one point, King Zhou of Shang, fearing Wen's growing power, imprisoned him in Youli (present-day Tangyin in Henan) after he was slandered by the Marquis...

Emperor Xian of Han (2 April 181 – 21 April 234), personal name Liu Xie (劉協), courtesy name Bohe, was the 14th and last emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty...

"King Wen of Zhou". When Cao Cao said he preferred to be like King Wen, he was actually hinting that he would not take the throne from Emperor Xian for...

Great-great-grandfather: Duke Wen of Qin Great-grandfather: Duke Jing of Qin (秦靜公) Grandfather: Duke Xian of Qin Father: Duke De of Qin Brothers: Duke Xuan...

son Emperor Yizong. Thereafter, Bi Xian was transferred to Xuanwu Circuit (宣武, headquartered in modern Kaifeng, Henan), and yet later recalled to Chang'an...

Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan, China. Located in northern Henan, it is one of the nine national central cities in China, and serves as the political...

Wen of Zhou and his wife Taisi (太姒). He had ten brothers and eight half-brothers. His elder brothers were Kao (Boyi Kao), Fa (King Wu of Zhou), Xian (Guan...

Commandery from the eastern warlord Sun Quan. Wen Ping was from Wan County (宛縣), which is in present-day Nanyang, Henan. He originally served under Liu Biao,...

traditional Chinese: 許昌; postal: Hsuchang) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province in Central China. It is bordered by the provincial capital of Zhengzhou...

in Yan Province (covering parts of present-day Henan and Shandong). In 196, he received Emperor Xian, the figurehead Han sovereign who was previously...

moved Emperor Xian from the old capital Luoyang. The geographical position of Guandu (官渡; northeast of present-day Zhongmu County, Henan) made it a strategically...

County (汝陽縣), Runan Commandery, which is in present-day Shangshui County, Henan. His family had for over four generations been a prominent force in the...

(present-day Shangqiu in Henan), which the Wu and Chu forces then proceeded to besiege. In accordance with instructions left by Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing commissioned...

Huan and in the offices of General-in-Chief Dou Wu in 168 (De Crespigny, 1036). Zhang Wen was a protégé of the influential court eunuch Cao Teng and served...

and Guo Nüwang became empress. On 25 November 220, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian, the last ruler of the Eastern Han dynasty, to abdicate in his favour, after...

lai zhong yao wen xian xuan bian. Zhong gong zhong yang wen xian yan jiu shi., 中共中央文献研究室. (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing: Zhong yang wen xian chu ban she. 1992...

becomes focus of any attention in the records, he had made a name along with Wen Chou as a figure celebrated for his bravery. In 200, the alliance between...

eastern Henan) under his control. In 196, Cao Cao led his army towards Luoyang. He encountered Dong Cheng and Yang Feng (who were shielding Emperor Xian from...

formally Duke Wen of Anding (安定文公), later further posthumously honored by Northern Zhou initially as Prince Wen (文王) then as Emperor Wen (文皇帝) with the...

Shun, Prince Xian of Changshan (常山憲王 劉舜; 152–113 BC), 14th son Family tree of the Han dynasty Rebellion of the Seven States Rule of Wen and Jing Barbieri-Low...

Cao held the last Han emperor Xian in Xuchang (196–220), Luoyang was restored to prominence when his son Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of the Wei dynasty, declared...

born in Yangping Commandery (陽平郡), which is present-day Qingfeng County, Henan, in the late Eastern Han dynasty. He was small-sized and short but was known...

high-ranking officials in the Han administration. Emperor Xian also enfeoffed him as the Marquis of Wen (溫侯). After Dong Zhuo's death, his followers in Liang...

coalition to oust Dong Zhuo, a tyrannical warlord who held the puppet Emperor Xian in his power. Although he controlled neither many troops nor much land, Sun...

memorial recommending him for imperial service and submitted it to Emperor Xian, who was then mainly a puppet ruler under Cao Cao's control. Mi Heng returned...

are a variety of immortals in Chinese thought, and one major type is the xian, which is thought in some religious Taoism movements to be a human given...

in and around modern-day Henan Province. The traditional story regarding Tai Si's rise to queen says that the future King Wen of Zhou, born Chang, was...

Mingjing, of the Dugu clan of Henan (明敬皇后 河南獨孤氏; d. 558) Crown Prince (皇太子, b.558) Fei, of the Xu clan (妃 徐氏) Yuwen Xian, Prince Bila (畢剌王 宇文賢; 559–580)...

to Jiankang to quell an insurrection, and Shi Le retook Henan. In 347, Jin general Huan Wen invaded Sichuan and ended the Cheng-Han kingdom. He then...

traditional Chinese: 竹林七賢; simplified Chinese: 竹林七贤; pinyin: Zhúlín Qī Xián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiok-lîm Chhit Hiân) were a group of Chinese scholars, writers...