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Lady Xiu

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Lady Xiu, formerly romanized as Lady Hsiu, is a figure in Chinese mythology. [1]

15 relations: Chinese mythology, Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors, History of China, Qin (state), Records of the Grand Historian, Romanization of Chinese, Shang dynasty, Sima Qian, Spring and Autumn period, Swallow, Wade–Giles, Warring States period, Ye the Great, Yi (husbandman), Zhao (state).

Chinese mythology

Chinese mythology refers to myths found in the historical geographic area of China: these include myths in Chinese and other languages, as transmitted by Han Chinese and other ethnic groups, which have their own languages and myths.

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Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

This is a family tree of Chinese kings before the establishment of the title emperor (皇帝) by Shi Huangdi.

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History of China

The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC,William G. Boltz, Early Chinese Writing, World Archaeology, Vol.

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Qin (state)

Qin (Old Chinese: *) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.

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Records of the Grand Historian

The Records of the Grand Historian, also known by its Chinese name Shiji, is a monumental history of ancient China and the world finished around 94 BC by the Han dynasty official Sima Qian after having been started by his father, Sima Tan, Grand Astrologer to the imperial court.

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Romanization of Chinese

The Romanization of Chinese is the use of the Latin alphabet to write Chinese.

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Shang dynasty

The Shang dynasty or Yin dynasty, according to traditional historiography, ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Zhou dynasty.

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Sima Qian

Sima Qian was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty (206AD220).

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Spring and Autumn period

The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 771 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou Period.

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Swallow

The swallows and martins, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents except Antarctica.

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Wade–Giles

Wade–Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for Mandarin Chinese.

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Warring States period

The Warring States period was an era in ancient Chinese history of warfare, as well as bureaucratic and military reforms and consolidation, following the Spring and Autumn period and concluding with the Qin wars of conquest that saw the annexation of all other contender states, which ultimately led to the Qin state's victory in 221 BC as the first unified Chinese empire known as the Qin dynasty.

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Ye the Great

Ye or Yeh the Great was a figure in Chinese mythology.

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Yi (husbandman)

Yi (Chinese: 益, Yì; millennium BCE) was a culture hero in Chinese mythology who helped Shun and Yu the Great control the Great Flood; he served afterwards as a government minister and a successor as ruler of the empire.

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Zhao (state)

Zhao was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China.

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Lady Hsiu, Nu Hsiu, Nu-hsiu, Nvxiu.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Xiu

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