Emperor Yang and the reconquest of VietnamMain article: Emperor Yang of SuiFurther information: Third Chinese domination of VietnamA Sui dynasty pilgrim flask made of stoneware.A Sui dynasty stone sta ...
Throughout Chinese history there have been many examples of art being influenced by Taoist thought. Notable painters influenced by Taosim include Wu Wei, Huang Gongwang, Mi Fu, Muqi Fachang, Shitao, N ...
There is debate over how, and whether, Taoism should be categorized. Traditionally, it is divided into two categories:Philosophical Taoism (Daojia, Chinese: 道家; pinyin: dàojiā; lit. "school or fam ...
It is generally accepted that the Xianbei spoke a Mongolic language. The core Borjigid Mongols of Genghis Khan are the Mengwu Shiwei (Mongol Shivei). The Proto-Mongolic language, archaic features of 1 ...
Chinese historical texts unequivocally state that the Xianbei were descendants of the Donghu. They were a northern or northeastern Asian Mongoloid population according to modern Chinese and Russian an ...
The Northern dynasties began in 439 when the Northern Wei conquered the Northern Liang to unite northern China and ended in 589 when Sui dynasty extinguished the Chen dynasty. It can be divided into t ...
Liu Song founder Liu Yu was originally a leader of the Army of the Northern Garrison (北府军) that notably won the Battle of Fei River in 383. In 404, he helped suppress Huan Xuan's rebellion, leading ...
Emperor Wu of Chen came from the region of Wu (a region near modern-day Shanghai). At that time, due to the Hou Jing rebellion, the Qiao and Wu clans were greatly weakened, and many independent regime ...
The Jin were supplanted by the Liu Song (420–479), the Southern Qi (479–502), the Liang Dynasty (502–557), and then the Chen dynasty (557–589). Because all of these dynasties had their capital at ...
Ye or Yecheng (simplified Chinese: 邺城; traditional Chinese: 鄴城; pinyin: Yèchéng; Wade–Giles: Yeh4-ch'eng2) was an ancient Chinese city located in what is now Linzhang County, Handan, Hebei prov ...
Main article: Qiang (historical people)Qiang people were mentioned in ancient Chinese texts as well as inscriptions on the oracle bones of 3,000 years ago. However the ancient Qiang people referred to ...
The integration policy is a type of nationalism aimed at strengthening of the Chinese identity among population. Proponents believe integration will help to develop shared values, pride in being the c ...
Main article: Itinerant groups in EuropeFurther information: Vagrancy (people)A tent of Romani nomads in Hungary, 19th century."Peripatetic minorities" are mobile populations moving among settled popu ...
A nomad is a person with no settled home, who moves from place to place as a way of obtaining food, finding pasture for livestock, or otherwise making a living. The word nomad comes from a Greek word ...
The Tibetan language encompasses many dialects. Khampas have several Khams language dialects which may be unintelligible to Amdowas, and the Lhasa dialect may be unintelligible to both of those groups ...
