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"at the time. Antoninus Pius died in AD 161. The confusion arises because Marcus Aurelius took as additional names, those of his predecessor as a mark of respect. He is referred to in Chinese history as An Tun (= Antoninus) hence the confusion]--> reached the Chinese capital Luoyang in 166 and was greeted by Emperor Huan."
What has this to do with the Han-Dynasty?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) 2:25, 18 February 2005 (UTC)
I found a flag and drew it, then uploaded it. It's File:Han Chinese Flag.png. I think it's official. Shikku27316 (talk) 00:43, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
- Uh, barring the fact that you used the wrong font in replicating the flag, we don't have any evidence that this design was the one they used two thousand years ago. _dk (talk) 02:09, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
- Okay. I just saw it on a search, and it was taken in China, around other flags, so I figured it may mean something. Even if it's just an ethnic flag. Shikku27316 (talk) 21:50, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Dynasty or empire[edit]
A small problem in terminology: in the infobox, the caption on the map refers to it as the Han Dynasty. Strictly speaking, a dynasty consists of a number of rulers, that is people, whereas a map shows the empire they ruled. So it seems to me the caption should be changed to Han Empire, both here and in the hook that's now in the queue to appear as a DYK. I could change it here, but not in the queue, since I'm not an admin. Also, in the DYK hook, "pictured" should be changed to "shown", since a map isn't a picture. Hope this helps. Awien (talk) 10:00, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- The first time I've heard of "Han Empire"... ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 12:54, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- I disagree. Nobody says that a dynasty should have a number of rulers ruling all at once. During the Han Dynasty, you had Liu Bang, who more or less started this period. Power then passed on to his descendants, including Liu Bei, and the Han Dynasty went on to become one of the longest-lived dynasties in Chinese history. I hope I've got my stuff right. :P ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 12:54, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. I meant that a dynasty consists of a series of rulers, one after the other. But a map shows the realm/empire/lands/? over which the dynasty ruled, not the dynasty as such. Does that make more sense? Awien (talk) 13:02, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- Btw, when nobody seemed to be around, I asked an admin, Crisco1492, what he thought about tweaking the DYK hook. I wasn't trying to go over people's heads, it was just that time's short. Awien (talk) 13:06, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- Just checked: the description of the actual map in question calls it "Han Dynasty empire 87 BC". Awien (talk) 13:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- Here's another map that calls it an empire: [1] Awien (talk) 13:12, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- So specifically, the tweak I'm suggesting for the hook is: ... that the Han Dynasty (empire shown) decided to intervene in a war between Minyue and Eastern Ou because of a belief in the Son of Heaven's mandate as emperor, a Chinese political and philosophical concept?
- And after all, an emperor rules over an empire, doesn't he? Awien (talk) 13:34, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Smaller new kingdoms or commanderies?[edit]
I have corrected the sentence "[...]limiting the size and power of these kingdoms and dividing them into smaller ones new commanderies." to say "into smaller new commanderies" since the previous phrasing was clearly incorrect, and it seemed the intent was to say "new commanderies". However, I have no familiarity with the subject, and it is plausible that what was meant was "smaller new kingdoms", and that there is a significant difference between kingdoms and commanderies. I wanted to bring this to the attention of anyone knowledgeable about the subject so that they may correct the information as appropriate.220.127.116.11 (talk) 16:54, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- Well, apparently some little jerkoff vandalized the page a while ago by removing the word "or" between the two phrases. I just rewrote the last part of the sentence entirely by referring back to Loewe (1986) for clarification. It reads much better than it did before, actually.--Pericles of AthensTalk 06:08, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Han Dynasty to Han dynasty[edit]
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: all moved. There is a clear consensus, both here and at the RFC on this topic to use the lowercase format. There is also a clear consensus here that the natural language disambiguation of "Foo dynasty" is preferable to the parenthesised form "Foo (dynasty)", per WP:NATURALDIS. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:00, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
- Han Dynasty → Han dynasty
- Tang Dynasty → Tang dynasty
- Song Dynasty → Song dynasty
- Yuan Dynasty → Yuan dynasty
- Ming Dynasty → Ming dynasty
- Qing Dynasty → Qing dynasty
– A proposal to lower case "dynasty" received overwhelming support here. This ngram shows that lower casing is significantly more common in the RS. Since "dynasty" is properly capitalized when it appears in a book title and in some other contexts, the ngram may understate the real difference in usage. Britannica gives these dynasties lower cased here and here. The Chicago Manual of Style gives the examples "Qing dynasty," "Ming dynasty," and "Shang dynasty." The manual explains that the word "dynasty" should be lower cased because it is, "considered an era rather than a political division" (Section 8.71). CMOS is the most widely used style guide and is cited or recommended in the MOS in several places. For non-Asian dynasties, the convention of lower casing is well established, as you can see from this ngram. Taekwondo Panda (talk) 13:15, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Alternative proposal. I am (begrudgingly) accepting that there is a consensus to move to lower case. However, this will lead to awkwardness when categories and other related items are then moved in accordance. (Think, for example, Han dynasty emperors.) This is what I would suggest instead:
- Also, it should be noted that these six are not the only articles in this posture. See Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Jin Dynasty (265–420), Liang Dynasty, Chen Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, and Jin Dynasty (1115–1234), each of which would have to be moved in the same way, and my suggestion to them is the same — to "Foo (dynasty)" as opposed to "Foo dynasty" except for the Jins, which I would suggest moving to "Jin (265–420)" and "Jin (1115–1234)" respectively. --Nlu (talk) 13:35, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Comment I'm leaning towards supporting this, but I think there are issues to consider. For example would Li Ling (Han Dynasty) be moved to Li Ling (Han)? Or Li Ling (Han general)? Timmyshin (talk) 20:00, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support Nlu's alternative proposal. Looks more in line with how these kinds of headlines usually are treated at Wikipedia. 18.104.22.168 (talk) 13:43, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support @Nlu:'s alternative proposal. I wasn't 100% sold on the change to "dynasty" and this is a good alternative. As noted above, this will also avoid issues with category moves. ► Philg88 ◄ talk 14:06, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose parenthetical disambiguators per WP:NATURAL (#1). — AjaxSmack 02:16, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support original proposal per RfC. I thought we'd been through all this in the discussion linked above. Regarding Nlu's suggestion, parenthetical disambiguation is unnecessary when the commonly-used phrase "Han dynasty" provides natural disambiguation. Naming of categories is a secondary issue that shouldn't drive naming of articles. Kanguole 14:51, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support original proposal per RfC. Putting the word dynasty in parenthesis is not the way Wikipedia handle dynasty articles, and I am not convinced that "Tang (dynasty) emperors" as category name look better, why not "Emperors of Tang dynasty"? _dk (talk) 15:55, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Neutral
