To calculate the accurate value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter has always been an important but difficult subject in mathematics. Many mathematicians Chinese and abroad have been working on it. The result got by Chinese mathematician Zu ……
The traditional Chinese medicine is a great treasure house. in which The Compendium of Materia Medica is an epoch��making. encyclopedic work. Its author. Li Shizhen is now reverenced as the great medicine scientist in China.
In 1518 Li Shizhen was born in Qizho……
Zhang Heng was a Chinese mathematician. astronomer and geographer living in one to two centuries in eastern Han Dynasty. He had been born into an important family. and had published a number of literary works which gained him considerable fame as a young man. He had s……
Qi Jiguang (1528-1588) was a famous general resisting Japanese pirates in the Ming dynasty. He was also an outstanding strategist and a great national hero in chinese history.
Born into a general`s family. Qi Jiguang was well educated with both cultural and mi……
Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya were both famous statesmen during early Spring and Autumn Period in the seven century BC. The two were good friends. Guan Zhong was born into a poor family but Bao Shuya was rich. The two had cooperated in running a business. Guan Zhong often ……
In ancient China. the dynasties in Central China had often had skirmishes with the nomadic people in the north. Some dynasties chose to achieve peace in the borders through wars. others through political marriage. The story of Wang Zhaojun tells of such a marriage.
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Yan Zi was about to go to the state of chu as an envoy. The king of Chu heard Yan Zi was short and wanted to humiliate him. He had man dig a small opening beside the city gate for Yan Zi to enter. Yan Zi said: ``If I`m a envoy to dog`s regime. I`d go through a dog`s o……
Yu Boya was a famous music master during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was bright and eager to learn when he was young. After three years learning from his teacher Lian Cheng. he had already had a good command of the temperament and superb skills in playing the mus……
The story of Jingke Killing The Qin Emperor took place in 227BC during the Warring States Period (475-221BC). At the time. six rival kingdoms were at war with Ying Zheng. ruler of the Qin Kingdom. To improve relations between Yan and the mighty Qin. the king of Yan se……
The first 25 years at the beginning of the 12th century saw the darkest age ruled by the fatuous and self-indulgent Emperor Huizong. Although Huizong usefully kept down the two large-scale peasant uprisings. his dynasty was doomed with the rising Nuzhen tribe.
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