The Yuan dynasty (Chinese: 元朝; pinyin: Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (Chinese: 大元; pinyin: Dà Yuán; Mongolian: ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠶᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ, Yeke Yuwan Ulus...
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whip Lai Hsiang-ling stated that members of the Examination Yuan hold "fat-cat patronage appointments", whereby they earn outside income on top of their...
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Goryeo under Mongol rule (redirect from Korea under Yuan rule)
under Mongol rule refers to the rule of the Mongol Empire and the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty over the Korean Peninsula from about 1270 to 1356. After the Mongol...
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Han-style dynastic name of "Great Yuan" (Dai Yuan, or Dai Ön Ulus'; Chinese: 大元; pinyin: Dà Yuán) and to establish the Yuan dynasty. Some sources give the...
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Northern Wei (redirect from Yuan Wei)
pinyin: Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei (Chinese: 拓跋魏; pinyin: Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei (Chinese: 元魏; pinyin: Yuán Wèi) and Later Wei (Chinese: 後魏; pinyin: Hòu Wèi), was an...
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Möngke Khan (redirect from Yuan Xianzong)
taxation. The Tibetan Karma Pakshi, 2nd Karmapa Lama, received Möngke's patronage. Möngke had been impressed by the aged Taoist monk Qiu Chuji, who met...
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Jiehua (section Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368))
patronage and consumer demand, despite the pejorative attitude towards it from literati circles. From the few jiehua artworks dating back to the Yuan...
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Tolui (redirect from Yuan Ruizong)
suspicions were the intended aim of the Secret Historian, writing under the patronage of Tolui's descendants wanting to subtly discredit their Ögedeid rivals...
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providing the division commanders with the patronage of the presidency, and had them keep each other in check. Yuan was unable to completely reorganize the...
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the death of Qu Yuan, a famous poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States period. Known for his patriotism, Qu Yuan tried to counsel...
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was a Taiwanese banker and philanthropist. He was a member of the Lin Ben Yuan Family, the richest family of Taiwan in the late Qing dynasty and Japanese-ruled...
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Ming dynasty (redirect from Transition from Yuan to Ming)
China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by...
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Church of the East in China (section Yuan dynasty)
and a heavy political reliance on patronage by the Yuan imperial court. In consequence of these factors, once the Yuan dynasty fell, the Church of the East...
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and established the Yuan dynasty. Emigration, seen as disloyal to ancestors and ancestral land, was banned by the Song and Yuan dynasties. Zhu Yuanzhang...
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and sharp, dotted brushstrokes to suggest rough stone. In the south, Dong Yuan, Juran, and other artists painted the rolling hills and rivers of their native...
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Imperial Preceptor (category Government of the Yuan dynasty)
Kublai Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty. It was established as part of Mongol patronage of Tibetan Buddhism and the Yuan administrative rule of Tibet...
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History of China (section Yuan dynasty (1271–1368))
Eventually, the Mongol Empire conquered all of China, establishing the Yuan dynasty in 1271. Contact with Europe began to increase during this time....
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also opened Iran to Chinese influence from the east. This, combined with patronage from his successors, would develop Iran's distinctive excellence in architecture...
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examination system offered a path for ethnic Han to become officials. Imperial patronage of Kangxi Dictionary demonstrated respect for Confucian learning, while...
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Buddhism in Mongolia (section Mongol Empire and Yuan dynasty (13th–14th century) – second introduction)
presents its own unique characteristics. Buddhism in Mongolia began with the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) emperors' conversion to Tibetan Buddhism. The Mongols...
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Zand dynasty (section Cultural patronage)
succession and other intrigues, which put a halt to further significant patronage of the arts. Karim Khan's first architectural considerations were focussed...
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Ulus and Chagatai's Ulus. The Yuan Empire also embraced Muslim peoples such as the Persians. Although the court of the Yuan Empire adopted Tibetan Buddhism...
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Daguanyuan (redirect from Daguan Yuan)
time, music and lights decorated the place so it was fit for Imperial patronage. After Yuanchun leaves, the Garden is made at her own request the home...
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inspiration of the Yuan dynasty on the Golden Horde in the early part of his reign. The Khan's diplomatic relationship with the Yuan, however, improved...
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as a co-founder of the dynasty for his role in encouraging his father Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu) to rebel against the Sui dynasty at Jinyang in 617. Taizong...
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New Army (section Newly created army and Yuan Shikai)
Yuan Shikai by mid-December 1895, and within a few months was renamed the Newly Created Army (新建陸軍 Xinjian Lujun) and expanded to 7,000 men. (Yuan's Newly...
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After Yuan died, Cao killed Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan (173–205 AD), who had fought with his brothers over the family inheritance. His brothers Yuan Shang...
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emerged. According to Chinese mythology, the Zhou lineage began when Jiang Yuan, a consort of the legendary Emperor Ku, miraculously conceived a child, Qi...
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