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  2. Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi - Wikipedia

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    Emperor Wenxuan of (Northern) Qi ( (北)齊文宣帝) (526–559), personal name Gao Yang (高洋, Wade–Giles: Kao Yang), courtesy name Zijin (子進), Xianbei name Hounigan (侯尼干), was the founding emperor of the Northern Qi dynasty of China. He was the second son of the Eastern Wei 's paramount general Gao Huan. Following the death of ...

  3. Man-lifting kite - Wikipedia

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    Man-carrying kites were used in ancient China for both civil and military purposes, and sometimes used as a punishment. [1] The Book of Sui, dating from 636 A.D, records that the tyrant Gao Yang, Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (r. 550-559), executed prisoners by ordering them to 'fly' using bamboo mats. [2]

  4. Yuan Huangtou - Wikipedia

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    Yuan Huangtou (Chinese: 元黄头; died in 559) was the son of emperor Yuan Lang of Northern Wei dynasty of China. At that time, paramount general Gao Yang took control of the court of Northern Wei's branch successor state Eastern Wei and set the emperor as a puppet. After Gao deposed the last Eastern Wei emperor and established himself as the ...

  5. Northern Qi - Wikipedia

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    Qi, known as the Northern Qi (simplified Chinese: 北齐; traditional Chinese: 北齊; pinyin: Běi Qí; Wade–Giles: Pei 3-Ch'i 2), Later Qi (後齊) or Gao Qi (高齊) in historiography, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It ruled the eastern part of northern China ...

  6. Zhuanxu - Wikipedia

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    Zhuanxu is commonly associated with the mythical "separation of the Heaven from Earth (絶地天通)". According to the Lu Xing (呂刑) chapter of Shang Shu: We are told that the Miao (苗)… created oppressive punishments which pushed the people into disorder. Shang Di, the Lord on High… surveyed the people and found them lacking in virtue.

  7. Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, Gao Yang's associate Gao Dezheng (高德政) was trying to persuade him to seize the throne. In summer 550, Gao Yang agreed, and he started advancing toward Yecheng, while sending Gao Dezheng to Yecheng to try to force the issue. Emperor Xiaojing bestowed Gao Yang the nine bestowments – the traditional penultimate step before ...

  8. Timeline of aviation before the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of aviation pre-18th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century begins Aviation portal This is a list of aviation -related events occurring before the end of the 17th century (on 31 December 1700): Antiquity c. 1700 BC Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus explores the desire to fly and the inherent dangers of it. c. 850 BC Legendary King Bladud attempts to fly over the ...

  9. Li Zu'e - Wikipedia

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    Gao Shaode, Prince of Taiyuan. Gao Baode, Princess Changle. Father. Li Xizong 李希宗. Empress Li Zu'e (Chinese: 李祖娥) (fl. 545 - 581) was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Northern Qi, known at times semi-formally as Empress Zhaoxin (昭信皇后) (due to her residence being Zhaoxin Palace). Her husband was Emperor Wenxuan (Gao Yang ...