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Gou Xi
Gou Xi (died 311), courtesy name Daojiang, was a Chinese military commander of the Jin Dynasty (266-420). He came to prominence as a general under the Prince of Donghai, Sima Yue, after he quelled the rebellions of Gongshi Fan (公師藩), Ji Sang and Shi Le. Sima Yue initially valued Gou Xi, but after Gou Xi was constantly antagonized by Yue, their relationship broke down in 310. Gou Xi plotted with Emperor Huai of Jin to overthrow Yue from power, which caused Yue to die of stress shortly after, and Gou Xi being instated to the positions of Grand General and Grand Commander. However, their victory was short-lived due to the Disaster of Yongjia, which saw Emperor Huai and Luoyang’s capture at the hands of Han Zhao forces in 311. That same year, Gou Xi was captured and later executed by Shi Le. War of the Eight Princes and suppressing Sima Ying's loyalists Early career Gou Xi hailed from Shanyang County in Henei Commandery and was of humble origins. He was first emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gou (surname)
Gou ({{zh, t=苟, p=gǒu) is a Chinese surname. In 2013, it was the 225th-most common surname, shared by around 430,000 people, comprising 0.032% of the total population, with the province with the most people sharing the surname being Sichuan. Notable people * Christine Kuo (Chinese: 苟芸慧; pinyin: Gǒu Yúnhuì, 1983-) a Taiwanese-Canadian actress based in Hong Kong * Empress Gou (苟皇后, personal name unknown) an empress of the Chinese/Di state Former Qin. Her husband was Fu Jian (337–385), Fu Jiān * Gou Zhongwen (Chinese: 苟仲文; born June 1957) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2017 as the director of the State General Administration of Sports See also * Terry Gou, (郭台銘, Guo Taiming) Chairman and CEO of Foxconn (Hon Hai Technology Group) Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sima Ying
Sima Ying (司馬穎) (279 – December 306), courtesy name Zhangdu (章度), was a Jin Dynasty (266–420) imperial prince who served briefly as his brother Emperor Hui's regent and crown prince. He was the sixth of eight princes commonly associated with the War of the Eight Princes. His title was the Prince of Chengdu (成都王), but he did not receive any posthumous names. Early career Sima Ying was Emperor Wu of Jin's 16th son, by his concubine Consort Cheng. On 22 December 289,''jiashen'' day of the 11th month of the 10th year of the ''Taikang'' era, per Sima Yan's biography in ''Book of Jin'' Emperor Wu created him the Prince of Chengdu. After Emperor Wu died in May 290 and Emperor Hui succeeded to the throne, Sima Ying remained in the capital Luoyang. However, after he once rebuked Jia Mi (), the nephew of Emperor Hui's powerful wife Empress Jia Nanfeng, for disrespecting Emperor Hui's son Sima Yu the crown prince, Empress Jia sent Sima Ying away from the capital to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhongmu County
Zhongmu County (; postal: Chungmow) is a county of Henan Province, South Central China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan. It has an area of and a population of 680,000. Located in the north-central part of the province, it is the easternmost county-level division of Zhengzhou. The Battle of Guandu took place in 200 CE in the northeast of Zhongmu County. Administrative divisions As 2012, this county is divided to 2 subdistricts, 15 towns and 1 township. ;Subdistricts * Qingnianlu Subdistrict () * Dongfenglu Subdistrict () ;Towns ;Townships * Diaojia Township () Climate Transportation *China National Highway 220 China National Highway 220 (G220) runs from Binzhou, Shandong to Zhengzhou, Henan. It is 585 kilometres in length and runs southwest from Binzhou towards Zhengzhou. Route and distance See also * China National Highways The China National H ... References External linksOfficial website of Zhong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural and religious center for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. Shandong's Mount Tai is the most revered mountain of Taoism and a site with one of the longest histories of continuous religious worship in the world. The Buddhist temples in the mountains to the south of the provincial capital of Jinan were once among the foremost Buddhist sites in China. The city of Qufu is the birthplace of Confucius and was later established as the center of Confucianism. Confucianism developed from what was later called the Hundred Schools of Thought from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. Shandong's location at the intersection of ancient and modern n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shen County
Shen County (), or Shenxian, is a county of western Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan to the south and southwest and Hebei to the west. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Liaocheng. The population was in 1999. Geography and climate Shen County ranges in latitude from 35° 46' to 36° 25' N and in longitude from 115° 20' to 115° 44' E, reaching in north–south extent and in east–west width, and covers an area of . It borders Guan County and Dongchangfu District to the north, Yanggu County across the Jinxian River () to the east, Puyang City of Henan to the south, and Handan City of Hebei to the west. Shen County has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen ''BSk'') with four distinct seasons. Winters are cold and very dry, with a 24-hour average temperature of in January, while summers are hot and humid, with a 24-hour average temperature of in July; the annual mean is . Nearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingyuan County, Shandong
