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    Xia County or Xiaxian (simplified Chinese: 夏县; traditional Chinese: 夏縣; pinyin: Xià Xiàn) is a county in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic...
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  • Look up xia or Xia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Xia (Hsia in Wade–Giles) may refer to: Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC), the first orthodox dynasty...
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    The Xia dynasty (Chinese: 夏朝; pinyin: Xiàcháo; Wade–Giles: Hsia4-ch‘ao2) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition...
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    characters. The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (Chinese: 西夏; pinyin: Xī Xià; Wade–Giles: Hsi1 Hsia4), officially the Great Xia (大夏; Dà Xià; Ta4 Hsia4), also known...
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    first successful state efforts at flood control," his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character...
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    second sovereign of the Xia dynasty. He ruled for roughly nine to ten years. Qi's father, Yu the Great, also the founder of the Xia dynasty, married Nu Jiao...
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  • Fogang County, in Fogang County, Guangdong Shuitou, Jiaokou County, Shanxi Shuitou, Xia County, in Xia County, Shanxi Shuitou, Pingyang County, in Pingyang...
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    Xia (Chinese: 夏; pinyin: Xià), known in historiography as Hu Xia (胡夏), Northern Xia (北夏), Helian Xia (赫連夏) or the Great Xia (大夏), was a dynastic state...
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    where his father Sima Chi (司馬池) served as a county magistrate. The Sima family were originally from Xia County in Shǎn Prefecture, and claimed descent from...
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    evidence of silk include items found at sites of the Yangshao culture in Xia County, Shanxi, where a silk cocoon was found cut in half by a sharp knife, dating...
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  • Battle of Mingtiao (category Xia dynasty)
    The Battle of Mingtiao was a battle between the Shang state and the Xia dynasty, resulting in a Shang victory which created the elevation circumstances...
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    built-up (or metro) area made of Yanhu District. One can note than Pinglu County, 205,080 inhabitants in the south, is now part of Sanmenxia built-up (or...
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    Hancheng, Shaanxi) to cross the river and attack Anyi (安邑; present-day Xia County, Shanxi). In the ninth lunar month of 205 BCE, Wei Bao personally led...
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    of Shanxi, People's Republic of China. After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level...
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    province of Shanxi, People's Republic of China. After province, prefecture, county-level divisions, and township-level divisions, village-level divisions constitute...
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  • Xiazhou or Xia Prefecture (Chinese: 夏州; pinyin: Xiàzhōu; Tangut: 𘒂𗉔) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Jingbian County, Shaanxi...
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    Dragon City). As of 2021, the city will govern 6 districts, 3 counties, and host a county-level city with a total area of 6,988 square kilometers and a...
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    cities of Shanxi are subdivided into 118 county-level divisions (23 districts, 11 county-level cities, and 84 counties). Those are in turn divided into 1388...
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    Photography Exhibition of 1959. Hou Bo was born in September 1924 in Xia County, Shanxi Province, and was from a poor peasant background. She joined the...
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  • Xia Yunyi (Chinese: 夏允彝) (1596–1645) was a Ming dynasty poet. He was born in Songjiang (now a district in Shanghai). He was magistrate of Changle County...
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  • the Great Lakes Region, a position he took up on April 1, 2019. Xia was born in Zhu County, Hebei, in January 1962. After the Resumption of College Entrance...
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    Datong (redirect from Pingcheng County)
    during which it was known as Pingcheng County (平城县) and formed part of the Qin commandery of Yanmen. Pingcheng County continued under the Han dynasty, which...
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  • (North of Xia County, Shanxi) General, politician Jin dynasty Cao Wei Jin Shu vol. 36. Wei Heng 衛恒 Jushan 巨山 291 Anyi, Hedong (North of Xia County, Shanxi)...
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    County, Pingshun County, Licheng County, Huguan County, Zhangzi County, Wuxiang County, Qin County, and Qinyuan County. Defunct - Jiao District (Chinese:...
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    Xia Yuanji (Chinese: 夏原吉; 1366–1430) was a Ming dynasty government minister. He was born in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province, which was then part of Huguang...
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  • Dragon (Chinese: 武俠; pinyin: Wǔ xiá) is a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts film directed by Peter Chan, and starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro...
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    Shouyang County (simplified Chinese: 寿阳县; traditional Chinese: 壽陽縣; pinyin: Shòuyáng Xiàn) is a county in Jinzhong, Shanxi province, China. 中国气象数据网 –...
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  • River, and Sima Guang was nicknamed Mr. Sushui (涑水先生) as his hometown of Xia County is on the Sushui. Because the book was compiled by later editors, the...
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    Dingxiang (Chinese: 定襄; pinyin: Dìngxiāng) is a county in the north central part of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Xinzhou city...
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  • 樂詳 Wenzai 文載 Hedong County (Xia County, Shanxi) General, politician, scholar Cao Wei Yue Yin 樂隱 189 Anpingguo, Guanjin (Wuyi County, Hebei) Politician...
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