Support original proposalper Dk. I think in RS, it is referred to as "Han dynasty" not "Han (dynasty)" nor simply "Han". But in my opinion, such move would lead to moving hundred of established articles on Wikipedia such as Government of the Han dynasty,Southward expansion of the Han dynasty and so on. So I think it shouldn't be done unless necessary and uncontroversial. SWH® talk 16:16, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Technical difficulty or quantity of work involved should not be a consideration here. There are automated tools and bots that can do allot of the grunt work. Example, we moved all articles containing People's Republic of China → China. That involved a huge number of articles but it got done. Rincewind42 (talk) 10:40, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support original proposal on using lowercase "X dynasty", reflecting the common use in reliable sources and the preceding RFC discussion. Oppose alternative proposal using "X (dynasty)" with the parenthetical disambiguation, because there's a natural disambiguation which is overwhelmingly-common in reliable sources and I'm not convinced the purported "awkwardness" should have any bearing on it nor is it conventional. Comment. The RFC should not have been prematurely closed, considering the amount of articles it affects. This move request does not encompass the wholeness of Chinese dynasty articles (many of which haven't been put forth and should be added). --Cold Season (talk) 19:13, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support original proposal. And of course: (1) move *all* the dynasties that are conventionally discussed as part of Chinese history; and (2) uncapitalize the other articles that have "Foo dynasty" in their titles, because Government of the Foo dynasty and Zhang San (Foo dynasty) look perfectly natural with lowercase. Nlu's proposal deserves consideration, and I was about to support it because reliable sources often speak of "the Song", "the Liao", etc. But Foo dynasty also looks natural with lowercase, it reflects what the lede of these articles says, and we can't have titles like "Li Si (Foo [dynasty])" or "Li Si (Han [dynasty] general)", so we might as well be consistent and use "Foo dynasty" throughout. The only problem I can envisage is when "Foo dynasty" is used as a modifier. This happens mostly in category names: Category:Han Dynasty generals, Category:Qing Dynasty poets, and the like. In such cases, I'd say cut "dynasty" altogether. Most category names would remain clear ("Liao poets", "Song chancellors"), with one possible exception, "Han Xxxx", which risks confusing "Han Chinese" with "Han dynasty". If this happens, a simple hat note could easily clarify things. Summary: the simplest and most consistent way to solve all this is to move everything that has "Foo Dynasty" in its title to "Foo dynasty", except when "Foo dynasty" is used as modifier, in which case we should use only the dynastic name ("Foo" without "dynasty"). Madalibi (talk) 07:37, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support original proposal. Not a proper noun and so 'dynasty' should not be capitalised. A quick search on google books shows that it is not normally capitalised in English language sources. In keeping with other articles such as Elizabethan era (England) or Rurik dynasty (Russian). Oppose alternative proposal as an superfluous complication. See WP:NATURAL. Rincewind42 (talk) 10:35, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose - "dynasty" in this case is part of a proper noun (name), and therefore should be capitalized. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 23:06, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- That is based on little-to-none. It certainly does not reflect the sources, where--as previously stated and shown by other users--the decapitalized "dynasty" is the most prevalent one in use. --Cold Season (talk) 03:09, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Hi ミーラー強斗武: this move request is a bit misleading, as we have already established a consensus on whether "dynasty" should be capitalized. See Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese)#Capitalization: "Foo Dynasty" or "Foo dynasty"? Cheers, Madalibi (talk) 03:33, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- That is based on little-to-none. It certainly does not reflect the sources, where--as previously stated and shown by other users--the decapitalized "dynasty" is the most prevalent one in use. --Cold Season (talk) 03:09, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support original proposal due to the natural language aspect (there's no need for parentheticals here) and due to the overwhelming consensus at the RfC. — Huntster (t @ c) 18:31, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Oppoose. First of all, many English sources that covers Chinese history do often use the upper case "Dynasty"; they range from the Metropolitan Museum of Art [2] [3], to the University of Cambridge [4], to the Stanford University [5], to the Smithsonian Institution [6] and to the BBC [7]. Simply put, the use of the upper case "Dynasty" when referring to Chinese dynasties/states is common in English. I do agree that the lower case is more often used in the content/body of the works (in a sentence etc.), but not when it comes to the actual main "title". Thus I think the main title should stay upper case, but usage in the article be the lower case. And also to consider, this drastic move would impact many many articles. Finally, I think this move should not be hurried.--Balthazarduju (talk) 20:42, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- As you say, the lower case form is more common in running text, including in several of the examples you link to. Because Wikipedia is based around hyperlinks, the running text style is what is usually used for article titles, per WP:NCCAPS. As that guideline says, "adherence to conventions widely used in the genre are critically important to credibility." Kanguole 21:19, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- In the Metropolitan Museum of Art [8] [9] they use a lower case 'd' "...China until the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911..." or "China was reunited under the rule of the Han dynasty" the heading uses an upper case 'D' because their manual of style (MOS) uses title case. In title case, all words are capitalised except for certain small words like 'a', 'of' or 'the'. Wikipedia's MOS says to use sentence case in titles and headings and not to use title case. (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Article_titles.
