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Dec 14, 2020 · Wu Zetian, the most controversial woman in Chinese history – The China Project. For some, Wu Zetian is a brilliant statesman slandered by Confucian misogyny; for others, she’s a blood-soaked usurper who schemed her way to power. China's only empress left behind quite the legacy — and a lot of bodies. Alex Colville Published December 14, 2020.
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Claim to fame: selfless model citizen Lei Feng was a soldier in the community army who was well known for his selflessness, modesty, and devotion to Mao. After his death in 1962, the communist party launched a national propaganda campaign, "Follow the example of Comrade Lei Feng," which made him into a household name. There are many stories surroun...
Claim to fame: cunning general 曹操 was a general during the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history who was known for his cruelty as well as his military brilliance. During his reign,曹操 was well known for having a vast network of spies, whose fast reporting allowed 曹操 to take swift action. This led to the creation of the idiom: "说曹操曹操到 (shuō cáo cā...
Claim to fame: brilliant strategist Zhu Ge Liang was a prime minister during the Three Kingdoms period, and a most accomplished strategist. His name has become synonymous with intelligence in Chinese culture. Interestingly enough, westerners are probably more familiar with Zhu Ge Liang than they think. Due to his reputation for being a genius strat...
Claim to fame: fierce female warrior Thanks to the magic of Disney,花木兰 , or "Mulan", is a Chinese hero that most westerns are already familiar with. To save her ailing father and younger brother from the army draft, Mulan enlisted in the imperial army as a man, and fought to victory. Go girl power! Real Life Sample Dialogue: If you want to comment ...
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Wu Zhao (624–705), also known as Empress Wu Zetian, was the first and only woman emperor of China. With her exceptional intelligence, extraordinary competence in politics, and inordinate ambition, she ruled as the “Holy and Divine Emperor” of the Second Zhou Dynasty (690–705) for fifteen years.
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- Qin Shi Huang (221-210 B.C.) China was unified in 221 B.C. when the Qin people came out of the west to prevail militarily over a number of rival states.
- Kublai Khan (1279-1294) Mongol leader Genghis Khan began launching raids into present-day China almost immediately after uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau in 1206.
- Sun Yat-sen (1912) China lost a series of wars in the 19th century that forced it to make territorial concessions to Britain, Russia and Japan. These humiliations, along with the halfhearted pace of reform in their aftermath, drove a doctor named Sun Yat-sen to begin plotting armed revolution.
- Mao Zedong (1949-1976) President Nixon meets with China’s Communist Party Leader, Mao Tse-Tung. A founding member of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong broke with Marxist-Leninist thought by building up a “Red Army” of peasants rather than relying on industrial workers.
Jun 2, 2020 · Qin Shi Huang is a pivotal figure in Chinese history and the most controversial. He was the king of the Qin during the Warring States Period. He defeated the other six states of China in a ruthless war and then became the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BC.
Jun 12, 2022 · The first, more general terms were modern history (近代史, jindai shi), history class (历史课, lishi ke), and Outline of Modern History (近代史纲要, Jindai shi gangyao) to capture users’ reflections on their textbook learning experience of modern Chinese history. “Modern history,” the most general keyword, allowed us to access ...
