A Floating Life in the Late Tang
晚唐浮生
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 5.9M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Jin-Sui-Tang Dynasties
- Updated
- 3y ago
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Shao Shude (Baidu Encyclopedia)
Emperor Taizu of Xia, Shao Shude (September 11, 858 – August 11, 926), whose ancestral home was Yangzhou, was born in Xishoujiang City, Fengzhou (later Da'an County) (present-day Hangjinhou Banner, Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia). He was the founding emperor of the Xia Dynasty (reigned 901-926), a statesman, strategist, and military leader.
Map of the political situation during General Shao's conquest of the world (sub-map in the comments section, the latest one is at the top).
Commander Shao annexed Hezhong, and Li Keyong annexed Lulong. Modified the previous map. Chuzhou is now an exclave. The changes have been completed. Wang Chucun of Yiwu Town and Wang Shifan, the military governor of Ziqing, have been added. Map of the situation when the Shannan East Circuit was subdued Map of the situation when Commander Shao entered Chang'an three times
Personnel of the Shaoxia Imperial Clan Court (Completed)
Quantity: 60 Eldest son, Prince Zhao, Shao Siwu, born in October 884, mother: Consort Zhao Yu (wife of He Gongya, 85?-913.5.13), Wife: Zhang Yue (daughter of Zhang Huaishen) Second son, Prince Qin → Crown Prince → Emperor Shao Chengjie, born in March 885, mother: Princess Xia → Empress Zhe Fang'ai (daughter of Zhe Zongben, 865-present), wife: Zhu Jin (daughter of Zhu Shuzong)
In the thirteenth year of Jianji's reign, he conquered and destroyed the Great Changhe Kingdom. In the summer of the fourteenth year of Jianji, a grassland alliance was held. In the autumn of the fourteenth year of Jianji, the Gaochang Uyghurs were defeated and the Anxi Circuit was established. In the summer of the fifteenth year of Jianji, he swept through the Western Regions.
Complete Map of the Imperial Empire of the Great Xia Dynasty 2.0
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Administrative divisions of various circuits at the end of the Tang Dynasty
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Map Drawn by a master on Tieba
Xia Army Military System
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By the fifth year of Qianning (898), the Xia state directly governed 32 prefectures: Ling, Yan, Hui, Xia, You, Sui, Yin, Feng, Sheng, Lin, Shuo, Fu, Fang, Yan, Dan, Qi, Long, Xing, Feng, Yang, Tong, Bin, Ning, Qing, Can, Rou, Jing, Yuan, Qian, Hua, Shan, and Guo, with a population of nearly 3.6 Million.