- The Stanford University [10] paper is inconsistent. One line it has, "..that the Shang Dynasty is the..." then the next line has, "Legends speak of the earlier Xia dynasty..." All we derive form that is the the article is that it doesn't follow any MOS and it poorly copy edited.
- The Smithsonian Institution [11] is another example of title case. It is a style for headings only and not an indication for prose or for wikipedia headings. Within their prose they use a small 'd' or omit the word dynasty completely such as, "Around 1050 B.C.E, this group conquered the Shang and setablished the Zhou dynasty."
- Rather than looking at web base sources, which tend to be low quality with light editorial control, try searching on Google Books and Google Scholar and see what academic publications use: Google Scholar search for "Han dynasty" and Google books search for "Han dynasty".
- -- Rincewind42 (talk) 06:00, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
- Support original proposal to reflect common usage. Second choice would be to support the alternate proposal. The status quo is my least favored alternative. Good Ol'factory (talk) 22:57, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Other dynasties to consider:
- Missed by nominator: Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Jin Dynasty (265–420), Liang Dynasty, Chen Dynasty, Liu Song Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)
- Xin Dynasty, Shun Dynasty - These ones don't make sense to me as they aren't "dynasties" in the English usage of the word. Someone please check RS to see how they are named.
- Vietnamese dynasties: Hồng Bàng Dynasty, Triệu Dynasty, Early Lý Dynasty, Ngô Dynasty, Đinh Dynasty, Lý Dynasty, Hồ Dynasty, Lê Dynasty, Tây Sơn Dynasty, Trần Dynasty, Nguyễn Dynasty. Notice some Vietnamese dynasties are already lower cased: Early Lê dynasty, Mạc dynasty, Later Trần dynasty.
- Burmese dynasties: Taungoo Dynasty, Konbaung Dynasty, Tibetan Phagmodrupa Dynasty, not sure at all about these.
Timmyshin (talk) 18:03, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- The RFC discussion only covered Chinese dynasties. Kanguole 18:29, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Well, are Liao Dynasty and Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) Chinese? Yuan and Qing? I think you have to at least consider the Vietnamese dynasties. Timmyshin (talk) 18:51, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Liao, Jin, Yuan and Qing are clearly part of Chinese history. Qing was used as an example several times in the discussion. The Vietnamese dynasties aren't, and should be considered separately. Kanguole 19:05, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Clearly part of Chinese history just means that their boundaries today fall for the most part in the PR China map. Both linguistically and culturally, Lý Dynasty is much more similar to Song Dynasty than Liao Dynasty, for example. I'm not saying you are wrong, but it makes no sense to read something like "The Song dynasty borders the Lý Dynasty and the Liao dynasty." especially if the Lý dynasty had been a vassal state of the Song. Consistency is important. Timmyshin (talk) 19:31, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Liao, Jin, Yuan and Qing are clearly part of Chinese history. Qing was used as an example several times in the discussion. The Vietnamese dynasties aren't, and should be considered separately. Kanguole 19:05, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Well, are Liao Dynasty and Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) Chinese? Yuan and Qing? I think you have to at least consider the Vietnamese dynasties. Timmyshin (talk) 18:51, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Bunching everything together from a variety of fields will often result in no-results. I have to agree with Kanguole that the dynasties outside the scope of Chinese history should be considered separately. I'm certainly not that focused on Vietnamese or Burmese history; I like too wager plenty involved users aren't. There's no reason to bunch up everything together here in as a logistic mess. It does not matter what kind of relatedness there is between topics, what matters is what academic field notably deals with it and how. List one and two should definitely be considered in this move request though. --Cold Season (talk) 19:48, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- Comment: Moving Han Dynasty for example, will inevitably affect about one hundred articles with Han Dynasty in their titles. Should we notify at all these articles' talk pages too? I think the editors of all these articles may have legitimate interest to participate in this discussion.SWH® talk 03:54, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- No, not all. We should notify the editors of all Chinese dynasties articles (including those that the nomination missed) and the related high-traffic (sub-)articles (in what is reasonable like how the move request of China happened). --Cold Season (talk) 17:43, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- Comment: Let's not rush into this without considering whether the whole thing is going to end up as an inconsistent mess. Apropos the preceding comments that the Vietnamese dynasties should be considered separately - a large part of the previous discussion resolved around whether "Foo Dynasty" is a proper noun. The (partly implied) consensus was that it isn't so that means that the names of the Vietnamese dynasties aren't either so they cannot be considered as a seperate case. They would have to move too if the rule is to be applied consistently and no doubt the members of Wikiproject:Vietnam would want to comment before that happens. Then there's Korea ... ► Philg88 ◄ talk 05:54, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- The RFC at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese) was surely limited to Chinese history. We heard again and again how English-language authors writing about Chinese history referred to the dynasties as the "Han dynasty", etc. We can't extend that to other countries without a separate discussion. And since people are already worried about the scale of the long-overdue fix to Chinese history articles, perhaps it would be better not to broaden its scope now. Let's fix this and let authors more familiar with the literature on Vietnamese history discuss those separately. Kanguole 09:57, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- @Kanguole: That is a valid point, however, my issue is that if something is not a proper noun when applied to Chinese history, how can it possibly be one when applied to Vietnamese history? Surely the rules of grammar apply across the board? ► Philg88 ◄ talk 10:59, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- It's an argument that could be made, but note that Talk:First Dynasty of Egypt#Requested move went the other way because authors in that field treat "First Dynasty" etc as proper names. However we've already got plenty on our plate, so let's leave the broader issue for elsewhere. Kanguole 11:11, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- @Kanguole: That