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54
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1200 BCE to 2024
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East Asia
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Asian dynasties, Business dynasties, Ghosts and legends, Fame and fortune
Updated
30 October 2026
TaiMeiTuk LungMeiVillage Sign: 龍尾村路牌2023 · Lung Mei village, Tai Po, Hong Kong, ChinaAbby Choi's former husband and his father and brother are on trial for her murder over a flat she had put in her father-in-law's nameAbby Choi was a 28-year-old Hong Kong model and influencer. She had two children with her former husband, Alex Kwong. Prosecutors say she was wealthy and the Kwong family was not.thestar.com.my and 2 more14th Dalai Lama: Tenzin Gyatso - Trento 2013 011989 · Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibet, ChinaThe Dalai Lama named a six-year-old as Panchen Lama in 1995; the boy disappeared within days and China installed another boy chosen from a golden urnThe 10th Panchen Lama died at Tashilhunpo Monastery on 28 January 1989. Chadrel Rinpoche, the abbot, led the official search for his reincarnation.tashilhunpo.org and 4 moreStanley Ho: Stanleyho20062020 · Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, Stanley Ho sued 11 defendants, including 2 of his wives and 5 of his children, hours after saying on television he would not sue his familyStanley Ho held a Macau casino monopoly from the early 1960s until 2002. Lanceford, a company he beneficially owned until January 2011, held 31.655% of STDM, the controlling shareholder of SJM Holdings.hkexnews.hk and 15 moreAI illustration: Soldiers blast open the Qing imperial tombs at the Eastern Qing Tombs, 19281967 · Beijing, ChinaChina's last emperor kept his title and palace after abdicating, and soldiers blew open his ancestors' tombsPuyi became emperor at two in 1908. On 12 February 1912 the Empress Dowager Longyu signed his abdication.Wikipedia (English) and 2 moreZheng Yi Sao: 鄭一嫂1807 · Canton (Guangzhou), ChinaZheng Yi's widow took command of his pirate fleets, married his adopted heir, and surrendered to the Qing in 1810 keeping her plunderZheng Yi Sao had worked as a prostitute in Canton before she married the pirate chief Zheng Yi in 1801. His confederation had six fleets under coloured flags, and he led the Red Flag Fleet of about 200 ships.worldhistory.org and 2 moreEmpress Dowager Cixi: The Ci-Xi Imperial Dowager Empress (9.2)1875 · Beijing and Jizhou (Tianjin), ChinaCixi made her sister's son emperor, an official killed himself to object to the adoption, and the emperor died of arsenic in 1908The Tongzhi Emperor died in the twelfth month of the lunar year in early 1875 with no son. The empresses dowager Ci'an and Cixi chose Zaitian, aged three, son of Prince Chun and of Cixi's younger sister.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreHK Nina Tower 200803: Nina Tower，Hong Kong2007 · Hong Kong, ChinaNina Wang won her kidnapped husband's estate in Hong Kong's top court in 2005, then her feng shui adviser was jailed for forging her willNina and Teddy Wang, married in 1955, built the Chinachem property group. On 10 April 1990 Teddy was kidnapped. He was never found, though US$30 million of a US$60 million ransom was paid. A court declared him dead in 1999.legalref.judiciary.hk and 8 moreZong Qinghou2024 · Hangzhou, ChinaWahaha founder Zong Qinghou's three other children froze $1.8 billion in Hong Kong to claim trusts he wrote by handZong Qinghou built Wahaha into China's largest beverage maker. His eldest daughter, Zong Fuli, took control after his death in 2024.caixinglobal.com and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globe2021 · Baoshan district, Shanghai, ChinaAn 88-year-old Shanghai man signed his 3 million yuan home over to the fruit seller who cared for him, a court later declared him incapable, and the gift still stoodA Shanghai man surnamed Ma lost his wife in 2011 and his only son in 2017. He lived alone. In 2017, soon after his son died, he signed an agreement with Liu, who ran a fruit stall near his home.bjnews.com.cn and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globe2016 · Shanghai, ChinaDouyin creators sold AI videos of dead actor Qiao Renliang saying he had not really left, and his father asked who gave them the rightQiao Renliang, an actor and singer also known as Kimi Qiao, died in his Shanghai apartment in September 2016, aged 28. Police confirmed suicide.sixthtone.com and 2 moreGulou Hospital 21 2012-11: ​鼓楼医院三期建筑，即其南扩工程，此为北侧庭院。