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Meanwhile, Ming loyalist forces numbering 70,000 well-equipped troops were coalescing in the mountains south of Xi'an, under former Ming commanders Sun Shoufa, He Zhen, and Wu Dading, capturing the city of Fengxiang. As they advanced toward Xi'an they were flanked by recent Ming defectors under Meng Qiaofang, and overrun with Bannermen. [172]
The art of recovering from a fall proves just how skilled a model really is. Model Ming Xi proved to the world that she's a total catwalk pro when she fell -- looking absolutely graceful, we might ...
Xi also participated in the Met Gala red carpet with Kors and Huntington-Whiteley. [6] In 2015, Olivier Rousteing , creative director of Balmain, invited Xi to model the Balmain 2015 Fall runway along with Alessandra Ambrosio , Adriana Lima , Constance Jablonski , Taylor Hill , Joan Smalls , Cindy Bruna , Jourdan Dunn , Karlie Kloss , Magdalena ...
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Portrait of Wang Yangming (1472–1529), considered the most influential Confucian thinker since Zhu Xi. During the Ming dynasty, the Neo-Confucian doctrines of the Song scholar Zhu Xi were embraced by the court and the Chinese literati at large, although the direct line of his school was destroyed by the Yongle Emperor's extermination of the ...
Wu Sangui (Chinese: 吳三桂; pinyin: Wú Sānguì; Wade–Giles: Wu San-kuei; 8 June 1612 – 2 October 1678), courtesy name Changbai (長白) or Changbo (長伯), was a Chinese military leader who played a key role in the fall of the Ming dynasty and the founding of the Qing dynasty.
Zhang Xianzhong (張獻忠 or Chang Hsien-chung; 18 September 1606 – 2 January 1647), courtesy name Bingwu (秉吾), art name Jingxuan (敬軒), was a Chinese peasant leader who led a peasant rebellion from Yan'an wei, Shaanxi (today Yulin, Shaanxi province) during the Ming-Qing transition.
The Shun dynasty, [a] officially the Great Shun, [b] also known as Li Shun, [c] was a short-lived dynasty of China that existed during the Ming–Qing transition.The dynasty was founded in Xi'an on 8 February 1644, the first day of the lunar year, by Li Zicheng, the leader of a large peasant rebellion, by proclaiming himself "emperor" (皇帝) instead of the title "king" (王) before founding ...