The Tang tri-color is a general term for the glazed pottery baked during the Tang Dynasty. Usually it was white,...
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How may the Dao be grasped？Laozi advocated the precepts of"Serenity and Nonaction"and"Let Nature take its course."He taught that by accepting...
According to Laozi，the Dao（the Way）is the source of the universe and all natural law.The Neijing further applied this concept to...
Daoism originated during the same period of Chinese history as Confucianism. However, the two philosophies differ significantly. Daoist ideas about...
Unlike the half-liang or five-zhu coins which were named after a certain kind of unit of weight，the Tang coins were...
A passage from the Confucian classic Lji(Book of Rites): Quli states,"One should not take the medicineof a physician who is...
Teachings on Health and Longevity Confucianism holds that the human desires for food and sex are fundamental aspects of life.They...
According to ancient Chinese philosophy and Confucianism, the universe is composed of myriad elements. Despite the constantly changing relationship among...
After the war of reunification was over, the scramble for the throne in the royal family was escalating. Crown Prince...
Lunyu:Yao Yue（The Analects:The Sayings of Emperor Yao）by Confucius contains the following legend.When the sage emperor Yao was on his deathbed，he...
Just one month after Li Yuan mounted the throne, Xue Ju and his son Xue Rengao who occupied Longxi(western Gansu)...
One of the most significant and enduring products of the merging of Confucianism and traditional Chinese medicine was the phenomenon...
Li shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He was famous both for his ability and foresight in...
Unable to deal with the messy situation, Yang Guang simply moved south to Jiangduin 616 accompanied by his wife Empress...
originally named Minzhong, the Fayuan Temple was first built in 645 by Tang Emperor Taizong to hold a memorial ceremony...
Yang Jian had repealed the system of nine-graded official ranks practiced during the Wei-Jin period so that people with various...
Yang Guang: Emperor of the Sui Dynasty Craving for Grandeur and Success Portrait of Yang Guang(569-618) yang Guang was the...
Under the influence of Empress Dowager Feng, Tuoba Hong had studied the Confucian classics since childhood and was rather familiar...
In 471, four-year-old Tuoba Hong succeeded to the throne from his father Emperor Xianwen(also named Tuoba Hong,454-476). Nevertheless, he was...
In 495, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty led 300,000 troops south to invade the Southern Qi, and besieged...