Wei (魏) refers to:
Northern Wei Dynasty, archaeologically the most famous of the Wei dynasties
The State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
The Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period
The Kingdom of Wei founded by Ran Min during the Period of Wu Hu.
a Chinese family name
Wei Yan a military officer of Shu during the Three Kingdoms Period
Wei Jingsheng a Chinese dissident
220 - Events.
Han Xiandi abdicates his throne to Cao Pi, symbolizing the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in China.
Cao Pi succeeds his father Cao Cao as ruler of the Kingdom of Wei, and proclaims himself Emperor Wen of Wei
220 - Births.
220 - Deaths.
Cao Cao, self-appointed prime minister of the Han Dynastyon March 15
Cheng Yu, advisor of Cao Cao
Fa Zheng, advisor to ...
Zhao (pinyin: zhao4, simplified Chinese: 赵, traditional Chinese: 趙) was a Chinese state during the Warring States Period. Its territory included areas in modern Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. The state of Zhao bordered the Xiongnu (Huns), the states of Qin, Wei and Yan. Its capital was Handan (邯郸), suburb of modern-day Handan City in Hebei.
At the beginning of the Warring States Period, the state of Zhao was one of the weakest states. Zhao gained strength during the reign of King Wuling of Zhao. Th ...
Yan (pinyin: yan1, simplified Chinese/traditional Chinese: 燕) was a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods in China. Its capital was Ji (nowadays Beijing). As the most northeastern of all the Chinese states during this time period, it suffered several invasions from the north. The states of Zhao and Qi were its main enemies. The border between the Zhao and the Yan b ...
The Battle of Maling (馬陵之戰) was a battle between the states of Qi and Wei in the warring states period.
In 342 BC, the state of Wei attacked the state of Han, and Han turned to Qi for help. Again Tian Ji and Sun Bin acted as co-commanders of the Qi army to save Han.
In order to mislead his enemy, Sun Bin ordered his soldiers to make less stoves day by day. As Pang Juan, general of Wei, saw this, he judged the soldiers of Qi were leaving their army and decided to pursue the Qi army. When Pang Juan arrived in Maling, the Qi army launched a surprise attack. Seeing his army ...
The Battle of Guiling (桂陵之戰) was fought between the states of Qi and Wei in the Warring States period of Chinese history. In 354 BC, an army from Wei was laying siege to Handan city, the capital of Zhao. The next year, Zhao turned to Qi for help. Tian Ji and Sun Bin, acting as co-commanders of Qi, led an army to save Zhao. Judging that the best Wei troops were besieging Handan, Sun Bin led his army directly to the Wei capital, Daliang. Wei general Pang Juan was forced to return his soldiers back to Daliang. They were met and d
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Xiangqi (Chinese: 象棋; Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngqí; Wade-Giles: hsiang-ch'i; ( listen)), is a two-player Chinese game in a family of strategic board games of which Western chess, Japanese shogi, and the more similar Korean janggi are also members. The character 象 xiàng here has the meaning "image" or "representational", hence Xiangqi can be literally translated as "representational chess". The game, however, is com ...
Zhuge Liang (181 - 234) was one of the greatest strategists of post-Han China, as well as a statesman, engineer, scholar, and legendary inventor of baozi. Zhuge is an uncommon two-character compound family name.
Zhuge Liang - Various names in different forms.
Zhuge Liang - Family name and given name.
Traditional Chinese characters: 諸葛亮
Simplified Chinese characters: :诸葛亮
Pinyin: Zhūge Liàng
Wade-Giles:Chuko Liang
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Wu Qi (吳起) (died 381 BC) was a Chinese military leader and politician in the warring states period. Born in the state of Wei (衛), he was good at leading an army. He had served in the states of Lu and Wei. In the state of Wei he commanded many great battles and was appointed Xi He Shou (mayor in the Xi He County). Later he went to the state of Chu and was appointed Prime Minister by King Dao of Chu. He led the feudal revolution in Chu and made Chu a strong state at that time. The revolution had enraged the old nobility in Chu and he wa ...
The following details the state of Wei of the Warring States Period. Refer to Ran Min for his state of Wei during the Sixteen Kingdoms. For more information, see Kingdom of Wei.
The Wei (simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese: 魏) was a state during the Warring States Period in China. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included modern areas in Henan, Hebei and Shanxi and Shandong. After its capital was moved from Anyi to Daliang (today Kaifeng) during the reign of King H ...
