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Wang Mang (45 BCE [1] – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun, officially known as the Shijianguo Emperor (始建國天帝), was the founder and the only emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. [note 1] He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later seized the throne in 9 CE. The Han dynasty was restored ...
A mural showing chariots and cavalry, from the Dahuting Tomb (Chinese: 打虎亭汉墓, Pinyin: Dahuting Han mu) of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE), located in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. In 19 CE, at the behest of his key official Tian Kuang (田況), Wang Mang reacted inappropriately to the agrarian rebellions by raising taxes.
The Xin dynasty (/ ʃ ɪ n /; Chinese: 新朝; pinyin: Xīn Cháo; Wade–Giles: Hsin¹ Chʻao²), also known as Xin Mang (Chinese: 新莽) in Chinese historiography, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty which lasted from 9 to 23 AD, established by the Han dynasty consort kin Wang Mang, who usurped the throne of the Emperor Ping of Han and the infant "crown prince" Liu Ying.
When Wang Mang took power at the end of the western Han, he used the acceptance of the theory of Heaven's Mandate to his advantage. Auspicious unusual events were said to portend Heaven's choosing a new heir, so Wang fabricated omens indicating that Heaven had changed its mandate, and that it had chosen him. [33]
In his attempt to restore the ancient institutions of the Zhou dynasty, Wang Mang had issued many different types of money in very many forms. [5] [4] Because of the unrealistically high nominal value of the money issued under Wang Mang, many Chinese people had turned to casting their own coinages as a response, in order to minimise their ...
Wang Mang's jialiang is now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Inscription. Jialiang (Chinese: 嘉量; pinyin: Jiā liàng; Wade–Giles: chia¹-liang⁴; lit. 'auspicious measure') is an ancient Chinese device for measuring several volume standards. The term jialiang is mentioned in the Rites of Zhou.
In his attempt to restore the ancient institutions of the Zhou dynasty, Wang Mang had issued many different types of money in very many forms. [ 17 ] [ 16 ] Because of the unrealistically high nominal value of the money issued under Wang Mang, many Chinese people had turned to casting their own coinages as a response, in order to minimise their ...
The Horočhaidam (Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠭ ᠠ ᠴᠠᡳᡩᠠᠮ) or Huoluochaideng (Chinese: 霍洛柴登) city site in Hanggin Banner, Inner Mongolia, is known for the massive quantity of coins (3500 kg) that were found there. The coins included Wu Zhu cash coins from the Han dynasty as well as coinage produced under Wang Mang's Xin dynasty.