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    relations. The Shiji relates that "the Emperor learned of the Dayuan (宛), Daxia (), Anxi (安息), and the others, all great states rich in unusual products...
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    (Chinese: 西夏; pinyin: Xī Xià; Wade–Giles: Hsi1 Hsia4), officially the Great Xia (; Dà Xià; Ta4 Hsia4), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as Mi-nyak...
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    Xia (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xià), known in historiography as Hu Xia (胡), Northern Xia (北), Helian Xia (赫連) or the Great Xia (), was a dynastic state...
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    cognates include βαχλο (Romanized: Bakhlo). بلخ (Romanized: Balx), Chinese (pinyin: Dàxià), Latin Bactriana. The region was mentioned in ancient Sanskrit...
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    Daxia, Ta-Hsia, or Ta-Hia (Chinese: ; pinyin: Dàxià; literally: 'Great Xia') was apparently the name given in antiquity by the Han Chinese to Tukhara...
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  • Guanghua (2002). 秦汉魏晋南北朝史. 五南圖書出版股份有限公司. p. 335. ISBN 9789571128702. "匈奴嬌子的赫連國". Retrieved 6 September 2020. Kim, Hyun Jin (2015). The Huns. Routledge....
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    again, from the Ili and Chu valleys, and occupied the country of Daxia, (, "Bactria"). The ancient Greco-Roman geographer Strabo noted that the four...
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    "Wanghui jie" Archived 2021-12-03 at the Wayback Machine quote: "東胡黃羆。... 正北空同、、莎車、姑他、旦略、豹胡、代翟、匈奴、樓煩、月氏、孅犁、其龍、東胡,請令以橐駝、白玉、野馬、騊駼、駃騠、良弓為獻。" Classic of Mountains...
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    commonly referred to as the "Great Xia" () in Chinese-language sources of the Tangut or as the "Xia State" (Chinese: 國) to the Song. In later historiography...
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  • (无定河/無定河) Kuye River (窟野河) Dahei River (黑河) Qingshui River (清水河) Zuli River (祖厉河/祖厲河) Tao River (洮河) Daxia River (河) Star River (湟水) White River (白河) Xiaoqing...
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    dynasty), Ming Yuzhen, a peasant rebel leader, established the Daxia Kingdom () at Chongqing for a short time. In 1621 (during the Ming dynasty), another...
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    and diplodocids. Chinese: 巨龙; pinyin: Dàxiàjùlóng; meaning "Daxia giant" after a tributary of the Yellow River Chinese: 炳灵巨龙; pinyin: Bǐnglíng Dàxiàjùlóng...
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    Daqing (磬, or Dashao 韶), from the Emperor Shun era, for the veneration of Gods of the Four Directions, or the sun, moon, stars and seas. Daxia (), in...
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    《汉书·西域传》:乌孙国,昆弥治赤谷城,去长安八千九百里。户十二万,口六十三万,胜兵十八万八千八百人。……故服匈奴,后盛大,取羁属,不肯往朝会。东与匈奴、西北与康居、西与宛、南与城郭诸国相接。本塞地也,月氏西破走塞王,塞王南越县度,月氏居其地。后乌孙昆莫击破月氏,月氏徙、西臣,而乌孙昆莫居之,故乌孙民有塞种、大月氏种云。...
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    Emperor. According to the Confucian Kong Yingda, xià ( 'grand') signified the 'greatness' () in the ceremonial etiquettes of the central states, while...
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  • Encyclopædia Iranica Hou Hanshu "Vol. 88: Greater Yuezhi nation" text "初,月氏為匈奴所滅,遂遷於,分其國為休密、雙靡、貴霜、駙頓、都密,凡五部翕侯。" translation "Formerly, the Yuezhi were defeated...
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  • Look up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Daxia or Ta-hsia may refer to: Daxia, the name given in antiquity by the Chinese to the territory of Bactria...
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  • Pingyang 平陽 c. 2333–2234 BC Shun Puban 蒲坂 c. 2233–2184 BC Xia dynasty Daxia Gun Song 崇 Yangcheng 陽城 Yu Yangzhai 陽翟 Yu, Qi, Taikang Chu 鉏 Hou Yi Qiongshi...
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    travelled to the territories of Ferghana (Dayuan 宛), Soghdiana (Kangju 康居), and Bactria (Daxia ), ultimately finding the Yuezhi forces north of the...
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    Censorate, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Personnel, and Liu Daxia (劉), who served as Minister of War during the last five years of the Hongzhi...
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  • Dream Pool Essay Hou Jianmei (侯健美); Tong Shuquan (童曙泉) (20 December 2004). "《寻踪》今展国博" ['In the Footsteps of the Great Xia' now exhibiting at the National...
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    " Lost Book of Shu, "Explaining the King's Gatherings". Quotes: "... 正北空同、、莎車、姑他、旦略、豹胡、代翟、匈奴、樓煩、月氏、孅犁、其龍、東胡,請令以橐駝、白玉、野馬、騊駼、駃騠、良弓為獻。" translation: "(Yi...
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    or historical figure – Yunmen Dajuan (雲門卷), Daxian (咸), Daqing (磬, or Dashao 韶), Daxia (), and Dahu (濩), Dawu (大武). The Book of Rites records a...
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  • 109 (季龍又令麻秋進陷護軍梁式執太守宋晏,以城應秋。秋遣晏以書誘宛戍都尉宋矩。宋矩謂秋曰:「辭父事君,當立功義;功義不立,當守名節。矩終不肯主偷生於世。」於是先殺妻子,自刎而死。) Book of Jin, Volume 86 (俄而麻秋進攻枹罕,時晉陽太守郎坦以城...
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    on 2012-04-02. Hou Jianmei (侯健美); Tong Shuquan (童曙泉) (20 December 2004). "《寻踪》今展国博" ['In the Footsteps of the Great Xia' now exhibiting at the National...
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    Linxia City (redirect from )
    Linxia City (simplified Chinese: 临市; traditional Chinese: 臨市; pinyin: Línxià Shì, Xiao'erjing: لٍِ‌ثِيَا شِ), once known as Hezhou (Chinese: 河州; pinyin:...
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    Ocean from the Ministry of War archives. However, the official Liu Daxia (劉) had hidden and burned the documents. He dismissed the accounts as "deceitful...
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    dance". The performance of the dance was highly regarded by Confucius. Daxia (), was a dance performed in praise of Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty, famous...
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    Kanako Momota (百田 菜子, Momota Kanako, born July 12, 1994) is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Stardust Promotion. She is best known as the...
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    Linxia County (redirect from )
    northern end of the county. The largest of these rivers is the Daxia River (河, دَاثِيَا حَ), which flows from the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture...
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