The Historical Records by Sima Qian, a famous historian of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220), reports that Yi Yin, the first famous prime minister in known Chinese history, helped Tang (the first ...

HAN DYNASTY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. DATE: Before 168 B.C. MATERIAL: Ink on silk. DIMENSIONS: 3 feet by 3 feet. FOUND: Hunan, China. In 168 B.C., a lacquer box containing three maps drawn on silk was ...

It first came to the attention of a Chinese emperor through emissary-adventurer Zhang Qian, who lived during the Western Han ...

In the ancient Chinese calendar ... then a minister and “consort kin” of the Han dynasty (206BC-AD220), a title referring to his being a cousin of the 12th emperor. It would be some five ...

Horned and bearded, with flowing manes on the back and upwardly curled tufts of hair sprouting from the ankles, these ...