is a valid point, however, my issue is that if something is not a proper noun when applied to Chinese history, how can it possibly be one when applied to Vietnamese history? Surely the rules of grammar apply across the board? ► Philg88 ◄ talk 10:59, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- The RFC at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese) was surely limited to Chinese history. We heard again and again how English-language authors writing about Chinese history referred to the dynasties as the "Han dynasty", etc. We can't extend that to other countries without a separate discussion. And since people are already worried about the scale of the long-overdue fix to Chinese history articles, perhaps it would be better not to broaden its scope now. Let's fix this and let authors more familiar with the literature on Vietnamese history discuss those separately. Kanguole 09:57, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- I've assembled a list of the article titles that I think are affected by the RFC, grouped by the way the name is used, at User:Kanguole/Dynasties. Like Madalibi, I think the only problematic ones are the last group, where "X Dynasty" is used as a modifier. They are so few they could be handled separately. I think that for some of those re-phrasing might be the best course. Kanguole 18:40, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- Great work! Timmyshin (talk) 03:06, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- My guess is that Hapsburg dynasty is a family of rulers and Ming Dynasty is a historical period and distinct government. In Liao Dynasty, etc. Dynasty means kingdom, or something close. The Chinese word behind Dynasty is something stronger than the European sense of a ruling family, which causes the problem.01:05, 16 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjamin Trovato (talk • contribs)
- I don't believe the "dynasty" in "Ming dynasty" and "Liao dynasty" are any different. The one that I believe might be different is Chen Dynasty, which is more like Vietnamese dynasties in being denoted by the rulers' surname. Asian regimes are clearly different from European dynasties. Personally, I would have liked to see all the Chinese "dynasties" (other than Xia, Shang, and Zhou) renamed to "empires", if just to resolve the problems with Xin Dynasty and Shun Dynasty, and I'm clearly not the only one holding this opinion, just scroll the page up to see a discussion from last year; but I realize such a proposal is unlikely to get much support from WP:RS. Timmyshin (talk) 03:06, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- I don't see how it is an imperfect translation (edit summary) to cause a problem. "Dynasty" can mean a line of ruling people of a region or a period of the region during the line of ruling people ([13][14]), consistent with the common usage in these articles and the sources, e.g. "during the Foo dynasty". --Cold Season (talk) 03:09, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- This is explained in the nomination. In this context, "dynasty" means era. That implies the word should be lower cased. Whether or not the name of a dynasty is same as that of the ruling family has nothing to do with it. The name of a political unit is upper cased, so it's "Han Empire." The reason for calling the subjects dynasties is because they are considered eras of Chinese history. But you can consider each one to be its own thing and still lower case. A state can exist in a single era that is named for itself. The translation issue is a separate thing altogether. As far as Vietnamese dynasties go, there is no grammatical reason to treat them differently. I assume they were upper cased to correspond to Wikiproject China usage. Taekwondo Panda (talk) 04:06, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
Remember to check for red links if you're lowercasing "dynasty" in the prose, especially concerning low-traffic articles. --Cold Season (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
List of Countries that the Han Empire Conquered[edit]
On the template only PRC, North Korea, and Vietnam are included on the list of countries that made up the Han Empire. However, I politely disagree. Mongolia was taken by China through the Battle of Mobei. Also, the Central Asian countries were also taken by China through their wars against the Xiongnu. A great example is the Battle of Taraz, which took place in present-day Kazakhstan. Please add these countries to the list in order to create a more realistic and historically accurate article. Thank you, 220.127.116.11 (talk) 01:51, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
- The Battle of Mobei was part of the wider Han–Xiongnu War, which was more about stopping Xiongnu incursions rather than territorial expansion. To suggest that the conflict resulted in Han control of Mongolia and Kazakhstan is a bit wide of the mark. ► Philg88 ◄ talk 05:29, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
I think it is quite clear even in the article itself that the Han Empire held uncontested control over Central Asia through is conquests of the Xiongnu Empire. While it is completely true that Mongolia and the Central Asian republics did not exist back then, the Chinese still held onto territory that is now under their jurisdiction. Also, please get your facts straight before you rashly respond to my messages. Emperor Han Wudi launched several significant invasions deep into Mongol territory. Is this not a form of territorial expansion? If it isn't, please use reasonable logic to defend your argument. Do not simply assume things without evidence. Last but certainly not least, the map of the empire is nowhere near accurate. There is no indication whatsoever of the Han Empire's military campaigns in Mongolia and Central Asia. Without an accurate map, how are readers supposed to receive truthful and untampered information? Thank you for your careful consideration. Aslanofnarnia7 (talk) 05:13, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
- You are trying to apply modern western concepts of nation states with defined territories and governments onto events that happened around two-thousand years. It doesn't work. The past is like a foreign country, they do things differently there. The Han missions into central Asia do not principally constitute territorial expansion. That was not their purpose, objective, nor their result. Rincewind42 (talk) 13:06, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Religion during the Han dynasty[edit]
Title Early Chinese Religion: Part One: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 AD) (2 Vols) Early Chinese Religion Editors John Lagerwey, Marc Kalinowski Publisher BRILL, 2008 ISBN 9004168354, 9789004168350
Rajmaan (talk) 19:29, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
In academic sources the map for the Han dynasty always includes the Protectorate of the Western Regions in the Tarim Basin as a solid block of color, whether the same or different shade than the rest of the Han dynasty (the commanderies). The protectorates are never shown as a bunch of dots which is what the current map does.
