city's permanent resident population was 5,051,922, a decrease of 424,162 from the end of last year. Administration The Yueyang prefecture is made up o ...
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Liu Chengyou
Liu Chengyou () (28 March 931Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter – 2 January 951), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Yin of Later Han (), was the second and last emperor of the Later Han dynasty of China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned from 948 until his death in 951. Liu Chengyou was only 16 years old when he succeeded his father Liu Zhiyuan (Emperor Gaozu), who died abruptly. His reign was marked by the arbitrary killing of his important ministers, which eventually led to his downfall. When he killed the entire family of general Guo Wei without Guo in 951, Guo's army attacked the capital, and Liu Chengyou was killed in the chaos. There is a reference to Liu Chengyou as "Liu Chenghan" in the epitaph of Liu Zhiyuan, son of his cousin Liu Yun. Liu Chengyou may thus have changed his name on his accession as emperor. Background Liu Chengyou was born in 931 at Yedu (鄴都, in modern Handan, Hebei), at the ho ...
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Later Han (Five Dynasties)
Han, known as the Later Han () in historiography, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that existed from 947 to 951. It was the fourth of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history, and the third consecutive Shatuo-led Chinese dynasty, although other sources indicate that the Later Han emperors claimed patrilineal Han ancestry.According to '' Old History of the Five Dynasties'', vol. 99, and '' New History of the Five Dynasties'', vol. 10. Liu Zhiyuan was of Shatuo origin. According to '' Wudai Huiyao''vol. 1Liu Zhiyuan's great-great-grandfather Liu Tuan (劉湍) (titled as Emperor Mingyuan posthumously, granted the temple name of Wenzu) descended from Liu Bing (劉昞), Prince of Huaiyang, a son of Emperor Ming of Han It was among the shortest-lived of all Chinese regimes, lasting for slightly under four years before it was overthrown by a rebellion that resulted in the founding of the Later Zhou dynasty. Remnants of ...
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Yongzhou
Yongzhou () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao River, Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and bordering Guangdong to the southeast and Guangxi to the southwest. With a history of 2000 years, Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan. Its total area is , and at the 2022 Chinese census it had a total population of 5,143,700, of whom 1,146,692 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts. History During late imperial China, Yongzhou was also the seat of a fu (administrative division), prefecture. In 2016, with the approval of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, State Council, Yongzhou City was included in the List of National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China. Geography and climate Yongzhou is the southernmost prefecture-level division of Hunan, and is located at the confluence of t ...
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Hunan
Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Guizhou and Chongqing to the northwest. Its capital and largest city is Changsha, which abuts the Xiang River. Hengyang, Zhuzhou, and Yueyang are among its most populous urban cities. With a population of just over 66 million residing in an area of approximately , it is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, 7th-most populous province, the third-most populous among landlocked provinces (after Henan and Sichuan), the third-most populous in South Central China (after Guangdong and Henan), and the second-most populous province in Central China. It is the largest province in South Central China and the fourth-largest landlocked province. Hunan's Gross domestic product#Nominal GDP ...
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