Pingyuan County () is a county in the northwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Dezhou. It has an area of . History At the end of the Han dynasty, Liu Bei began his political career as prefect of Pingyuan Commandery. The town was one of the starts for the anti-Western Boxer Rebellion. The population was 437,584 in 1999. Administrative divisions As 2012, this County is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 3 townships. ;Subdistricts *Longmen Subdistrict () *Taoyuan Subdistrict () ;Towns *Wangfenglou () *Qiancao () *Encheng () *Wangmiao, Dezhou, Wangmiao () *Wanggaopu () *Zhanghua, Shandong, Zhanghua () *Jiaozhan () ;Townships *Fangzi Township () *Wangdagua Township () *Santang Township () Climate References {{Authority control Counties of Shandong, Gaotang Dezhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sima Teng
Sima or SIMA may refer to: People * Sima (Chinese surname) * Sima (given name), a Persian feminine name in use in Iran and Turkey * Sima (surname) Places * Sima, Comoros, on the island of Anjouan, near Madagascar * Atapuerca Mountains#Sima de los Huesos, Sima de los Huesos, a cavern in Spain, major site of ancient hominin fossils, known as ''Sima hominins'' * Sima, Hungary * Sima, Jinxiang County, town in Jinxiang County, Shandong, China * Sima, Nepal, in the Jajarkot District of Nepal * Sima (river), a river Hordaland, Norway * Sima, Tibet, village in the north of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China * Sima, Spanish for sinkhole or pit cave, found in several placenames ** Sima de las Cotorras, Chiapas, Mexico Others * Independent Union of Maritime and Related Workers (SIMA), in Angola * Sima (architecture), the upturned edge of a classical roof * SIMA, a shipbuilding and maritime services company in Peru * Sima (geology), the lower part of Earth's crust * Sima Hydroelectric Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hua County, Henan
Hua County or Huaxian () is a county under the administration of Anyang City, in the north of Henan province, China. Its predecessor administrative area Huazhou/Hua prefecture was first established in 596 during the Sui dynasty. In 606 it was named Yanzhou (), and soon after as Dong commandery. In 618 it was combined with present Changyuan and Yanjin as Huazhou again. In 1372 it was demoted to a county. The name 'Hua' means 'slip', given because the city had many slipways. Location Hua County is located in the southmost part of Anyang. To its north lies Neihuang County, also in Anyang; to its east Puyang County in Puyang; to its south the counties of Changyuan and Fengqiu, both in Xinxiang; to its west Xinxiang's Yanjin County and Hebi's Xun County. Administration The county executive, legislature, and Basic People's Court are in Daokou, together with the CPC and PSB branches. Prior to 1949 the administrative center of Hua County was in Chengguan. Its current administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ye (Hebei)
Ye or Yecheng () was an ancient Chinese city located in what is now Linzhang County, Handan, Hebei province and neighbouring Anyang, Henan province. Ye was first built in the Spring and Autumn period by Duke Huan of Qi, and by the time of the Warring States period the city belonged to the state of Wei. During the Han dynasty, Ye was the seat of Wei Commandery and an important regional center. Ye was a political and economic center of China during the Three Kingdoms Period and Northern Dynasties. It served as the military headquarters of the warlords Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. As the years of war had destroyed the inner city of Ye, Cao Cao set about rebuilding the city in the mold of an imperial capital. He initiated a number of works in Ye, digging canals in and around the city to improve irrigation and drainage, building the Hall of Civil Splendour (文昌殿) which was to become the centerpiece of Ye's palace complex, and erecting th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sima Yong
Sima Yong (司馬顒) (before 274 - late January 307), courtesy name Wenzai (文載), was a Jin dynasty imperial prince and briefly a regent for Emperor Hui. He was the seventh of eight princes commonly associated with the War of the Eight Princes. His title was the Prince of Hejian (河間王), but he did not receive any posthumous names. Early career Sima Yong was the grandson of Sima Fu Prince Xian of Anping, the younger brother of Sima Yi and granduncle of the founder of the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu. His father Sima Gui (司馬瑰) was Prince Lie of Taiyuan (太原烈王), and after his death in 12 March 274, Sima Yong inherited his principality. In 276, he was sent to his principality (roughly modern Taiyuan, Shanxi), but on 5 October 277''guihai'' day of the 8th month of the 3rd year of the ''Xianning'' era, per Sima Yan's biography in ''Book of Jin'' his principality was moved to Hejian (河間, roughly modern Cangzhou, Hebei). He became known for his skill in finding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Province
Yan Province or Yanzhou was one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China. During the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), it covered roughly present-day southwestern Shandong, eastern Henan, and the northwestern corner of Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o .... {{PRChina-geo-stub Provinces of Ancient China Provinces of the Han dynasty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
