Born in the town of Xi ' e in Nanyang Commandery ( located north of modern Nanyang City, Henan province ), Zhang Heng came from a distinguished but not very affluent family.

This came around 130 BC, with the embassies of the Han Dynasty to Central Asia, following the reports of the ambassador Zhang Qian ( who was originally sent to obtain an alliance with the Yuezhi against the Xiongnu ).

During the Warlord Era in the early twentieth century, Liaoning was under the Fengtian Clique, including Zhang Zuolin and his son Zhang Xueliang ; in 1931, Japan invaded and the area came under the rule of the Japanese-controlled puppet state of Manchukuo.

Zhang first came to prominence as the result of his October 1958 Jiefang (" Liberation ") magazine entitled “ Destroy the Ideas of Bourgeois Legal Ownership .” Mao Zedong ordered the reproduction of the article in Renmin Ribao (" People ’ s Daily "), and personally wrote an accompanying “ Editor ’ s Note ” giving mild approval.

A breakthrough came in 1934, when the cartoonist was introduced to Zhang Chongren, a Chinese student, who explained Chinese politics, culture, language, art, and philosophy to him, which Hergé used to great effect in The Blue Lotus.

One of the best reviews came from Manohla Dargis in The New York Times, who called the film, " An unqualified triumph ," and praised Zhang Ziyi's performance, states: " Ms. Zhang's shockingly intense performance burns a hole in the film that gives everything, including all the other relationships, a sense of terrific urgency.

Hsüan Tsung having promised, Fa-shan then said: " Zhang Guo Lao is a white spiritual bat which came out of primeval chaos.

He stretched his neck out to make it easier for him to be beheaded, and the angry Cao Cao then came for Zhang Liao with a sword in hand.

Zhang He and his troops then came under command of the new lord.

Fortunately, a friendly force led by Guan Xing and Zhang Bao came to the rescue and brought back Huang Zhong.

They found three descendants of Liu Zhang, Prince of Chengyang, who was very popular with the people of his principality ( from which many Chimei soldiers came ) and who was worshiped as a god after his death.

The old man came back after walking a distance and praised Zhang Liang, " This child can be taught!

Zhang Qian also describes the origins of the Yuezhi, explaining they came from the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, a momentous explanation which has encouraged historians to connect them to the Caucasoid mummies, as well as to the Indo-European-speaking Tocharians that have been identified from precisely the same area:

One of his staff came out and reminded him that Cao Cao's order was that the army could not cross the jurisdiction of Dai, and further pursuit was straightly prohibited, but Cao Zhang argued that a good general did not follow dull orders, and threatened if anyone did not join the pursuit would be penalized with death sentence ; thus, they performed a 24 hours dash to catch up with the Wuhuan cavalry, and dealt the latter a major blow which caused a few thousands casualties.

However, news came that Cao Zhang, leading a hundred-thousand strong army from Chang ' an, was approaching the capital.

She came in victorious in singles, winning the title by beating Tímea Babos 6 – 3, 6 – 3 in the final ; and finished as the runner up in doubles, partnering with Zhang Shuai, to Chan Hao-ching and Rika Fujiwara 6 – 4, 4 – 6,.

More proof of Zhang Chu's considerable talent with language came in the form of a pair of allegorical tracks on the album: " Ants ants " and " The fly ".

One exception came at the 2007 All-Englands where Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen defeated both of these teams to capture the highly coveted title.

Zhang's armies moved on to attack Tian Rong of Qi, while Xiang Liang of Chu came to help Qi and defeated Zhang.

The story in The Story of the Western Wing by Wang Shifu of the Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 – 1368 ) directly came from the prose romance The Story of Yingying by Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ). The Story of Yingying is a tragedy about the love, union and separation between Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying in the first year of the Zhenyuan reign in the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ).

After the death of Zhang Rang, warlord He Jin came into power, and Wang Yun was promoted to the Gentleman of the Household and later to the Intendant of Henan ( 河南尹 ).

According to Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks (; Pingzhou Ketan ) of 1119, Shen Kuo had two marriages ; the second wife was the daughter of Zhang Chu (), who came from Huainan.

When Cao Cao's force came to the Bai River ( 白河 ), Zhang Xiu promptly surrendered and was allowed to keep control of Wancheng.

* The Dream Recollections of Taoan-Flashes of memories of his earlier life that came to Zhang Dai whilst in hiding as a Taoist monk following the fall of the Ming.

Zhou's talents also attracted the attention of Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling.

