* Yap, Joseph P. `` Wars With the Xiongnu-A Translation From Zizhi tongjian `` ( Zhan-guo, Qin, Han and Xin 403 BCE-23 CE.

From the late 17th century onwards a whole body of literature known as the Han Kitab developed amongst the Hui Muslims of China who infused Islamic thought with Confucianism.

From the middle and late Eastern Han to the early Wei and Jin dynasties, the net growth of ancient Chinese science and technology experienced a peak ( second only to that of the Northern Song dynasty )... Han studies of the Confucian classics, which for a long time had hindered the socialization of science, were declining.

From the early Qing Dynasty, the central government was characterized by a system of dual appointments by which each position in the central government had a Manchu and a Han Chinese assigned to it.

From roughly 115 to 60 BCE, Han forces fought the Xiongnu over control of the oasis city-states in the Tarim Basin.

From 26 until 36 CE, Emperor Guangwu had to wage war against other regional warlords who claimed the title of emperor ; when these warlords were defeated, China reunified under the Han.

From the 17th century until the early 20th, the impact of the foreign settlers — the Dutch, Spanish and Han — was more extensive on the Plains tribes.

From the Han Dynasty, the title Huangdi could also be abbreviated to huang or di.

" Official Titles and Institutional Terms-Qin and Han " pp612 – 620 and Chapter 1. pp 38 – 39 in " Wars With The Xiongnu-A Translation From Zizhi tongjian ".

* Farmers, Mao, and Discontent in China: From the Great Leap Forward to the Present by Dongping Han, Monthly Review, November 2009

From the time of the Han Dynasty ( 206 BC to AD 220 ) until the implementation of the imperial examination system, most appointments in the imperial bureaucracy were based on recommendations from prominent aristocrats and local officials whilst recommended individuals were predominantly of aristocratic rank.

From at least the time of the Shang dynasty, the Han Chinese observed a number of naming taboos regulating who may or may not use a person's given name ( without being disrespectful ).

From then until 581 ( a period known as the Southern and Northern Dynasties ), Nanjing in south Jiangsu was the base of four more ethnic Han Chinese dynasties facing off with northern barbarian ( but increasingly sinicized ) dynasties.

From then on, Zhuang would usually be seen in Han Chinese historical books together with Lao.

From documentary evidence this tomb is known to have been closed in 186 BCE, early in the Western Han dynasty.

From then on, Qin was taking its shape to become the most powerful state in China before it eventually brought all of the six other states together ( Qi, Chu, Han, Yan, Zhao, and Wei ) under Qin Shi Huang.

From the territories he gained, Liu Bei established a position for himself in China during the final years of the Han Dynasty.

From the time of the Zhou Dynasty ( 1046 – 770 BCE ) until the Han Dynasty ( 206 BCE – 220 CE ), a varying number of vassal states existed in Ancient China.

* Knechtges, David R. " From the Eastern Han through the Western Jin ( AD 25 – 317 )", The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature, vol.

From the various definitions of high-fired ceramics, it is agreed that the earliest stoneware is encountered in the late Shang dynasty in China, with large quantities in production by the Han dynasty.

From the historical record, lion dance was started during the Han Dynasty.

From the Han Dynasty onwards, a process similar to the origins of Shi Jing produced the yuefu ( 樂府 " Music Bureau ") poems.

From a bibliographical point of view some of the early printed Breviaries are among the rarest of literary curiosities, being merely local.

From this perspective, much literary critical theory, since it is focused on interpretation and explanation rather than on social transformation, would be regarded as positivistic or traditional rather than critical theory in the Kantian or Marxian sense.

From within this literary environment emerged many stories and novels about private detectives, also known as private investigators, PIs and " private eyes " (" eye " being the vocalization of " I " for " investigator ").

From these, the Gothic genre per se gave way to modern horror fiction, regarded by some literary critics as a branch of the Gothic although others use the term to cover the entire genre.

From there he pursued his interest in scientific and literary studies.

From the earliest times, at least since the plays of Aristophanes, the primary topics of literary satire are politics, religion and sex.

From the key features derived from literary sources grew the detailed specific background of the stellar governments and alien races of the Traveller universe:

From the moment of this literary debut, his reviews and columns started appearing in the press, mainly in the Kurier Poranny ( Morning Courier ).

From this time forward his literary activity became very great ; in 1811 he published the Oriental tale of Ali og Gulhyndi, and in 1812 the last of his great tragedies, Stærkodder.

From the 15th to 17th centuries, classical Kurdish poets and writers developed a literary language.

From there he carried on a literary polemic for the cause of the iconodules against the synod of 815.

In his 1989 Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity, Richard Rorty argues that Derrida ( especially in his book, The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond ) purposefully uses words that cannot be defined ( e. g. Différance ), and uses previously definable words in contexts diverse enough to make understanding impossible, so that the reader will never be able to contextualize Derrida's literary self.

From the moment a legend is retold as fiction its authentic legendary qualities begin to fade and recede: in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving transformed a local Hudson River Valley legend into a literary anecdote with " Gothic " overtones, which actually tended to diminish its character as genuine legend.

From this environment emerged ( in conjunction with the literary movement ) an enclave of critical studies called genre studies.

From its inception through fiscal year end 2006, FKCA has awarded $ 433, 916 in privately-raised funds and grants to literary, visual and performing artists and cultural organizations.

File: Russian Writers 1. jpg | Gorky ( bottom left ), with fellow members of the Moscow literary group Sreda ; From top left: Skitalets, Chaliapin, and Chirikov ; from bottom left: Gorky, Andreyev, Bunin, and Teleshov.

From June 1929 until 1937 Cernuda lived in Madrid and participated actively in the literary and cultural scene of the Spanish capital.

From this play, Edmund Wilson adopted the title Axel's Castle for his influential study of the symbolist literary aftermath.

" From this promising beginning, however, it has been the application of Buechner's literary talent to theological issues that has continued to fascinate his audience:

From a literary point of view, the book is a feat of skill, since it keeps to a tiny vocabulary and tells an entertaining tale.

From the controlled and powerful swing of his walking stick which gives a youthful lift to his shoulders to the deliberate delight in and contempt for his own literary works.

From then on, Banville's life was steadily devoted to literary production and criticism.

From 1889, Barrès ' activism overshadowed his literary activities, although he tried to maintain both.

From 1916 – 17, she acted as the literary editor of the Egoist journal, while her poetry appeared in the English Review and the Transatlantic Review.