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	Wu-ti Wu-ti , posthumous temple name of the 5th emperor (140 BC-87 BC) of the Han dynasty. Wu-ti [Chin.,=martial emperor] ruled directly through a palace secretariat. During his vigorous reign he incorporated the native states of S China into the empire, drove the nomadic Hsiung-nu out of the Ordos regi... Read more
	Three Kingdoms Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history from 220 to 265, after the collapse of the Han dynasty. The period takes its name from the three states into which China was divided. Wei occupied the north. South of Wei were Shu in the west and Wu in the east. Each of the states steadily expanded, especial... Read more
	Wuxi Wuxi or Wusih , city (1994 est. pop. 863,100), S Jiangsu prov., China, on the Grand Canal and the north bank of Tai lake. It is a silk-producing center. Foods (especially grains) are processed, and machine tools, paper products, fertilizer, and motor vehicles are also made. Wuxi has long been ... Read more
	Chang Tso-lin Chang Tso-lin , 1873-1928, Chinese general. Chang was of humble birth. As the leader of a unit of Manchurian militia he assisted (1904-5) the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War. He held various military posts under the Chinese republic. From his appointment (1918) as inspector general of Manchuria u... Read more
	Ssu-ma Ch'ien Ssu-ma Ch'ien , 145?-90? BC, Chinese historian; sometimes called the Father of Chinese History. He succeeded his father, Ssu-ma T'an, as grand historian (an office then dealing with astronomy and the calendar) at the court of the Early Han emperor Wu. There he took up a project on history planned ... Read more
	Suzhou Suzhou Soochow , or Wuxian , city (1994 pop. 710,900), SE Jiangsu prov., E central China, on the Grand Canal near Tai Lake. Suzhou, famous for its silks since the Sung dynasty, is still a silk center; it also has cotton and embroidery manufactures and food-processing, pharmaceutical, and... Read more
	Robert Venturi Robert Venturi 1925-, American architect, b. Philadelphia. In his writings, Venturi inveighed against the banality of modern architecture in the postwar period. He argued instead for a more inclusive, contextual approach to design that heralded the postmodern era in architecture. Among his early la... Read more
	warlord warlord in modern Chinese history, autonomous regional military commander. In the political chaos following the death (1916) of republican China's first president and commander in chief, Yüan Shih-kai , central authority fell to the provincial military governors and regional military groups e... Read more
	Yung-lo Yung-lo , 1359-1424, reign title of the 3d emperor (1403-24) of the Chinese Ming dynasty, whose personal name was Chu Ti. He rose to power in N China after being delegated by his father, the Ming founding emperor Hung Wu (reigned 1368-98), to lead the fight against the retreating Mongols. He usurp... Read more
	Zhejiang Zhejiang or Chekiang , province (1994 pop. 43,410,000), c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), SE China, on the East China Sea. The capital is Hangzhou . The province includes many islands, notably the Zhoushan Archipelago . Known for its beauty, Zhejiang is one of China's most affluent and most dens... Read more

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Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...ing ) (1644–1912) The last dynasty to rule China. Its emperors were MANCHUS . In 1644 a MING general, Wu Sangui, invited Manchu Bannermen massed at Shanhaiguan, the undefended eastern end of the Great Wall of China, to expel the...

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	David Der-wei Wang and Shang Wei, editors. Dynastic Crisis and Cultural Innovation: From the Late Ming to the Late Qing and Beyond.(Book review) Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...was a famed late Ming courtesan who became involved with Wu Sangui [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (1612-1678), the...captured Yuanyuan. Li traces the use of the Chen Yuanyuan/Wu Sangui story through the Sino-Japanese war and Yuanyuan's...
	Timothy Brook. Collaboration: Japanese Agents and Local Elites in Wartime China.(Book review) Magazine article from: China Review International; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Unfortunately this book does not discuss any historical precedents such as events of the Yuan or the early Qing. Neither Wu Sangui (1612-1678) nor Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322) is mentioned. Even more recent comparisons of the Warlord period are...
	The diary of a Manchu soldier in seventeenth-century China; my service in the army.(Brief Article)(Book Review) Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2007; 524 words ; ...and killing. In addition, Di Cosmo supplements the text with an introduction--a brief analysis of the conquest, Wu Sangui as a historical character, the rebellion of the Three Feudatories, and text authorship, style, and narrative--in...
	James Z. Gao. The Communist Takeover of Hangzhou: The Transformation of City and Cadre, 1949-1954.(Book Review) Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...led movement that quickly lost control of China to a combination of foreigners (the Manchus) and Chinese armies (Wu Sangui) would not have been lost upon the Communists, who saw themselves fighting against a similar coalition of American and...
	Great Wall just a pretty Good Wall Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 8/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...quarters that housed dozens of guards who had Ming's back. Until 1664, at least, when a disgruntled border general named Wu Sangui opened the gates for the Manchu, moustaches and all, and the Qing Dynasty was born. Not another brick has been laid...
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