2013 · Yixing and Wuxi, Jiangsu, ChinaA Chinese couple died in a car crash five days before their embryos were to be implanted, and four years later a surrogate from Laos gave birth to their sonShen Jie and Liu Xi, from Yixing in Jiangsu, were both only children. In 2012 they began IVF at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, and four embryos were frozen.blogs.loc.gov and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globe2013 · Shaanxi, China; also Shandong, Hebei and GansuChina's courts jail grave robbers who sell women's corpses as "ghost brides" for sons who died unmarriedKind 1. In the custom of ghost marriage, a family buries a son who died single with a dead bride. Chris K. K.madeinchinajournal.com and 2 moreLuzhou city: Luzhou city2001 · Luzhou, Sichuan, ChinaA dying man in Luzhou left his savings and his ashes to the woman he lived with, and the court gave everything to his wifeHuang Yongbin of Luzhou had been married to Jiang Lunfang for more than 30 years and they had an adopted son. From 1994 he saw Zhang Xueying, and from 1996 they lived together openly. He never divorced.Internet Archive and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globe2000 · Yau Yat Chuen, Kowloon, Hong Kong, ChinaA Hong Kong buyer asked twice whether anything had happened in the flat; a boy had fallen to his death from its balconyKind 1. In July 2000 the son of Mr Leung, whose company Ladefaith owned a fifth-floor flat in Yau Yat Chuen, fell from its balcony and died in hospital about eight hours later.vlex.hk and 3 moreLiu's manor - 收租院展览 20161123: ​大邑刘氏庄园博物馆展出大型泥塑《收租院》1949 · Anren, Dayi County, Sichuan, ChinaLandlord Liu Wencai died before land reform reached him, his manor became a museum of his crimes, and in 1988 its "water dungeon" was relabelled an opium storeLiu Wencai's father had two hectares and a liquor distillery. Liu became a liquor merchant in Yibin in 1920 and grew rich alongside his brother Liu Wenhui, a warlord, and his cousin Liu Xiang.deniseyho.com and 2 more5th Reting Rinpoche in his tent: Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen, the 5th Reting Rinpoche in his tent.1947 · Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, ChinaThe regent who found the 14th Dalai Lama handed power to a rival in 1941, was arrested for plotting to take it back, and died in a Potala cellThupten Jampel Yeshe Gyaltsen, the fifth Reting Rinpoche, was born about 1911 to a poor family and studied at Sera Monastery. After the 13th Dalai Lama died, he was appointed regent in 1934.tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk and 2 moreSilas Aaron Hardoon: Silas Aaron Hardoon, 哈同 (1851 ~ 1931-06-19)1931 · Shanghai, ChinaShanghai's richest landlord left everything to his Eurasian Buddhist widow, his Iraqi relatives sued, and the People's Republic closed the case in 1957Silas Aaron Hardoon was born around 1851 to a poor Jewish family in Baghdad and attended a school in Bombay funded by David Sassoon. In 1868 he went to Shanghai as a rent collector and watchman for David Sassoon and Company.thechinaproject.com and 2 morePalace of Heavenly Purity (20220218132818): Qianqing Palace, where the famous "Zheng Da Guang Ming" plaque is located.1722 · Changchun Garden and the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Beijing,The Kangxi Emperor deposed his heir twice, and the son who followed him hid the next heir's name behind a palace plaqueIn the ninth month of 1708 the Kangxi Emperor announced the crimes of his crown prince, Yinreng, had him seized and deposed him. He restored him, and in 1712 deposed him again and confined him in the Xian'an Palace.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreBronzePlaque-EdictOfSecondEmperor-Qin-ROM-May8-08: Small bronze plaque containing an edict from the second emperor of the Qin dynasty. 209 BC. Cat # 931.13.195 Bishop C. White Coll210 BCE · Shaqiu (Guangzong, Hebei), ChinaThe Shiji says the First Emperor's chancellor and his seal-keeper forged his last letter, and his eldest son killed himself on the forged orderThe Shiji, completed by Sima Qian about a century later, gives this account. The First Emperor had more than 20 sons. His eldest, Fusu, had criticised him and was sent north to the army of the general Meng Tian.