- http://education.randmcnally.com/classroom/rmc/viewLargerMapImage.do?mapFileName=Han_Dynasty.jpg&imageTitle=Han%20Dynasty&skillLevel=Elem&oid=1073909860
- http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0402/feature1/map.html
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/62415
- http://mrbarbersocialstudies.com/Socialstudies/World_History_Chapter_6.html
- http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~fisher/HST140_2008/Han_Dynasty.html
- http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/Archives/ED101sp07/barborek/handynasty.htm
- http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/Archives/spring04/lmchang/site/dynasty-han.htm
- http://asia.isp.msu.edu/wbwoa/east_asia/china/history/Han_Dynasty.htm
- http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html
- https://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/1xarhan1.htm
- http://mscaputouhs.wikispaces.com/file/view/qin_and_han_dynasty_map.png/140093141/qin_and_han_dynasty_map.png
Even when the western protectorate is shown as a different color it is colored in solid and not as a bunch of dots.
Same issue with the map on Qin dynasty - no other academic source represent the south as a bunch of dots all over the place, they showmthe thing as a solid block of color connected to the rest of the empire.
For those who say its because the empire only has control over the cities and outposts- no real life academic publisher makes maps like that. If they did, the Persian Empire would be a bunch of unconnected dots and roads, the United States in the early nineteenth map should be represented as a bunch of dots centered around where the cities and forts were since they didn't even have full control over the Native American tribes ans so on for other countries in similar situations.Rajmaan (talk) 19:36, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
- Indeed. Using dots to show the cities under control is not clear and misleading.--Alvin Lee 07:13, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
- The creator of the map User:Yuninjie provided no sources for the borders and territories depicted. This is almost an entirely user made map, same as the Qin dynasty one. This is a serious violation of WP:Original research and I recommend it be deleted. Better no map than a misleading map. I don't know why people treat images differently from articles content when it comes to original research, especially on historical maps. What is that random salient in the Ordos loop on that map for?Rajmaan (talk) 06:32, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- Indeed. Using dots to show the cities under control is not clear and misleading.--Alvin Lee 07:13, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
I have reverted the text
- The character 'Han' (漢) itself refers to the Milky Way, due to the ancient Chinese cosmological belief that everything in the mortal world reflected the heavens, and the Han River, flowing through the central part of China proper, was considered to correspond with the Milky Way.
While the character 漢 can refer to both the river and the Milky Way, there is no evidence that the former was named after the latter, and thus the celestial feature is not relevant to the dynasty. In addition, we should be using modern scholarship instead of old sources like the Kangxi dictionary (though it doesn't support the claimed derivation either). In fact some sources (e.g. Karlgren) suggest that Hàn has a generic term for river. Kanguole 17:13, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
- Huh! I was unaware of this, so I started looking for sources to clear up the matter. Thanks for citing Karlgren here. Very helpful. Cheers. -- Pericles of AthensTalk 04:19, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, I got that mixed up. Karlgren only says "name of a river". It was Schuessler (ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese) who says "'Name of a river' in the ancient Chǔ area, can also mean 'river' generally as in 'Milky way' [Shi]." Kanguole 07:14, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
- It's funny, this whole talk about the Milky Way Galaxy got me to think that's the reason why Americans and Europeans called Chinese "Celestials" in the 19th century, when in fact the term simply derives from Tianxia, or Celestial Empire, one of the names of China. Since the majority ethnic group (i.e. the Han Chinese) takes its name from this dynasty, it caused some confusion for me about the origins of the other term. I'm glad I got this cleared up. :D --Pericles of AthensTalk 15:44, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, I got that mixed up. Karlgren only says "name of a river". It was Schuessler (ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese) who says "'Name of a river' in the ancient Chǔ area, can also mean 'river' generally as in 'Milky way' [Shi]." Kanguole 07:14, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
- Huh! I was unaware of this, so I started looking for sources to clear up the matter. Thanks for citing Karlgren here. Very helpful. Cheers. -- Pericles of AthensTalk 04:19, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
Liu Pengli, reputed to be the first identified serial killer, is said to have been a nephew of Emperor Jing of Han and prince (or king) of Jidong. However, the only "Jidong" article in Wikipedia is a county on the modern Sino-Russian border, well outside of the territory ruled by the Han dynasty. Was there some other Jidong back then?--Menah the Great (talk) 18:47, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- That could be an issue of multiple things, A) the area could've historically been called the same as the modern area, note how the 100 Viet all are named "Viet" while today only the nation of Viet-Nam and Kwengtoong use that term (though a different character), or B) it could simply be a different name but are romanized the same, see example A where both are Yuè, Yue, or Yüe (or "Viet" as I call them) while the Chinese characters may differ greatly, it's common for places to have near synonymous names.
