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State Of Liang
Liang () was one of the State (Ancient China), states during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China, bordering the State of Qin, which collapsed due to internal strife and was later annexed by Duke Mu of Qin in 641 BCE. The rulers of Liang had the surname Ying (嬴).Yang Bojun, "Zuo Zhuan 17th Year of Xigong", Zhonghua Publishing 1990, p372 The capital of Liang was located south of modern Hancheng, Shaanxi, City of Hancheng in Shaanxi. In 703 BC, the rulers of the five states of Western Guo, Rui (state), Rui, Xun (state), Xun (荀國) and Jia (state), Jia (賈國), including the State of Liang, suppressed Duke Wu of Jin, Duke Wu of Quwo using armed force. In 654 BC, Duke Hui of Jin, Prince Yiwu from the Jin (Chinese state), State of Jin escaped to Liang. The ruler of Liang (梁伯) betrothed his daughter Liang Ying (梁嬴) to Prince Yiwu. In 642 BC, the ruler of Liang wanted to build a new capital but it was seized by the State of Qin after it was completed. In 641 BC, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wei (state)
Wei (; ) was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way Partition of Jin, together with Han and Zhao. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included parts of modern-day Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong. After its capital was moved from Anyi to Daliang (present-day Kaifeng) during the reign of King Hui, Wei was also called Liang (). Not to be confused with the Wey state 衞, which is still sometimes only differentiated by its Chinese character in scholarship. History Foundation Surviving sources trace the ruling house of Wei to the Zhou royalty: Gao, Duke of Bi (), was a son of King Wen of Zhou. His descendants took their surname, Bi, from his fief. Bi Wan () served the Jin, where he became a courtier of Duke Xian's. After a successful military expedition, Bi Wan was granted Wei, from which his own descendants then founded the house of Wei. Spring and Autumn period Jin's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xun (state)
Xun may refer to: China Note: in Wade–Giles, Xun is romanized Hsün * Xun (surname) (荀), Chinese surname * Xun (instrument), Chinese vessel flute made of clay or ceramic * Xun, Hequ County (巡镇), town in Hequ County, Shanxi, China * Xun County (浚县), Henan, China Other * Xun language (other), name of several southern African Khoisan languages See also * ǃKung people, of southwestern Africa * Xionites, also known as Hunni, once a people from Central Asia who spoke an Iranian language {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Chinese States
Ancient Chinese states () were dynastic polities of China within and without the Zhou dynasty, Zhou cultural sphere prior to Qin's wars of unification. They ranged in size from large estates, to city-states to much vaster territories with multiple population centers. Many of these submitted to royal authority, but many did not—even those that shared the same culture and ancestral temple surname as the ruling house. Prior to the Battle of Muye, Zhou conquest of Shang, these ancient states were already extant as units of the preceding Shang dynasty, Predynastic Zhou or polities of other cultural groups. Once the Zhou had established themselves, they made grants of land and relative local autonomy to kinfolk in return for military support and tributes, under a system known as ''fengjian''. The rulers of the states were collectively the ''zhuhou'' (). Over the course of the Zhou dynasty ( 1046–256 ), the ties of family between the states attenuated, the power of the central gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Constellation
Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" ( Chinese ''xīng guān''). The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic tradition. The Song dynasty (13th-century) Suzhou planisphere shows a total of 283 asterisms, comprising a total of 1,565 individual stars. The asterisms are divided into four groups, the Twenty-Eight Mansions (, ''Èrshíbā Xiù'') along the ecliptic, and the Three Enclosures of the northern sky. The southern sky was added as a fifth group in the late Ming dynasty based on European star charts, comprising an additional 23 asterisms. The Three Enclosures (, ''Sān Yuán'') include the Purple Forbidden Enclosure, which is centered on the north celestial pole and includes those stars which could be seen year-round,Needham, J.Astronomy in Ancient and Medieval China. ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London''. Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavenly Market Enclosure
The Heavenly Market Enclosure (天市垣, ''Tian Shi Yuan''), is one of the ''San Yuan'' or Three enclosures. Stars and constellations of this group are visible during late summer and early autumn in the Northern Hemisphere (late winter and early spring in the Southern). The Summer Triangle lies directly to the northeast. Asterisms The asterisms are : See also * Twenty-eight mansions The Twenty-Eight Mansions (), also called or , are part of the Chinese constellations system. They can be considered as the equivalent to the Zodiac, zodiacal constellations in Western astronomy, though the Twenty-eight Mansions reflect the move ... * Summer Triangle Chinese constellations {{china-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Ophiuchi
Delta Ophiuchi (δ Ophiuchi, abbreviated Delta Oph, δ Oph), formally named Yed Prior , is a star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It forms a naked-eye optical double with Epsilon Ophiuchi (named ''Yed Posterior''). The apparent visual magnitude is 2.75, making this a third-magnitude star and the fourth-brightest in the constellation. Parallax measurements from the Hipparcos spacecraft yield a distance estimate of approximately from the Sun, while Epsilon Ophiuchi is approximately away. Nomenclature ''δ Ophiuchi'' ( Latinised to ''Delta Ophiuchi'') is the star's Bayer designation. It bore the traditional name ''Yed Prior''. ''Yed'' derives from the Arabic يد ''yad'' "hand". ''Delta'' and ''Epsilon Ophiuchi'' comprise the left hand of Ophiuchus (the Serpent Bearer) that holds the head of the serpent (Serpens Caput). ''Delta'' is ''Yed Prior'' as it leads ''Epsilon'' across the sky. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ji (concubine)
