Unit 2 Terms Flashcards
3 main periods of 漢?
西漢、新、東漢
Name of Gengshi 更始 Emperor between 新 and 東漢?
Liu Xuan 劉玄
Who was Liu Xuan?
ruled between 新 and 東漢
First emperor of Eastern Han?
Guangwu 光武 Emperor Liu Xiu 劉秀
Who was Liu Xiu?
first emperor of Eastern Han
When was Jian’an 建安?
sub-period of Eastern Han
Three Kingdoms 三国?
Wei 魏, Shu-Han 蜀漢, Wu 吳
Two periods of Jin 晉?
西晉、東晉
Order of: Three Kingdoms, Eastern Han, Qin, Xin, Western Han, Eastern Jin, Western Jin
Qin, Western Han, Xin, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, Eastern Jin
秦始皇?
Qin Shihuang, first emperor of Qin (and ever)
漢高祖
Han Goazu, founding emperor of Han
漢武帝
Emperor Wu of Han
Sima Xiangru
Author of “The Great One”, hyperbole for emperor
Sima Qian
Castrated noble who wrote with themes of being remembered (Letter, assassin…)
Dongfang Shuo
Great official, contemporary of Wu Handi