Sincerely, --Namlong618 (talk) 22:37, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
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Overall I think the engine is probably mostly fine. Add DX11 tessellation, better shaders, and lighting effects. The rest is mostly really poor textures like centersolace said.
I am betting the engine could handle better textures easily and better textures alone would improve things a lot. An easy way to improve them is release a database of all the textures and let the community play with them. Then use the best in the game rewarding contributors with a free ship, dil, or something... For me it would be reward enough to see better textures in game. Though a small credit as voluntary texture artist for portfolio would be nice.
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I will tell you what irritates me the most about foot faults (from an official's point of view).
It really bothers me when I am officiating at a juniors tournament or at a collegiate match/tournament, and I call a foot fault on a player, and their coach/parents get mad at me for calling a foot fault.
A bit of background, when I am in the chair, and am there for the entire match, I will call foot faults officially from the first one I see. If I am roving, and I get called onto the court because a player says their opponent is foot faulting, I will call the first one that I see. When I am roving, and I walk onto a court on my own, and I see one that is not terribly blatant, I will let the player know on the next changeover that he needs to watch out for his footfaults, because if nobody is complaining, I don't think that it's great just to walk on court (sometimes without knowing the flow of the match), and just get involved by calling them immediately, unless it is very blatant. I will then stay for a couple of games and watch. If it continues, I will call them.
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IAS officers in the State have squarely held Ministers responsible for decisions taken in their respective departments and contended that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) must examine them if it considers the decisions to be wrong and were allowing pecuniary benefit to an individual.
At an extraordinary general body meeting of the A.P. IAS Officers Association held here on Saturday night, the officers ventilated their anger against the manner in which the CBI was conducting its investigations targeting them, leaving out the real decision-makers. Almost all the 150-odd IAS officers based in the State capital and a few from outside were present.
Speaking to the media later, Association president S. Bhale Rao, vice-president Prasanta Mahapatra and general secretary J. Raymond Peter, said the officers clearly held the view that the Minister concerned was totally responsible for everything that happened in the department. The Secretary would get powers only if they were delegated by the Minister.
K. Madhava Rao, former Chief Secretary, who assisted them, said under the present Cabinet system, the Chief Minister, Ministers and officials would have to follow the code of conduct and business rules under which the secretaries would have to submit weekly reports to the Minister. If the Minister failed to get these reports, the Chief Minister should immediately sack that Minister.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. Another night, another four-touchdown performance for Aaron Rodgers - just about what the Green Bay Packers have come to expect from their superstar quarterback.
The real surprise came on the other side of the ball: A defense that finally showed it can take charge of a game.
The Packers (9-0) remain the NFL's lone undefeated team. And if they now can count on a defense to complement their high-octane offense, they just might be unstoppable.
Rodgers threw for four scores against a fierce Vikings pass rush, Randall Cobb returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown and the Packers defense contained Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings in a 45-7 victory on Monday night.
"It's (our) best game, because of the margin of victory," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "And at the end of the day, it's about points."
Green Bay's defense came into the game giving up nearly 300 yards passing per game, second-most in the NFL. Their last time out, the Packers nearly blew a big lead in the fourth quarter at San Diego, holding on for a 45-38 victory.
The Packers finally played to their potential against the division rival Vikings (2-7), holding rookie quarterback Christian Ponder to 190 yards passing with an interception and limiting Peterson to 51 yards and a touchdown.
"Our performance tonight was very disappointing," Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said.
The Vikings' defense did its best to rough up Rodgers, sacking him three times and hitting him hard virtually every time he took off running. Defensive end Jared Allen harassed Rodgers at every turn.
The pressure didn't force any uncharacteristic mistakes from Rodgers, who was 23 of 30 for 250 yards without an interception. Rodgers threw a pair of touchdown passes to Jordy Nelson, and also found Greg Jennings and John Kuhn for scores.
Allen didn't need anybody to recite Rodgers' gaudy stats.
"I don't even know what that means," Allen said. "All I know is he crushed us tonight."
McCarthy put backup quarterback Matt Flynn in the game with 10:30 left in the fourth quarter - and the Vikings couldn't keep him out of the end zone, either, as he scrambled 3 yards for a touchdown with 4:27 left.
But it was Cobb, a second-round rookie out of Kentucky, who got it all started for the Packers.
After the Packers' defense forced the Vikings to go three-and-out on their first possession, Cobb fielded a punt from Chris Kluwe and squeezed through a seam in the middle of the field.
Cobb accelerated down the left sideline and danced the final few steps into the end zone, tossing the ball in the air as if he was shooting a basketball before doing a "Lambeau leap" into the stands.
Cobb also had a 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the Packers' season opener against the New Orleans Saints.
