Ancient Chinese History

[behappyalways]

A nice debate....Some of the highlights from the TV series

http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?S ... gID=181916

If you like Chinese History, the below is a good TV series. It is about the Warring States Period in which Shang Yang did a dramatic legal and cultural changes to the Qin state which resulted in Qin emerging as the strongest state. If I remember correctly, altogether there are 51 epsiodes. Quite a good show.


http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php ... ostID=9394


http://so.tudou.com/isearch.do?kw=%B4%F ... DB%B9%FA25

[blid2def]

Thanks bha... need to make time to watch this. Hmm... Ch'in dynasty... maybe I've already seen it on TV? Hehe

[sidney]

Went to Asian civil museum for Kang Xi exhibition. Not bad.. NUS mactrix card free, my unisim pay $4.. wha lao... why non govt uni must pay extra..

Anyway, the trip is rather nice, can see amour of kang xi, portray, the generations line. He got 3 wives and many concubines.. Interestingly, last time female anstrestrals are not named in the family plague.。。

Wha.. see last time already got calculator.. ( the type u won't wan to use.)

[kennynah]

i know many will never agree with me...

as a Han...recognising Qing Dynasty as part of great Chinese history is like 认贼做父

[sidney]

Huh, u mean as Singaporeans we are Han? I tot i'm teochew.. lol

[kennynah]

brudder.... i am lost for words....

[boonchuan]

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[LenaHuat]

If one excluded the Qing dynasty, we gotta skip 360 years of history.

[winston]

Speak of the devil, look at what's turned up

Archaeologists have unearthed a large third-century tomb which they say could be that of Cao Cao, the legendary politician and general famous throughout East Asia for his Machiavellian tactics.

The tomb, in Xigaoxue village near the ancient city of Anyang, in Henan, has an epitaph and inscription that appear to refer to Cao Cao, China Central Television said.

A Chinese proverb, "speak of Cao Cao and he appears," is the equivalent of "speak of the devil" in English.

Cao Cao was the final chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, who went on to form his own state during the political turmoil of the Three Kingdoms period. He died in 220 AD in Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han dynasty, and was posthumously named Emperor of the Wei state that he founded.

In Chinese lore, a number of anecdotes tell of Cao Cao's ruthlessness, cunning, and military and political acumen.

The tomb contains the body of a man in his 60s, corresponding to Cao Cao's age at his death, and two women.

Source: REUTERS

[millionairemind]

Dec 28, 2009
Cao Cao's tomb discovered

BEIJING - CHINESE archaeologists believe they have found a nearly 1,800-year-old tomb belonging to the legendary ruler Cao Cao, who was known as a cruel tyrant but also a cunning military strategist and poet.

The tomb is located in central Henan province, not far from the Yellow River and near the city of Anyang, where Cao Cao ruled the Kingdom of Wei from 208 to 220, when he died at age 65, the state China Daily reported Monday.

'Excavation has been going on for nearly one year, and we'll come up with further evidence,' the paper quoted Guan Qiang of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage as saying.

'But even based on what we've got, we can tell for sure that the mausoleum belongs to Cao Cao.' Numerous articles found in the tomb are inscribed as 'personal belongings frequently used by the King Wu of Wei', Cao Cao's posthumous title, it said.

Archaeologists have found the remains of three people in the tomb - a male around 60 years of age, believed to be Cao Cao, a female of about 50 and a second woman between 20 and 25, thought to be the king's wife and escort.

The tomb was discovered about a year ago, but only became known to authorities after stone tablets carrying inscriptions of 'King Wu of Wei' were seized from alleged tomb raiders, the report said. So far archaeologists have recovered over 250 relics from the tomb which covers an area of 740 square metres (8,000 square feet), an area befitting a burial plot for someone of Cao Cao's stature, it said. -- AFP