Wa (倭) is an ancient name of Japan used by old Chinese dynasties. The first written record of Japan (then in the Yayoi period, 300 BC-250 AD) is found as Wa in Wei Zhi (魏志) of San Guo Zhi.
It is pronounced and transcribed as Wo from Chinese (Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin), Wo or Wai from Cantonese, and Wa from Japanese.
Wa Japan - Etymology.
The character Wa (倭) is also generally described as meaning "dwarf", although in Chinese the standard character ...
White Horse Temple (Simplified: 白马寺; Traditional: 白馬寺; Hanyu Pinyin: Báimǎ Sì; also White Horse Ministry) was the first Buddhist temple in China, established under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han capital Luoyang in the year 68.
White Horse Temple - Founding.
One night, the emperor was said to have dreamed of a deity flying over his palace. The next day he told his ministers, and the minister Zhong Hu explained to him that he probably dreame ...
Wu was a state during the Spring and Autumn Period in China. The state of Wu straddled the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) east of the State of Chu. Considered a semi-barbarian state by ancient Chinese historians, its capital was Suzhou.
The State of Jin aided Wu's rise to power as a useful ally against the State of Chu. In 584 BC, Wu invaded the State of Yan and rebelled against the State of Chu; the later action occurred after being persuaded by Wuchen, a minister of the State of Jin who defected from Chu.
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The Warring States Period (traditional Chinese: 戰國時代, simplified Chinese: 战国时代 pinyin Zhànguó Shídài) takes place from sometime in the 5th century BC to the unification of China by Qin in 221 BC. It is nominally considered to be the second part of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, following the Spring and Autumn Period. Like the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Zhou acted merely as a figurehead. The name Warring States Period was named after Record of the Warring States compiled in early Han Dynasty. The ...
Xiang Yu (Traditional:項羽; Simplified: 项羽; Wade-Giles: Hsiang Yü; pinyin: Xiàng Yǚ; 232 BC - 202 BC) was a prominent general during the fall of the Qin Dynasty. His name was Ji (籍), Yu was his courtesy name. He was a descendant of Chu nobility. A great general, it took him only several years to put a giant empire effectively at his whim -- but no diplomat or statesman, his impetuous nature and inability to realize his shortcomings doomed him to failure. He is commonly known by his self-styled title of Xichu Bawang ( ...
Chen Sheng (Traditional Chinese: 陳勝) (d. 209 BC or 208 BC (around the new year)) was the leader of the first rebellion against Qin Dynasty during the reign of Qin Er Shi, following the death of Qin Shi Huang.
Chen Sheng - Start of the rebellion.
Chen Sheng was born in Yangcheng (陽城, in modern Dengfeng, Henan). In 209 BC, he was a military captain along with Wu Guang when the two of them were ordered to lead 900 soldiers to Yuyang (漁陽, in modern Beijing) to help defend the northern border ...
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades: 390s BC - 380s BC - 370s BC - 360s BC - 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC
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342 BC - Events.
Battle of Mount Gaurus: Roman general Marcus Valerius Corvus defeats the Samnites
Alexander I becomes king of Epirus
Battle of Maling: In the course of the Warring States Period in ...
334 BC - Events.
Alexander the Great crosses the Hellespont, invading Persia.
Battle of the Granicus: Alexander the Great defeats the Persian army in Western Asia Minor. He follows this by taking Sardis, the Persian center in western Asia Minor, and liberating Miletus, the principal Ionian city.
Alexander besieges Halicarnassus, defended for the Persians by the Greek mercenary captain Memnon of Rhodes. He captures the city, but the Persian forces are able to make their escape ...
Fusang (扶桑) is a country described by a Buddhist missionary, Hei-Shin (慧深) in 499 CE, as a place 20,000 Chinese miles (around 1,500 kilometers) beyond the sea to the east of China. Hei-Shin went by ship to Fusang, and upon his return reported his findings to the Chinese Emperor. His descriptions are recorded in the Liang Shu (History of the Liang Dynasty, by Yao Silian, 7th century).
A common interpretation of the term "Fusang" is Japan, although in Hei-Shin's report Fusang is presented as distinct from the statelet of ...
In Hinduism, a mudra (Sanskrit, literally "seal") is a symbolic gesture made with the hand or fingers. Along with asanas (postures), they are employed in yoga meditation practice. Each mudra has a specific meaning, and they are a central part of Hindu iconography. With the onset of Buddhism, many mudra practices were absorbed into the culture. Common hand gestures are to be seen in both Hindu and Buddhist iconography. An example would be the outward-facing open palm known as Abhay (without fear) mudra, a gesture meant to ...