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreWu Zetian: 唐后行從圖 (局部) - 武則天705 · Luoyang, Henan; buried at Qianling, Shaanxi, ChinaWu Zetian deposed one son, had another forced to kill himself, made herself emperor, and was buried as an empress in her husband's sealed tombWu Zetian was empress to Emperor Gaozong. Their son Zhongzong took the throne after his father died. The Zizhi Tongjian records that early in 684 he said he could give the empire to his father-in-law, Wei Xuanzhen, if he liked.zh.wikisource.org and 5 moreHuaTuo: Portrait of the physician Hua Tuo from a Qing Dynasty edition of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.208 · Xu (Xuchang), Henan, ChinaCao Cao had his physician Hua Tuo put to death, and Hua Tuo burned his book of methods in prison when the jailer would not take itThe Sanguozhi (Records of the Three Kingdoms), written by Chen Shou in the third century, says Hua Tuo came from Qiao in the state of Pei.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreDa Ke ding: Da Ke ding1890 · Beijing; Suzhou, Jiangsu; Shanghai, ChinaA widow at 19 promised to guard her family's two great bronze cauldrons, hid them through seven Japanese raids, and gave them to the statePan Zuyin, a Qing official and collector, acquired two bronze cauldrons of the Western Zhou dynasty, the Da Yu ding and the Da Ke ding. The Da Ke ding was dug up at Famen in Shaanxi in 1890 and carries a 290-character inscription.touch.shio.gov.cn and 3 moreSassoon David Sassoon: w:David Sassoon (seated) and his sons w:Elias David Sassoon, w:Albert Abdallah David Sassoon & w:Sassoon David Sassoon.1864 · Bombay (Mumbai), India, and Shanghai, ChinaDavid Sassoon's sons split his firm in two, his daughter-in-law Flora was pushed out, and his great-grandson Victor lost ShanghaiDavid Sassoon was born in Baghdad in 1792. He fled in 1828, settled in Bombay in 1832 and built a trading house with a branch in Shanghai from 1845. In August 1864 he helped found the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.smu.edu and 3 moreStanding Portrait of Emperor Tang Taizong (I): This depicts Emperor Taizong of Tang (唐太宗).626 · Xuanwu Gate, Chang'an (Xi'an), Shaanxi, ChinaLi Shimin killed his two brothers at the Xuanwu Gate, executed their ten sons and had the throne from his father within two monthsLi Yuan founded the Tang dynasty in 618 as Emperor Gaozu. His eldest son, Li Jiancheng, was crown prince. His second son, Li Shimin, Prince of Qin, had led the main campaigns.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreJianwen Emperor: Jianwen Emperor1398 · Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaThe Yongle Emperor took his nephew's throne in 1402, and the deposed emperor's two-year-old son was held for 55 yearsThe Hongwu Emperor's heir, his eldest son Zhu Biao, died in 1392.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreEmperor Taizu play Cuju: Song Emperor Taizu, Emperor Taizong, prime minister Zhao Pu and other ministers were playing Cuju976 · Kaifeng, Henan, ChinaSong records say the founder's mother made him leave the throne to his brother, and on the night he died the messenger fetched the brother instead of the sonZhao Kuangyin took the throne in 960 as Emperor Taizu of Song.zh.wikisource.org and 4 more“吕不韦”铜戈-战国晚期秦王政九年（前238）-青川县文物管理所藏 2024-10-31: ​“吕不韦”铜戈-战国晚期秦王政九年（前238）-青川县文物管理所藏235 BCE · Handan, Hebei, and Xianyang, Shaanxi, ChinaSima Qian writes that a merchant bought a hostage prince the throne of Qin, then drank poison when the new king turned on himSima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), a Han-dynasty history, gives this account. Lü Buwei, a merchant of Yangdi, bought cheap, sold dear and piled up thousands in gold.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreWang Mang(Emperor of the Xin dynasty): Wang Mang, courtesy name Jujun, officially titled the Shijianguo Emperor, was the founder and the only emperor of the short-lived Xin dynasty23 · Chang'an (Xi'an), Shaanxi, ChinaThe Han shu records that Wang Mang took the throne from a Han child, declared all land the "king's fields", repealed it three years later, and his head was kept for 272 yearsWhen Emperor Ping of Han died in AD 6, the regent Wang Mang chose a two-year-old boy of the Liu clan as successor. He did not make the boy emperor. He called him "young prince" and himself acting emperor.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreLi Qingzhao: 李清照塑像1129 · Jiankang (Nanjing) and Hangzhou, ChinaLi Qingzhao lost her late husband's collection to war and thieves, then reported her second husband to the courts and went to jail for itThe poet Li Qingzhao and her husband Zhao Mingcheng built a collection of bronzes, books, paintings and inscriptions. When the Jurchen took the north, they fled south with 15 carts of books.