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Erqu
Ji County, also known by it Chinese name Jixian (), is a county in the west of the prefecture-level city of Linfen, in southwestern Shanxi Province, China. The county spans an area of approximately 1,780 square kilometers, and has a population of approximately 110,000 people as of 2013. History Under the Zhou, the area of present-day Ji County was part of the territory of Jin. Its principal town Erqu () was the seat of the appenage given to Duke Xian's son Ji Yiwu, who later became known as Duke Hui. During the Three Kingdoms Period, the area belonged to the within the Cao Wei. The area belonged to the Northern Wei Dynasty, undergoing numerous administrative changes during the 5th Century. The area then belonged to the Northern Qi and then the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The area belonged to the Sui Dynasty upon its establishment in 581 CE, and was incorporated as the Jiyang Commandery (). In 584 CE, the Jiyang Commandery was abolished, and was merged into the newly form ...
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Duke Xian Of Jin
Duke Xian of Jin (, died 651 BC), ancestral name Ji (姬), given name Guizhu (詭諸), was the nineteenth ruler of the State of Jin. He was also the ninth ruler of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period and the second duke of Jin. When his father, Duke Wu of Jin, died in 677 BC, Guizhu ascended the throne of Jin and became Duke Xian of Jin. He reigned for 26 years. He moved the capital from Quwo (曲沃) to Jiang (絳). He was named after a Rongdi tribe (戎狄族) leader Guizhu (詭諸) whom his father, Duke Wu of Jin, captured alive. During his reign, the State of Jin was one of the most powerful and largest states due to his conquests in many small neighboring states. He is also renowned for the slaughter and exile of many royal family members of Jin and for favoring one of his concubines named Li Ji. Rise to power When he ascended the throne, Duke Xian of Jin and the duke of Guo visited King Hui of Zhou and they were given rewards which resulted to the increase of their popula ...
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Ji Yiwu
Duke Hui of Jin (died 637BC), born Yiwu, was the duke of Jin, duke of Jin (Chinese state), Jin (.650–637BC) during the Spring and Autumn Period of China's Zhou dynasty. Life Early life Yiwu was one of the nine sons of Duke Xian of Jin, Duke Xian. His mother was Xiao Rongzi. He was the younger sibling of Shensheng and Ji Chong'er, Chong'er (later Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Wen) and the older sibling of Xiqi. As part of Li Ji Rebellion, her scheme to secure the succession to her son, the Chinese concubinage, concubine Li Ji (concubine), Li Ji removed Xiqi's older siblings from the capital on the pretext of pacifying their territories. Prince Yiwu was sent to defend Erqu in what is now Ji County, Shanxi, Ji County, Shanxi. After the death of Duke Xian of Jin, Duke Xian in the ninth Chinese calendar, lunar month during 651BC, Li Ji placed the 15-year-old Xiqi on the throne and made Xun Xi chancellor (China), chancellor to help him with administration. In the tenth lunar month of 651 ...
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Duke Hui Of Jin
Duke Hui of Jin (died 637BC), born Yiwu, was the duke of Jin (.650–637BC) during the Spring and Autumn Period of China's Zhou dynasty. Life Early life Yiwu was one of the nine sons of Duke Xian. His mother was Xiao Rongzi. He was the younger sibling of Shensheng and Chong'er (later Duke Wen) and the older sibling of Xiqi. As part of her scheme to secure the succession to her son, the concubine Li Ji removed Xiqi's older siblings from the capital on the pretext of pacifying their territories. Prince Yiwu was sent to defend Erqu in what is now Ji County, Shanxi. After the death of Duke Xian in the ninth lunar month during 651BC, Li Ji placed the 15-year-old Xiqi on the throne and made Xun Xi chancellor to help him with administration. In the tenth lunar month of 651BC, before Duke Xian had even been properly buried, a Jin minister named Li Ke killed Xiqi. The chancellor Xun Xi then placed Zhuozi, the youngest son of Duke Xian, on the throne even though he was still ...
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Xiangning County
Xiangning County () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province across the Yellow River to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of , and is home to a population of 240,000 people as of 2013. History During the Spring and Autumn period, Marquis E of Jin lived in what is now present-day Xiangning County. In the Warring States period, the area had been occupied by both the Han and Zhao states. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the area was initially named Changping (), and was later changed to Pingchang (). Eventually, the name was changed to Changning (), but in 923 was changed to Xiangning (), its present-day name. From 1958 to 1961, Xiangning County was briefly merged with neighboring Ji County. Geography The county is located in the Lüliang Mountains of the Loess Plateau, and has a largely hilly terrain with an average elevation of about . The county's highest p ...
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Pu County
Pu County (), also known by its Chinese name Puxian, is a county in the southwest of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen; bordering county-level divisions are Yaodu District (the urban area of Linfen) to the southeast, Ji County to the southwest, Daning County to the west, Xi County to the north, Fenxi County to the northeast, and Hongtong County to the east. Pu County spans an area of , and had a population of 107,339 according to the 2010 Chinese Census. Toponymy Pu County is named after the fabled Puzi Mountain () in the area. History Spring and Autumn period During the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history, the city of Pu and its hinterland were the appendage of the Jin prince Ji Chong'er before the Rong beauty Li Ji successfully schemed to drive him from the country in 655BC and to place her own son into succession for the duchy. Pu would have also been a home to the famous courtiers like Jie Zhit ...