Zhang Liang remained behind to hold Xiang Yu's attention while Liu Bang escaped.

These three, together with Zhang Junmai, issued in 1958 the New Confucian Manifesto consolidating their beliefs and drawing attention to their philosophical movement.

While serving at Yangzhou, Shen's brilliance and dutiful character caught the attention of Zhang Chu (; 1015 – 1080 ), the Fiscal Intendant of the region.

Zhang turned his attention to Confucianism and Taoism, but neither of their philosophies could help him find the truth.

Zhang first drew the attention of the king by bestowing expensive gifts to his favoured official, Jin Shang.

The Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders and Miscellaneous Illnesses was collated by Zhang Zhongjing sometime between 196 and 220 CE, at the end of the Han dynasty.

In his 1341 poem, The Iron Cannon Affair, one of the first accounts of the use of gunpowder artillery in China, Xian Zhang wrote that a cannonball fired from an eruptor could " pierce the heart or belly when it strikes a man or horse, and can even transfix several persons at once.

Hergé agreed, and in the spring of 1934 Gosset introduced him to Chang Chong-jen ( Zhang Chongren ), a young sculpture student at the Brussels Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts.

A short story appearing in Zhang Zhuo's ( 660-741 ) Tang anthology shows how the deity had been venerated in Shaolin from at least the eighth century.

The first organized form of Taoism, the Tianshi ( Celestial Masters ') school ( later known as Zhengyi school ), developed from the Five Pecks of Rice movement at the end of the 2nd century AD ; the latter had been founded by Zhang Daoling, who claimed that Laozi appeared to him in the year 142.

When he returned, the astrologer recognised it as the shuttle of the Weaving Girl ( Vega ), and, moreover, said that at the time Zhang received the shuttle, he had seen a wandering star interpose itself between the Weaving Girl and the cow herd.

A 2nd-century Lacquerware | lacquer-painted scene on a basket box showing famous figures from Chinese history who were paragons of filial piety ; Zhang Heng became well-versed at an early age in the Five Classics | Chinese classics and the philosophy of China's earlier sages.

When Bao De was recalled to the capital in 111, to serve as a minister of finance, Zhang continued his literary work at home in Xi ' e.

Zhang Heng began his studies in astronomy at the age of thirty, and began publishing his works in astronomy and mathematics.

When he was nominated to serve at the capital, Zhang was escorted by carriage — a symbol of his official status — to Luoyang, where he became a court gentleman working for the Imperial Secretariat.

In addition to recording heavenly observations and portents, preparing the calendar, and reporting which days were auspicious or not, Zhang was also in charge of an advanced literacy test for all candidates of the Imperial Secretariat and Censorate ( who were expected to know at least 9, 000 Chinese characters and all major writing styles ).

Liu Zhen and Liu Taotu were Zhang's only historian allies at court, and after their deaths Zhang had no further opportunities for promotion to the prestigious post of court historian.

Zhang enjoyed a short period of retirement at his home in Xi ' e, Nanyang, before being called back to the capital, where he died in 139.

Rafe de Crespigny, Tong Xiao, and David R. Knechtges claim that Zhang wrote this as an innuendo hinting at his inability to keep in contact with the emperor, hindered by unworthy rivals and petty men.

Zhang Jue dies due to illness, his brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang are defeated at Guanzhong.

Combining Hobson's activation synthesis hypothesis with Solms ' findings, the continual-activation theory of dreaming presented by Jie Zhang proposes that dreaming is a result of brain activation and synthesis ; at the same time, dreaming and REM sleep are controlled by different brain mechanisms.

Lin delivered the keynote address at the Congress: a document drafted by hardliner leftists Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao under Mao's guidance.

The attacks on Zhang found favour with many attendees at the Plenum, and may have been construed by Mao as an indirect attack on the Cultural Revolution itself.

* Zhang Liao holds off Sun Quan's invasion force at the siege of Hefei.

So he would rather ignore the discontent and anger among Chinese people at his policy of compromise with the Japanese, and ordered KMT Generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng to carry out suppression of the CPC and their provincial forces suffered significant casualties in battles with the Red Army. ref "

Zhang had taken a different route of evacuation, and arrived at Lianghekou with 84, 000 troops in relatively good condition.

Sun Jian and Sun Ce's most senior officers, such as Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Cheng Pu remained loyal ; in fact it was mentioned in Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Sun Ce had at his deathbed reminded Sun Quan that " in internal matters, consult Zhang Zhao, in external matters, consult Zhou Yu.