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It is time once again to step into the shoes of the FBI's best puzzle solver, Nelson Tethers. For those of you who haven't played the first game, I'm sorry but I have to divulge some secrets. This game starts up where the last one left off. You have returned from Scoggins and find that even though you solved the case of the eraser factory, you are left unsatisfied. There was so much more left unexplained, and the puzzle solver in you screams to be able to put the missing pieces that were left missing.
Graphically this game is identical to the first game. It looks all hand drawn, and when they do the close ups of the characters you can easily tell that they are just scaling up the characters so that they look closer, but at the same time you can see the slight blurring and the hand drawn lines really stick out. You'll be navigating through the game once again by selecting your snowmobile and will have the map to select areas to go to. The map is sufficient and will give you all the locations that are available to you at a given time.
The music in the game feels like a perfect fit. It gives you this sort of puzzle solving theme song that goes over and over again, but in a way that you don't really get sick of it. You'll also enjoy the voice acting, which I have to say definitely makes me smile. I'm a huge fan when all the dialogue is actually spoken.
The controls are very simple, in the iPad version, you're going to touch the screen, and sometimes you're going to drag your finger across the screen to complete tasks.
I do have to say that I felt like there was a wider range of puzzles to this second game in the series, but at the same time I did feel like there were a couple more arrange the pictures in the correct order than I would have liked. I also felt as if the number of puzzles didn't seem to be all that many. I was really starting to get into the game when the credits rolled. Now of course that's usually the sign of a good game, if you can't put it down until the end, but I had just felt as if the game was really starting to roll, and then it just felt as if the forgot it was suppose to be a short game and threw all the pieces together at the last moment. This is a fun game with a goofy story line filled with conspiracy, fantastical creatures, and puzzles. Even though its priced at below $10 I think this game probably would have been better if it was under $5.
If you like the series pick up this game. If you like puzzles, and a bit of story, you might want to pick up this game. If you're looking for an immersive experience that you can get lost in for a while, then you're going to be saddened by the shortness of this game. Perhaps if you played the first and second back to back. As much as I liked this game, I can't say that I loved it, and with that I have to give this game, as good as it was, at times, a 6.8 out of 10.


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It is virtually impossible for an agency to provide sufficient cover for a false name. If you provide information like where you went to school, what posts you have served before, etc., the information can be quickly checked. (Most yearbooks are online; graduates are listed in newspapers; property records, etc.) If you don't provide that information, then your bio sticks out.
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Urban firefighters have long been plagued by calls to rescue cats stranded in trees, but rangers at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in northern California recently had a much bigger challenge: how to rescue an 1100-pound horse stranded in a canyon.
The tale began on the afternoon of May 29th, when a horse was spooked, ran away from its owner, and headed north into the park. The animal found a spot that provided access to Clear Creek, and by a combination of walking and swimming made its way downstream into a canyon area with steep hillsides on each side of the river.
Two fishermen spotted the horse, led it to shore, and were able to contact Tammy Dickens, the animal's owner. Ms. Dickens tried three times to lead the horse, named "Dakota," up the hillside, but the slope proved to be too steep.
Rangers were called for assistance, and when they arrived, found the horse on a ledge about 40 feet below the trail along Clear Creek. The rangers constructed a haul line system and one attempt was made to raise the 1100-pound horse before dark, but the horse was too exhausted to climb during the raising attempt. Rescue efforts were discontinued until the next morning.
Dickens tended her horse through the night, and rangers returned in the morning and rigged a haul system to safely pull the horse up the slope. They were assisted by a veterinarian, a county animal regulations supervisor, and a county officer. After on-site instruction, several bystanders and family members assisted with the hauling operation.
At about 11 a.m., "Dakota" was successfully raised up the 50-60 degree, 40-foot-high slope. The horse was then able to walk back to the trailhead without further assistance.
The Incident Commander for the operation, which is probably not covered in most high-angle rescue training courses, was Chris Mengel; the custom horse harness builder was Charles Hardy.
Most of us field the "how was your day at work?" question from time to time, but this successful operation is my nominee for the Unique Job of the Week.
If anyone can handle a job like this, it's PARK RANGERS!
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Well done! True, this type of operation is not covered in Rescue Systems 1 or 2, but there is training available through CA State Fire Training. The name of the course is "Large Animal Rescue- Operations", a technical rescue course designed for emergency responders to resolve these types of incidents.
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There could not have been a better choice that to Chris Mengel supervise this operation. He has the talent, experience and coolness to get a large project like this completed safely with out further incident.
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"The goal of both mediation and fact-finding is to help both parties reach an agreement and I think it's fair to say historically that both mediation and fact-finding have been successful in that respect," said Les Chisholm, a supervisor with the state employment board, adding that the report may still become "the impetus to the agreement."
Less than a month before teachers and students kicked off a new school year, the school board imposed its working conditions on July 28. Not all were unwelcome, including the district's offer to increase health benefits by $500 per employee.
Even with that perk, Superintendent Chris Oram said the district knew it would take some heat — from the local union and the CTA — for forcing working conditions.
"It becomes an emotional issue when the board imposes working conditions outside the negotiations process, when you are hammering out the agreement at the table," Oram said. "But it was either that or not being able to make ends meet."
Two-thirds of the district's teachers participated in a strike vote in December, with results showing that teachers wanted the ability to strike by a ratio of 2 to 1.
The district promptly responded by recruiting substitute teachers, even boosting their daily pay from $100 to $250 to make crossing the picket line more appealing.
