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Huangdior Huang-ti(Chinese; Yellow Emperor) Third of ancient China's mythological emperors and a patron saint of Daoism. According to legend, he was born in 2704 BC and became emperor in 2697. He is remembered as a paragon of wisdom who established a golden age, seeking to create an ideal kingdom in which his people would live in keeping with natural law. Tradition holds that his reign saw the introduction of wooden houses, carts, boats, the bow and arrow, writing, and governmental institutions. His wife was reputed to have taught women how to breed silkworms and weave silk. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But in China, too, the self-proclaimed First Emperor Ch'in Shi Huangdi was so obsessed with finding immortality that he sent thousands of explorers to seek it out. 483; Jindai de chidu: liangci yapian zhangzheng junshi yu waijiao [Modern measurement: military and diplomatic aspects of the two Opium Wars] (Shanghai: Sanlian shudian, 1998); Kuming tianzi: Xianfeng huangdi Yining [The ill-fated Son of Heaven: Emperor Xian Feng] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chubanshe, 1995). |
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