Li Ji (; died 651 BCE) was a concubine and later, wife of Duke Xian of Jin, ruler of the Jin (Chinese state), State of Jin between 676 and 651 BC during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. Li Ji is best known for starting the Li Ji Unrest, which led to the suicide of Prince Shensheng. She also placed her own son Xiqi on the Jin throne after the death of Duke Xian. She was nicknamed as the "Witch of the Age" () because of her devious acts. Biography Li Ji was originally a native of Li Rong (驪戎), one of the northern Xirong (people), Rong tribes. In 672 BC, the fifth year of his reign, Duke Xian obtained two daughters of the leader of the Li Rong tribe: Li Ji and her younger sister, Shao Ji (少姬). Because of her beauty, Li Ji gained the favor of Duke Xian. Therefore, he had a desire to make Li Ji his main wife. Before doing so, he asked the gods through divination whether or not it was wise to do this. The answer he received was that the outcome would not be good. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ji Rebellion
The Li Ji Unrest or Rebellion (657–651 BCE) was a series of events that took place in the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China, caused by Li Ji, the concubine of Duke Xian of Jin, in order to put her son Xiqi onto the throne of Jin. Background Duke Xian of Jin married six wives who gave birth to five sons. The first was Jia Jun (賈君) from the State of Jia (賈國). Qi Jiang (齊姜) gave birth to Prince Shensheng. Hu Ji (狐姬) was the mother of Prince Chong'er while her younger sister Xiao Rongzi (小戎子) gave birth to Prince Yiwu. Li Ji was the mother of Xiqi while her dowry younger sister Shao Ji (少姬) gave birth to Zhuozi. Duke Xian marries Li Ji At the time Duke Xian considered taking his concubine Li Ji as his first wife. Before doing so he asked the gods through divination whether or not it was wise to do this. The answer he received was that the outcome would not be good. He asked a second time and on receiving a positive resp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin (Chinese State)
Jin (, Old Chinese: ''*''), originally known as Tang (唐), was a major Ancient Chinese states, state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dynasty: the southern part of modern Shanxi. Although it grew in power during the Spring and Autumn period, its aristocratic structure saw it break apart when the duke lost power to his nobles. In 403BC, the Zhou court recognized Jin's three successor states: Han (Warring States), Han, Zhao (state), Zhao, and Wei (state), Wei. The Partition of Jin marks the end of the Spring and Autumn period and the beginning of the Warring States period. Geography Jin was located in the lower Fen River drainage basin on the Shanxi plateau. To the north were the Xirong and Beidi peoples. To the west were the Lüliang Mountains and then the Loess Plateau of northern Shaanxi. To the southwest the Fen River turns west to join the south-flowing part of the Yello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Hui Of Jin
Duke Hui of Jin, personal name Ji Yiwu, was duke of the Jin state from 650 BC to 637 BC. Life Early life Yiwu was one of the nine sons of Duke Xian. His mother was Xiao Rongzi. He was the younger sibling of Shensheng and Chong'er (later Duke Wen) and the older sibling of Xiqi. As part of her scheme to secure the succession to her son, the concubine Li Ji removed Xiqi's older siblings from the capital on the pretext of pacifying their territories. Prince Yiwu was sent to defend Erqu in what is now Ji County, Shanxi. After the death of Duke Xian in the ninth lunar month during 651BC, Li Ji placed the 15-year-old Xiqi on the throne and made Xun Xi chancellor to help him with administration. In the tenth lunar month of 651BC, before Duke Xian had even been properly buried, a Jin minister named Li Ke killed Xiqi. The chancellor Xun Xi then placed Zhuozi, the youngest son of Duke Xian, on the throne even though he was still just a toddler at that time. Xun Xi then fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Wu Of Jin
Duke Wu of Jin (), personal name Ji Cheng, also known as Duke Wu of Quwo (), was the last ruler of the Quwo (曲沃) state who later became a ruler of the Jin state. Reign in Quwo In 716 BC, Count Zhuang of Quwo died and his son Cheng ascended the throne of Quwo. In 710 BC, the eighth year of the reign of Marquis Ai of Jin, Marquis Ai of Jin invades a small state south of Jin called Xingting (陘廷). Xingting then made an alliance with Duke Wu of Quwo. In the spring of 709 BC, they attacked Yi (翼), the capital of Jin. Then, he stayed in Xingting for a while. Then, he ordered his half uncle, Han Wan, to ride a chariot with Liang Hong (梁弘) by his right and chase Marquis Ai of Jin who escaped from Yi. They chased him around the bank of the Fen River (汾水) and at that night, they managed to capture Marquis Ai of Jin. The Jin people asked the son of Marquis Ai of Jin, to become the next ruler of Jin and he became Marquis Xiaozi of Jin. In 709 BC, the first year of the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jia (state)
JIA or Jia may refer to JIA * Japan Institute of Architects * Juína Airport IATA code * Jacksonville International Airport, a medium-to-large airport in the U.S. city of Jacksonville, Florida * Jetstream International Airlines, now known as PSA Airlines * Johannesburg International Airport, a large airport near the city of Johannesburg in South Africa * ''Journal of the Institute of Actuaries'', the former name of a peer-reviewed journal published by the Institute of Actuaries * Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, a disease of joints in young people * PSA Airlines ICAO code Jia * ''Jia'' (EP), by Jia, 2017 * ''Jia'' (short film), 2023 Australian short film * Jia (vessel), a type of ancient Chinese bronze or pottery vessel * ''Family'' (Ba Jin novel) (家, pinyin: Jiā), a 1931–1932 novel by Ba Jin * Jia (甲, Kah), a unit of land measurement used in Taiwan, equal to 0.9699 hectares * Jia (), the first of the ten Heavenly Stems Places * Jia County, Henan (郏县), of Pingdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
