The Chinese scholar who threw himself in a well, and the palace consort ‘martyred’ in one
In 1900 a scholar jumped in a Beijing well out of shame. A palace consort died in a Forbidden City well too. Was she ...
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A NEW CHINESE EMPRESS.; Third Imperial Consort for the Emperor About to be Chosen.
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Why the year AD1 was also a new era for ancient China
The history of Wang Mang, a Han dynasty minister and imperial cousin who later founded his own short-lived dynasty, resonates ...