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreWang Xizhi: Portraits of Famous Men: Wang Xizhi649 · Zhaoling, Liquan County, Shaanxi, ChinaA Tang emperor sent an agent in disguise to take Wang Xizhi's Orchid Pavilion Preface from an old monk, and took it into his tombIn 353 Wang Xizhi wrote the preface to a poetry gathering at the Orchid Pavilion near modern Shaoxing.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreSun Jian and Yuan Shao quarrel over the Heirloom Seal: A Qing Dynasty illustration of a quarrel between Yuan Shao and Sun Jian over the Imperial Seal of China.937 · Luoyang, Henan, ChinaChina's Heirloom Seal passed to every usurper for 1,100 years, and the last Later Tang emperor carried it into the fireThe Heirloom Seal of the Realm was cut in jade for the First Emperor of Qin in 221 BC.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreFu Hao: Fu Hao Tomb and Statue, c. 1200 BC, Reign of King Wu Ding, Shang Dynasty (10197821303)1200 BCE · Yinxu, Anyang, Henan, ChinaFu Hao led the Shang king's armies, the oracle said her childbirth was "not good" because she had a girl, and hers is the only Shang royal tomb found intactFu Hao was one of the many wives of King Wu Ding. Oracle-bone inscriptions show her leading the king's best generals against neighbouring peoples and performing ancestor sacrifices.english.henan.gov.cn and 2 moreThe full album is known as Gathering Gems of Beauty (畫麗珠萃秀).: This painting depicts Cai Wenji (蔡文姬).192 · Chang'an (Xi'an), ChinaThe Hou Han Shu says Cai Yong begged to be mutilated so he could finish his history, died in prison, and his ransomed daughter rewrote 400 of his 4,000 books from memoryCai Yong was a scholar and official of the late Han. The Hou Han Shu records that when the warlord Dong Zhuo was killed in 192, Cai Yong sighed in front of the minister Wang Yun. Wang Yun had him arrested.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreYamanaka & Co. Prince Gong Mansion: 恭親王府正殿前 明治45年3月 （右より） 菅金福 山中六三郎 山中六三郎 親王府総務 劉恵郷 岡田友次 親王家執事 金雨三 同 陳顕建1799 · Beijing, ChinaChina's new emperor arrested his father's favourite five days after the old emperor died, let him hang himself, and seized a fortune put at up to 800 million taelsHeshen was born in Beijing in 1750 and was a palace guard when the Qianlong Emperor noticed him in 1775. Within a year he was a Grand Councillor. He ran the Board of Revenue and then the Board of Personnel.Wikisource (primary text) and 3 more6DalaiLama: The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso1682 · Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, ChinaTibet's regent hid the Fifth Dalai Lama's death for 15 years; a Mongol khan later deposed the Sixth and put his own candidate in the PotalaThe Fifth Dalai Lama died in 1682. His regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, kept the death secret for about 15 years, reportedly on the Fifth's own instructions. He announced that the Dalai Lama had begun a long retreat.tricycle.org and 2 moreLiu Jin: Liu Jin (1885-?)1510 · Beijing, ChinaThe eunuch who ran the Ming government was searched in front of the emperor, who found millions in silver and false sealsLiu Jin was castrated as a boy to enter imperial service and took the name of the eunuch who sponsored him. He served the heir to the Ming throne.Encyclopaedia Britannica and 2 moreS-93 W Han banliang, Wendi, 179-157 BC, 24mm: The front and reverse sides of a metal coin, 24 mm in diameter, issued during the reign of Emperor Wen (r. 180–157 BCE) of the early H157 BCE · Yandao, Shu (Ya'an, Sichuan), and Chang'an (XiEmperor Wen gave his favourite a copper mountain and the right to mint coins; the next emperor took everything, and he died owning nothingDeng Tong was a boatman from Nan'an in Shu. The Book of Han says Emperor Wen dreamed a boatman pushed him up to heaven, found Deng Tong with a torn coat like the man in the dream, and favoured him from that day.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreBan Gu: Ban Gu92 · Luoyang, ChinaBan Gu died in a magistrate's prison with the Book of Han unfinished, and the emperor ordered his sister Ban Zhao to complete itThe history of the Former Han was a family project. Ban Biao began it. His son Ban Gu continued it for decades. Ban Gu served the general Dou Xian.