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Sep 10, 2024 · Jinbutsu Sōsho is a collection of biographies of historical figures in Japan edited by the Nihon Rekishi Gakkai (The Society of Japanese history). It is accessible on JapanKnowledge, listed under JKBooks.
2 days ago · Within it there are five mountains, called Tai-yü, Yüan-chiao, Fang-hu, Ying-chou and P'eng-Iai. These mountains are thirty thousand miles high, and as many miles round; the tablelands on their summits extend for nine thousand miles.
Sep 10, 2024 · Chu Shih-chia, Zhongguo de fang zhi zong lu zeng ding 中 國 地 方 志 綜 錄 增 訂. Revised and enlarged version of his 1935 work, Shanghai 1958; reprinted, Taipei, Tokyo.
3 days ago · The authoritative historical source on Cao Cao's life is his official biography in the Records of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou in the third century. His sources for his work on the Wei portion of his book (魏志; Wei Zhi) included the Dongguan Ji (東觀記; now lost), the Book of Wei, and possibly other records.
Sep 10, 2024 · Kyoto: Kyoto Daigaku Jimbungaku Kenkyujo, 1954. This work contains two primary indexes to place names (fu 府, chou 州 , jun 郡 , and xian 縣 ) of the Tang period. The first is an index to the place names appearing in pertinent sections of the following works: Jiu Tang shu 舊 唐 書 (945). juan 38-41 of 200 juan.
2 days ago · In 690, Wu Zetian founded the Wu Zhou dynasty, named after the historical Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC). The traditional historical view is to discount the Wu Zhou dynasty: dynasties by definition involve the succession of rulers from one family, and the Wu Zhou dynasty was founded by Wu and ended within her lifetime, with her abdication in 705.
Sep 26, 2024 · Yijing, an ancient Chinese text, one of the Five Classics (Wujing) of Confucianism. The main body of the work, traditionally attributed to Wenwang (flourished 12th century bc), contains a discussion of the divinatory system used by the Zhou dynasty wizards.
