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Liao Gongyan: Xiao Chuo's Chinese Chess Game
When Su Wan, a graduate student in the Department of Modern History, opened her eyes, she became Xiao Chuo, the queen of Yelvxian of Liao Jingzong—the Xiao Chuo who was famous for her iron fist in history books. At that time, the Liao Dynasty was in turmoil: the conservative Khitan aristocrats clung to the old grassland system and refused to let go, the Han ministers Han Derang and others were eager for the Chinese reform, and in the south, Taizu and Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty were sti
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Destiny Goes West: the Biography of Princess Jieyou
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Jieyou (the granddaughter of Liu Wu, the king of Chu who had his title reduced due to a crime) was ordered to go to the Western Regions to make peace. She was an active and promising diplomat, strategist, and mother. With her wisdom and courage, she worked in distant foreign lands for decades, and made indelible contributions to maintaining peace in the western frontier of the Han Dynasty and communicating Han-Ukrainian culture. She was per
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