power base in Liang Province (涼州; covering present-day Gansu). On 9 April 190, he forced Emperor Xian to relocate to Chang'an and set fire to Luoyang, leaving...

Bi Xian (Chinese: 畢諴; 802 – February 4, 864), courtesy name Cunzhi (存之), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang dynasty, who served as a chancellor...

zhong xue shang de xiong nu, xian bei yu qi dan [The Xiongnu, Xianbei and Qidan in racial perspectives] 人种学上的匈奴、鲜卑与契丹." Beifang wen wu [Northern Cultural...

divisions of Qinghai 1:Qilian Xian zhi = Annals of Qi Lian country. Qilian xian zhi bian zuan wei yuan hui, 祁连县志编纂委员会. Lanzhou: Gansu ren min chu ban she. 1993...

Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation...

defeat of the Xiongnu confederation in the Han–Xiongnu War by Han General Dou Xian led to the Han dynasty deporting the Southern Xiongnu along with their Chanyu...

Ordos Plateau to Quanqiu (犬丘 'hill of the Quanrong', modern Li County, Gansu), and an eastern branch that settled east of the Yellow River in modern...

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...

coinciding with the tumultuous reign of the Han dynasty's last ruler, Emperor Xian. It was followed by the Three Kingdoms era (220–280 CE). During the end of...

to 28. In 1931, Ma Zhongying established Hexi in the northern parts of Gansu but the ROC never acknowledged the province. However, China lost four provinces...

as Changyeh or known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Inner Mongolia on...

a Di chieftain from Yinping Commandery (陰平郡; around present-day Wen County, Gansu). In August or early September 218, Cao Cao staged a military drill...

century BCE, elements of the Lesser Yuezhi reportedly migrated into southern Gansu, where they subsequently merged with the Qiang population. In 112 BCE, the...

Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu province, China, and is the province's second-largest city (behind the provincial capital Lanzhou). Located...

known as Suzhou is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than 600 km (370 mi)...

present-day western Gansu). After Dong Zhuo failed to put down the rebellion, the central government sent in his place the Minister of Works Zhang Wen, who invited...

called Chengji (成紀) (possibly modern Lantian, Shaanxi province, or Tianshui, Gansu province). A possible historical interpretation of the myth is that Huaxu...

warlord who controlled the Han central government and the figurehead Emperor Xian. When Yuan Shao having a few advantages like a far larger army in the initial...

as Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of Han (younger) Yin Shen / Su Ke as Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of Han (older) Xiao Lu / Ma Yusen / Wei Xian as Liu Ye Liang Zhenya...

Han dynasty in the western province of Liang (roughly present-day Wuwei, Gansu) in the second century AD in China, but the Lesser Yuezhi and sympathetic...

by his father Emperor Wen, after consulting with oracles, to Yang Guang. Yang Guang was made the Prince of Jin after Emperor Wen established the Sui dynasty...

County (Chinese: 平武县; pinyin: Píngwǔ Xiàn) is a county located in the north of Sichuan province, China, bordering Gansu province to the north. It is the northernmost...

control of Cao Cao, the chancellor to the last Han ruler, Emperor Xian. In 213, Emperor Xian granted Cao Cao the title of "Duke of Wei" (魏公) and gave him ten...

present-day Ningxia and Gansu). Tingzhang (亭長) was a low county-level official rank in the Han dynasty. In 196, Cao Cao received Emperor Xian, who had taken shelter...

his son Cao Pi (187–226 AD) had Emperor Xian relinquish the throne to him and is known posthumously as Emperor Wen of Wei. This formally ended the Han dynasty...

recognized the early successes forged by Emperor Wen of Sui and strove to emulate most of Emperor Wen's policies, including the equal distribution of land...

Zuozhuan commentary to the Chunqiu notes they were originally from western Gansu and forced into northern Henan. Another Zuozhuan context refers to Hundun...

Fujian Province – Wei Jinshui then Han Xianchu Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan then Xian Henghan Governor of Guangdong Province – Chen Yu (until...

dynasty ruled over modern-day northwestern China, including parts of Ningxia, Gansu, eastern Qinghai, northern Shaanxi, northeastern Xinjiang, and southwest...

Xiongnu were also active in areas now part of Siberia, Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang. Their relations with adjacent Chinese dynasties to the south-east...