Archive for the ‘History’ Category

A major aspect of Taoist influence on Chinese culture is its martial arts. Chinese martial arts of all sorts have…

Legend says that Leizu. the wife of Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) introduced sericulture (rearing silkworms to produce raw silk) to…

Yuanmingyuan Park was looted and burned to the ground by the Anglo-French Joint Forces in 1860. It`s still difficult to…

Tomb of the first emperor is located on Yanzhai Village. 5 kilometers east to the Lin Tong County. Shanxi Province….

Over the course of China`s history. there have been several periods honored as times of peace and prosperity. such as…

The Battle of Guandu was a battle taking place at the Yellow River in 200 AD.
It was a crucial victory…

 
Zhan Guo Ce(The Stratagems of the Warring States)is the collection of stories of the Political Strategists from the Warring States…

 
Zhou Yi (Changes of Zhou). also called Yi or Yi Jing. is one of the important classics of Confucianism. including…

Annals on Bamboo
Zhu Shu Ji Nian (Annals on Bamboo) is the history of the Wei State in the Warring States…

Book of Zhuangzi
Zhuang Zi (Book of Zhuangzi) is a collection of the sayings of the Taoists. Also named Zhuang Zhou….