Since then, both parties have pitched alternative agreements with no sign of a settlement.
Lost in the unrest, Oram said, are some good qualities in the district. For example, its 22-student class sizes in the earliest grades are lower than many other districts. Escondido, Cajon Valley and La Mesa/Spring Valley assign 25 students per class through third grade; and class size is 26 in South Bay and Lemon Grove.
A labor protest could be a tough sell in a city with a 19 percent unemployment rate and where family incomes pale in comparison to the $65,721 average teacher salary. But National City is heavily Democratic and its mostly working-class residents could sympathize with the plight of those who teach their children.
Even in the best of times, strikes are difficult and emotional.
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Frustrated parents lashed out at the district and teachers at a recent board meeting.
"This is a sad day to be in National City. It is a sad day going forward. I hope that you find a resolution," said parent Chad Blackington. "You're disrespecting my children. You're disrespecting the children of every parent in this district. I will not tolerate any more of your lack of positive decision making."
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Strengths: quality construction, simple design
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Strengths: Lots of options. Carries a lot. Easy to adjust. Water proof. Don't have to take it off to get into it. Just slide it around, and presto! Waxed canvas fades nicely.
Weaknesses: When very full, the top flap (female) velcro doesn't mate with the main bodies (male) velcro. This means the buckle straps stick to the velcro and get all frayed. Small gripe. :-) Doesn't stay put sometimes when you see that curb you have to fly. Detachable reflective things are too detachable. Chest strap is either too short or I'm too huge (it's too short).
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Strengths: I use this bag almost daily for my 30 mile roundtrip bike commute. I leave clothes and shower stuff at work, but I carry work papers plus wallet, keys, jacket, etc. and lunch in this bag. Don't be fooled by the name PeeWee--this bag holds plenty of stuff unless you're carrying a lot of books or other bulky items.
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Early Life Socioeconomic Status and Late Life Risk of Alzheimer's DiseaseWilson R.S.a, c, d · Scherr P.A.b, f · Hoganson G.a · Bienias J.L.b, e · Evans D.A.b, c, e · Bennett D.A.a, c
aRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, bRush Institute for Healthy Aging, Departments of cNeurological Sciences, dPsychology and eInternal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., and fthe National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga., USA
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The authors examined the relation of early life socioeconomic status to incident Alzheimer's disease (AD), level of cognition and rate of cognitive decline in old age. For up to 10 years, 859 older Catholic clergy members without dementia at baseline completed annual clinical evaluations as part of the Religious Orders Study. The evaluations included clinical classification of AD and detailed cognitive testing. At baseline, indicators of early life household socioeconomic level (e.g., parental education) and the county of birth were ascertained. Socioeconomic features of the birth county (e.g., literacy rate) were estimated with data from the 1920 US Census. Composite measures of early life household and community socioeconomic level were developed. In analyses that controlled for age, sex and education, higher household and community socioeconomic levels in early life were associated with higher level of cognition in late life but not with risk of AD or rate of cognitive decline. The results suggest that early life socioeconomic level is related to level of cognition in late life but not to rate of cognitive decline or risk of AD.
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A. Since these sinks are installed onto the underside of the counter material, the counter material needs to be a solid piece capable of holding the weight of the sink even when filled with hot water and soapy dishes. Laminates are not a good idea for this type of installation because they are composed of layers that will separate when exposed to moisture, and also because the edge of the countertop is exposed in an undermount installation and may not look very nice next to your fabulous new sink. Even when sealed, laminates will inevitably develop tiny surface cracks, which then allow moisture to get below the surface and start breaking down the counter material. For this reason, marble, granite, engineered stone, and concrete counters are the most common, and some of the loveliest, counter materials that homeowners are advised to pair with undermount sinks. We recommend consulting with your installer to confirm your particular installation options and requirements.
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Atlantic National Bank of Miami in Dade County, Florida (FL)
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|Atlantic National Bank of Miami
|FDIC Certificate #: 18628
Status: Inactive
Closing history: Merger - Without Assistance
Acquiring institution: First Union National Bank of Florida (#3565)
Federal Reserve ID: 78139
Date Established: November 07, 1962
Bank Charter Class: Commercial bank, national (federal) charter and Fed member, supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Offices: 1 (Interstate: No)
FDIC's unique #: 12513
Numeric code: 3
Regulator: OCC
Insurance Fund Membership: Bank Insurance Fund (BIF)
Bank Insurance Fund: Yes
Insured commercial Banks: Yes
FDIC Insured: Yes
State Chartered: No
Date of Deposit Insurance: November 07, 1962
Last Structure Change Effective Date: December 31, 1986
Last Structure Change Process Date: Febuary 11, 1987
Last Data Update: September 18, 1999
Data Source Date: April 05, 2012
|Address: 18601 N.W. 27th Avenue, Dade County, FL 33056
County: Miami-Dade
Quarterly Banking Profile Region: Atlanta
FDIC Geographic Region: Atlanta
FDIC Supervisory Region: Atlanta
FDIC Field Office: South Florida
Office of the Comptroller the Currency (OCC) District: Southwest
Office of Thrift Supervision Region: Southeast
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA): Miami, FL (#5000)
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA): Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL (#56)
Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA): Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL (#33100)
CBSA Metro Statistical Area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL (#33100)
Core Based Statistical Division: Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL (#33124)
|Financial Summary
|Total assets: $25.7 mil
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