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Yaodu District
Yaodu District () is a district of the city of Linfen, Shanxi Province, China. Yaodu spans 1,307 square kilometers in area, and has a population of 944,050 as of 2010. The district serves at the administrative center for Linfen. Geography The Lüliang Mountains run through the western portion of the district, and the Fen River runs through the center of the district. History The area was established as Pingyang County () in 514 BCE during the Jin State. Pingyang County remained in effect until Wang Mang changed the area's name to Xiangping (). In 247 CE, Pingyang County was re-established, and remained in effect until 481 CE. Six years later, in 487 CE, the county was re-established, but would intermittently be abolished and re-established until 1116. In 1116, Pingyang Fu () was established. Pingyang Fu was revoked in 1220, but would be re-established in 1368 with the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. During the Republic of China, the county's Circuit and Fu were dissolve ...
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Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Standard Beijing Mandarin, Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province. The Yellow River basin has an east–west extent of about and a north–south extent of about . Its total drainage area is about . The Yellow River's basin was the Yellow River civilization, birthplace of ancient Chinese, and, by extension, Far East, Far Eastern civilization, and it was the most prosperous region in early Chinese history. There are frequent devastating natural disasters in China, floods and course changes produced by the continual elevation of the river bed, sometimes above the level of its surrounding farm fi ...
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2021 China Floods
Several floods struck China starting in June 2021, most of them caused by heavy rainfalls in different areas. According to the World Meteorological Organization, such heavy rains are frequently a result of climate change. The most notable floods being the 2021 Henan floods, which left 398 dead or missing. Heilongjiang Since mid-June, water levels of Heilongjiang and Nenjiang rivers have been rising. Heilongjiang river, also known as the Amur across the border in Russia, also flooded Russia’s Amur Oblast. As of 26 June, over 19,000 people had evacuated and 42,000 people were affected by the flooding in Daxinganling, Heihe and Mudanjiang. Thousands of hectares of crops have been damaged. Chongqing Heavy rainfall was reported on 28 June 2021 in Chongqing municipality, forcing authorities to activate an emergency response system. From 26 to 28 August, heavy rains and floods have affected Qijiang District and Hechuan District, destroying 105 houses. Guizhou Heavy rains ...
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Republic Of China (1912–1949)
The Republic of China (ROC), between 1912 and 1949, was a sovereign state recognised as the official designation of China when it was based on Mainland China, prior to the Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, relocation of Government of the Republic of China, its central government to Taiwan as a result of the Chinese Civil War. At a Population history of China, population of 541 million in 1949, it was the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's most populous country. Covering , it consisted of 35 provinces of China, provinces, 1 Special administrative regions of China#ROC special administrative regions, special administrative region, 2 regions, 12 special municipality (Republic of China), special municipalities, 14 leagues, and 4 special banners. The China, People's Republic of China (PRC), which rules mainland China today, considers ROC as a country that ceased to exist since 1949; thus, the history of ROC before 1949 is often ...
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Jiyang Commandery
Jiyang may refer to: * Jiyang District, Jinan, Shandong province, China ** Jiyang Subdistrict, seat of Jiyang County * Jiyang District, Sanya Jiyang () is a county-level district under the jurisdiction of Sanya city, in Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , ..., Sanya, Hainan province, China ** Jiyang Town, in Jiyang District {{geodis ...
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Sui Dynasty
The Sui dynasty (, ) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and laying the foundations for the much longer lasting Tang dynasty. Founded by Emperor Wen of Sui, the Sui dynasty capital was Chang'an (which was renamed Daxing, modern Xi'an, Shaanxi) from 581–605 and later Luoyang (605–18). Emperors Wen and his successor Yang undertook various centralized reforms, most notably the equal-field system, intended to reduce economic inequality and improve agricultural productivity; the institution of the Five Departments and Six Board (五省六曹 or 五省六部) system, which is a predecessor of Three Departments and Six Ministries system; and the standardization and re-unification of the coinage. They also spread and encouraged Buddhism throughout the empire. By the middle of the dynasty, the newly unifi ...
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Northern Zhou
Zhou (), known in historiography as the Northern Zhou (), was a Xianbei-led dynasty of China that lasted from 557 to 581. One of the Northern dynasties of China's Northern and Southern dynasties period, it succeeded the Western Wei dynasty and was eventually overthrown by the Sui dynasty. History The Northern Zhou's basis of power was established by Yuwen Tai, who was paramount general of Western Wei, following the split of Northern Wei into Western Wei and Eastern Wei in 535. After Yuwen Tai's death in 556, Yuwen Tai's nephew Yuwen Hu forced Emperor Gong of Western Wei to yield the throne to Yuwen Tai's son Yuwen Jue (Emperor Xiaomin), establishing Northern Zhou. The reigns of the first three emperors (Yuwen Tai's sons) Emperor Xiaomin, Emperor Ming, and Emperor Wu were dominated by Yuwen Hu, until Emperor Wu ambushed and killed Yuwen Hu in 572 and assumed power personally. With Emperor Wu as a capable ruler, Northern Zhou destroyed rival Northern Qi in 577, taking over Nor ...
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