The history of the administrative divisions of China is covered in the following articles:History of the administrative divisions of China before 1912History of the administrative divisions of China ( ...
In spring 614, Emperor Yang again proposed another campaign against Goguryeo. Although his officials did not approve, none dared to oppose him. Many of the soldiers ordered to report to Zhuo Commander ...
Yang Guang was born in 569, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou. His parents were Yang Jian the Duke of Sui and Yang Jian's wife Duchess Dugu Qieluo. He was their second son, after Yang Yo ...
Types of prefectural level divisions Further information: List of prefecture-level divisions of ChinaPrefecture Further information: List of prefectures in the People's Republic of ChinaPrefectures ar ...
Plant physiology encompasses all the internal chemical and physical activities of plants associated with life. Chemicals obtained from the air, soil and water form the basis of all plant metabolism. T ...
Plant biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes used by plants. Some of these processes are used in their primary metabolism like the photosynthetic Calvin cycle and crassulacean acid metabo ...
Early botany An engraving of the cells of cork, from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, 1665Botany originated as herbalism, the study and use of plants for their medicinal properties. The early recorded his ...
Directional The Four Symbols of the Chinese constellationAzure Dragon: eastBlack Tortoise: northWhite Tiger: westVermillion Bird: southMythical places See also: List of mythical Chinese mountainsMount ...
Some myths survive in theatrical or literary formats as plays or novels. Books in the shenmo genre of vernacular fiction revolve around gods and monsters. Important mythological fiction, seen as defin ...
Developments in southern China In the years after his reunification of northern China, Cao Cao did not conduct any major campaigns while awaiting an opportunity to act against the remaining three most ...
Towards the end of the reign of Emperor Ling of Han (r. 168–189), many officials in the imperial court foresaw chaos in the political scene as soon as Emperor Ling died. One of those officials, Liu Y ...
Both in honor of the earlier Jurchen Jin dynasty in the 12–13th century and his Aisin Gioro clan (Aisin being the Manchu for the Chinese 金 (jīn, "gold")) Nurhaci originally named his state the Grea ...
Chang Qu (常璩) (c. 291 – c. 361 CE) was a 4th-century Chinese historian who wrote the Chronicles of Huayang or Records of the States South of Mount Hua, the oldest extant regional history of China. ...
The Chronicles of Huayang or Huayang Guo Zhi is the oldest extant gazetteer of a region of China. It was compiled by Chang Qu during the Jin Dynasty. It contains roughly 110,000 characters. Its conten ...
Chinese varieties of all periods have traditionally been considered prime examples of analytic languages, relying on word order and particles instead of inflection or affixes to provide grammatical in ...
