劉 / 刘 is an East Asian surname. pinyin:Liú in Mandarin Chinese,Lau4 in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character 劉 originally meant 'kill',but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text Hundred Family Surnames. Today,it is the 4th most common surname in Mainland China as well as one of the most common surnames in the world.
Xiang is the name of a king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty who is said to have reigned during the 3rd millennium BC. He was the fifth king of the Xia dynasty.
Chu,or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization,was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou heartland and lasted during the Spring and Autumn period. At the end of the Warring States period it was destroyed by the Qin in 223 BCE during the Qin's wars of unification.
Duke Wen of Jin,born Chong'er,was a scion of the royal house of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. He famously endured a long period of exile from his realm before finally being restored to power and rapidly leading Jin to hegemony over the other Chinese states of his time. He is a figure in numerous Chinese legends,including those about his loyal courtier Jie Zhitui,whose death is said to have inspired China's Cold Food and Qingming Festivals.
After Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and proclaimed himself emperor of the Han dynasty,he followed the practice of Xiang Yu and enfeoffed many generals,noblemen,and imperial relatives as kings,the same title borne by the sovereigns of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and by the rulers of the Warring States. Each king had his own semi-autonomous kingdom. This was a departure from the policy of the Qin dynasty,which divided China into commanderies governed by non-hereditary governors.
The Chu ci,variously translated as Verses of Chu,Songs of Chu,or Elegies of Chu,is an ancient anthology of Chinese poetry including works traditionally attributed mainly to Qu Yuan and Song Yu from the Warring States period,and also a large number of works composed several centuries later,during the Han dynasty. The traditional version of the Chu ci contains 17 major sections,anthologized with its current contents by Wang Yi,a 2nd-century AD librarian who served under Emperor Shun of Han. The early Classical Chinese poetry is mainly known through the two anthologies the Chu ci and the Shi jing.
Song Yu was a Chinese poet from the late Warring States period,and is known as the traditional author of a number of poems in the Verses of Chu. Among the Verses of Chu poems usually attributed to Song Yu are those in the Jiu Bian section. Also credited to Song Yu,somewhat improbably,are several fu collected in the 6th century literary anthology Wen Xuan.
Hou Yi is a mythological Chinese archer. He was also known as Shen Yi and simply as Yi (羿). He is also typically given the title of "Lord Archer". He is sometimes portrayed as a god of archery descended from heaven to aid mankind. Other times,he is portrayed as either simply half-divine or fully mortal. His wife,Chang'e,is a lunar deity.
Tai Kang was the third king of the Xia Dynasty. He was the son of the king Qi of Xia and paternal grandson of Yu the Great and his queen Nu Jiao.
Shao Kang was the sixth king of the Xia dynasty of ancient China. He was the son of Xiang. His father was killed in a battle against Han Zhuo's two sons,Han Jiao and Han Yi;Shao Kang's mother Ji managed to escape and had him after a few months. After he grew up,Shao Kang and his followers engaged in a battle against Han Zhuo,defeated and killed him,and restored the Xia Dynasty.
Zhu was the seventh king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty. Along with the reign of his father Shao Kang,Zhu's rule was considered a peaceful and prosperous period of the Xia's history.
Gongyi,formerly Gong County,is a county-level city of Henan Province,South Central China,it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou. It has a population of 790,000 people and an area of 1,041 km2 (402 sq mi).
Three Kingdoms is a 2010 Chinese television series based on the events in the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. The plot is adapted from the 14th century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other stories about the Three Kingdoms period. Directed by Gao Xixi,the series had a budget of over 160 million RMB and took five years of pre-production work. Shooting of the series commenced in October 2008,and it was released in China in May 2010.
Ying was a capital city of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of Chinese history.
King Wu of Chu was the first king of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. He was the second son of Xiao'ao,and brother of former ruler Fenmao whom he is rumored to have murdered in 740 BC in order to usurp the throne. He was also the first ruler among Zhou's vassal states to style himself "king";Chu was one of a few states where local rulers declared themselves kings during the Spring and Autumn period. Other states include Wu and Yue.
Letter 1949 is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Queenie Tai,Lin Yo-wei,Alien Huang,Hawick Lau. It was produced by Eastern Shine Production. The series was broadcast on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) from 9 to 26 November 2008,Monday to Thursday at 20:00.
"Nine Changes," also known as "Nine Variations,""Chiu pien" or "Jiu Bian" is one of the 17 poems in the ancient Chinese poetry collection Chu ci,also known as The Songs of the South,or The Verses of Chu. Along with Shi Jing,Chu ci is one of the two essential Classical Chinese anthologies of poetry. The authorship,date,division,title significance,and composition intention of "Nine Changes" are controversial. However,it is still vital in the development process of Chinese poetry. As a poem in Chu ci, "Nine Changes" is written in a new style:"Sao Style," which allows each line to contain a good deal of narrative. Moreover,starting from "Nine Changes," "be grieved by autumn" (悲秋) has been a motif of traditional Chinese literature.
The Imperial Doctress is a 2016 Chinese television series based on the story of Tan Yunxian,a female physician during the Ming dynasty in China. It stars Cecilia Liu as the titular character. The series aired every day at 7.30pm on Jiangsu TV and Dragon TV,from 13 February to 9 March 2016.
The Shuixian Zunwang are five Chinese Deities worshipped as water and sea deities. They have various names in English including the Honorable Water Immortal Kings and the Lords of the Water. All five deities were formerly famous heros and are related to water in certain ways. They are also believed to protect vessels in transit.
The Qin Empire II:Alliance is a 2012 Chinese television series adapted from Sun Haohui's novel of the same Chinese title,which romanticises the events in China during the Warring States period primarily from the perspective of the Qin state during the reigns of King Huiwen and King Wu.
