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Sima Guang: Assessing the Abilities and Virtues of People

Sima Guang (1019-1086), courtesy name Junshi, was a native of Shanxi Xia County, a litterateur, and a historian in the Northern Song Dynasty. He consecutively served as an official across four emperors, taking charge of the compilation of the first Chinese general history, History as a Mirror. He was a paradigm of Confucian education and ...

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Sima Guang.

Discoveries From China’s Bronze Age

One of the greatest discoveries from China’s Bronze Age occurred in 1939 when a bronzeware piece from the Shang Dynasty, dated to be more than 3,000 years old, was found in Anyang City, Henan Province. It is known as the Simuwu ding. An Emperor’s ceremonial cauldron A “ding” is a tripod or 4-legged ceremonial cauldron. It is ...

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Tourist visit the famous Simuwu ding bronze tripod in the National Museum of China.

Upholding Integrity: We Are Family

Throughout Chinese history, every successive dynasty would treat the people and the royal families of the previous dynasty with courtesy and respect. This was done as a way of demonstrating scrupulous regard for the great emperors of the past and upholding integrity. To show respect to the people of the Shang Dynasty, King Wu of ...

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A square bronze ding.

A Peek Into Chinese Culture Between 1600 and 221 BC

The Chinese have a grand cultural history spanning thousands of years. The period between 1600 B.C. and 221 B.C., ruled by the Shang and Zhou dynasties, was an important time in China’s history as it provided the foundations of Chinese culture. Chinese culture depicted through the Shang and Zhou dynasties The Shang Dynasty, also known ...

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