The Han Dynasty 4

The Han Dynasty 4
judyfengliu Jun 04, 2013 23:18

The Han Dynasty 4

           ——Liu Bang(1)

Created By Judy Feng Liu

 

256BC was a lucky year for King Zhaowang of Qin.

That year, the canal bank-Jian Beng was completed at Shu county of Qin (Nowadays, we call this canal bank ‘Du Jiangyan’)

During that year, King Zhaowang of Qin finally wiped out the nominal ruler, of the West Zhou Dynasty, through his unremitting effort.

Also, that year, he got eight bronze tripods which symbolized state power (originally there were nine, but one fell into the river during transportation.) These eight bronze tripods, each weighing around five hundred kilos, were priceless treasures which his ancestors and other kingdoms had dreamt about having for a long time but without success.

If things continued as they were, it would be just a matter of time for Qin to unite the whole country.

However, King Zhaowang of the Qin didn’t know that at the time of his national power upgrading, a man was born at Pei County who would put an end to the Qin dynasty in the future.

According to the ancient tradition in China (the tradition of recording in the historical books), all the emperors of China, they would be different from the rest. They would be characterized once they were born. So, this enemy of Qin was out of the ordinary in our historical books.

 

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keiranjones

With all respect, this is nonsense (in a historical sense). Should you not name this the legend of the Han dynasty? In my view this is not historical although you have enlightened me to a lovely snake legend. The rest reveals the Chinese taste for the dramatic, the fantastical and belief in fate. It's not historical but more a study of the mind of the Chinese. What sources are you using? What's your own study background? On what basis do you claim that the Han dynasty influenced china the most? A personal view? Perhaps an explanation wouldn't go a miss ( it would help if you gave evidence for your opinion). I understand you're writing this in a foreign language so well done for that. It would be nice if you could tell me when the Han dynasty adopted the name Han themselves. And when they(or a later dynasty) began to call the largest Chinese 'ethnic group' Han. Was the naming of this group as Han a political tool or a biological truth? The Chinese have always had knack(skill) for recording events but as far as history is concerned did the 'historians' ever develop critical analysis of these events?

Jun 06, 2013 15:33 Report Abuse

judyfengliu

I assume you are someone who likes Chinese culture and history. And also I assume you know some Chinese history, but not very well. And obviously you have read my this article, but you haven't read my other books or articles, so you don't know me, you don't know what style is my writing style. Do you think any adult would believe that a snake could speak and could be an emperor? Do you think that any adult couldn't understand the funny part of the book? And I write this article according to all the information I can get. And, as I said, it's just the legend(I never said it was true). Actually who can know the real history? Who can promise that the history we know is the real history? I never promise anything like that. And I always tell people that's only my own opinion. OR, that's what I heard. Another thing, please don't think that a person if he or she doesn't tell you that he or she got any certificate, then it means he or she doesn't know anything! I think you take the certificates too seriously. It only means you spend more time in schools, doesn't means you know more than the ones who have read more books just didn't have enough money to go to school.

Jun 11, 2013 23:56 Report Abuse

keiranjones

There's no need to get so upset. Dare I say a typical response to criticism. I wasn't talking about certificates or schools, I only asked for your study background, the books and articles you've read and the subject you feel you specialise in. I didn't say anything about schools etc. Perhaps you took my criticism (which doesn't mean I'm being horrible) too personally and in a response to your insecurity about something i never mentioned you made assumptions of me in defence of yourself, we'll write that off as a misunderstanding. I just remember you spoke about writing a history and then began talking about legends and making claims without backing them up. I made my post after reading all four of the articles, including the third. Is it a narrative you are writing or an opinionated essay? Neither did say anything about believing in legends. I merely stated that legends are not history. Nor did I say I knew more than anybody else about anything. Why did you feel the need to talk about money? On another note, one may read all the books they want, it doesn't mean the book reader can think critically about what they've read. Quantity of books, although a factor, is not the defining point of a person's knowledge but that's opening up a whole nother question.

Jun 15, 2013 13:25 Report Abuse

Spiderboenz

This is China, critical thinking is optional.

Apr 20, 2014 09:47 Report Abuse