XIII's Far Eastern Historical Question of the Day

the civil office, the boards of rites, revenue, punishment, war and works
 
[mutter]Darn... you got it all correct again... :goodjob:

Must spend some time thinking up of a really good question... [/mutter]
 
o.k. how bout this, journey to the west, outlaws of the marches romance of the 3 kingdoms and dream of the red chamber
 
Darn... You got it. :goodjob:

Question 7
When Qin Shihuang declared the foundation of the Empire of Ten Thousand Years, he had an Imperial Seal as an insigna of his office. Describe the history of that particular seal, until as recently as possible.

RoTK fans will know that Seal, as the special item giving you 100 charm. :D
 
I Ching
Spring & Autumn Analects
Sji King (book of songs)
Sjoe (book of charters)
 
Oops, that was my guess for question 6. There was a server busy error earlier. Anyway, not much literature here...
Clueless about question7
 
Originally posted by Frisian Warrior
Oops, that was my guess for question 6. There was a server busy error earlier. Anyway, not much literature here...
Clueless about question7
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No problem. ;)

Keep trying; there'll be other questions in future. :) There're also the East European and Celtic ones for you to try.
 
i think your going to get me on this one--if i see or read about one more terracotta soldiers i will scream!
 
Originally posted by XIII
Question 7
When Qin Shihuang declared the foundation of the Empire of Ten Thousand Years, he had an Imperial Seal as an insigna of his office. Describe the history of that particular seal, until as recently as possible.
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The Imperial Seal was passed down fr dynasty to dynasty - they all used the exact same seal, up until the fall of the Qing in 1911. :eek:

When the Qin fell, Liu Bang used it to 'authenticate' his new dynasty and the tradition had been upheld ever since. After the Han fell, the successor, the Jin, brought it south to Jiangnan (the Yangzi), after the north had fallen to the barbarian tribes. When the Sui restored the empire, they got it fr the conquered state which inherited the Imperial Seal.

So it was passed down fr dynasty to dynasty, up until the fall of the Yuan. The Mongols fled with it, and hid it in the steppes. The Ming resorted to using their own set of 36 seals (each for a different purpose).

When the Manchus came to power, they also had some of the Mongol tribes as their vassals. Eventually, one presented the Imperial Seal to their overlords, and the seal was returned to China.

When the Qing fell..., not sure what happened to it, but I think it was passed to one of the warlords, who later passed it to the Nationalists. In any case, when the KMT fled to Taiwan, they brought it with them. Today, the Imperial Seal sits in a museum somewhere in Taipei, IIRC. ;)
 
Question 8
What was the last capital of monarchic Vietnam? Before subjugation by the French?
 
Is it Hue?
If I'm right, could someone else ask a question as this isn't my area, and I'd have to think a while.
 
Originally posted by polymath
Is it Hue?
If I'm right, could someone else ask a question as this isn't my area, and I'd have to think a while.
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Hue it is! :goodjob:

Sorry, pal, but here I ask all the questions. :p Read the first post. ;)
 
founders of champa- a country between kymer and annam( spelling ) a viet state , the viets were to the north, the chams to the south and the kymer in cambodia
 
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