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreSeated Portrait of Emperor Song Huizong 宋徽宗坐像: Seated Portrait of Emperor Song Huizong 宋徽宗坐像1135 · Kaifeng, Henan, China; Wuguocheng (Yilan, Heilongjiang), ChiThe Jurchens took two Song emperors north in 1127; a 1142 treaty brought home the father's coffin and left the son, a crowned emperor, in captivity until he diedOn 9 January 1127 Jin forces took Kaifeng, the Song capital.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreTay Do castle South gate: Cổng Nam thành Tây Đô (thành nhà Hồ), Thanh Hóa, Việt Nam1407 · Thăng Long (Hanoi) and Tây Đô, Thanh Hóa, Vietnam; Nanjing, A royal in-law took Vietnam's throne from his own grandson in 1400, and China invaded claiming to restore the true heirHồ Quý Ly was born Lê Quý Ly. His family had married into the Trần royal house since the reign of Trần Minh Tông, and two Trần emperors were his cousins.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreNanjing-Zhonghua-Gate-3072: The Zhonghua Gate complex at the southern part of the City Wall of Nanjing1379 · Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaThe History of Ming says a rich man paid for a third of Nanjing's walls, offered to pay the emperor's army, and was exiled to YunnanThe History of Ming (Ming Shi), compiled under the next dynasty, tells this in its biography of Empress Ma, wife of the Hongwu emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreTomb of Yue Fei, 1907: 岳飛墓 (浙江 杭州)1142 · Lin'an (Hangzhou), Zhejiang, ChinaSong China killed its leading general on a charge its chancellor admitted might not exist, held his family 20 years, then restored his name and reburied himYue Fei, born in 1103, was the leading Southern Song general against the Jurchen Jin. The chancellor, Qin Hui, wanted a peace treaty. Two other generals accepted bribes to support it, and Yue Fei refused.ehangzhou.gov.cn and 3 moreFan Zhongyan: Fan Zhongyan scth1052 · Suzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaFan Zhongyan's 1050 clan trust fed every member a daily rice ration, and within a few years his son had to ask the emperor to let courts enforce itFan Zhongyan, a Song vice chancellor, bought more than ten qing of farmland in Wu and Changzhou counties of Suzhou and set it aside so its rent rice would feed and clothe every branch of his clan.zh.wikisource.org and 5 moreAnonymous-The King of Dongdan Goes Forth: The King of Dongdan Goes Forth (東丹王出行圖), scroll, light colors on silk. 146.8 x 77.3 cm. National Palace Museum, Taibei (國立故宮博物院). The pain926 · Zuzhou (Bairin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia), ChinaThe Liao History says Abaoji's widow cut off her right hand and put it in his coffin instead of following him into deathAbaoji founded the Khitan state that became the Liao dynasty.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globe314 · Dunhuang, Gansu, ChinaA Sogdian merchant's wife left in Dunhuang wrote that she would rather be a dog's wife than his; her daughter added that the family's debts had made them servantsIn 1907 the archaeologist Aurel Stein found five letters in a watchtower west of the Jade Gate near Dunhuang. They are written in Sogdian, the language of the merchants of Samarkand, and most scholars date them to 313 or 314.depts.washington.edu and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globe59 BCE · Haihun (Nanchang), Jiangxi, ChinaLiu He was emperor for 27 days, was removed for 1,127 offences, and his gold-filled tomb was found after tomb robbers dug into itEmperor Zhao of Han died in 74 BC with no son. The regent Huo Guang chose Liu He, King of Changyi, a grandson of Emperor Wu.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreGou yi fu ren: portrait of Lady Gouyi (Zhao Jieyu) from the Qing dynasty book Bai mei xin yong87 BCE · Ganquan Palace (Yunyang, Shaanxi), ChinaEmperor Wu chose his youngest son as heir and had the boy's mother put to death, according to a supplement to the ShijiIn 91 BC the witchcraft affair destroyed Emperor Wu's heir. Crown Prince Liu Ju killed his accuser Jiang Chong, raised troops and lost.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreThe full album is known as Gathering Gems of Beauty (畫麗珠萃秀).: This painting depicts Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君).140 BCE · Linqiong (Qionglai), Sichuan, ChinaAn iron magnate swore his widowed daughter would get not one coin after she eloped, then gave her 100 servants and a million cash when she sold wine in his townThe Shiji, compiled by Sima Qian about 100 BC, says the Zhuo family of Shu came from Zhao, where they grew rich smelting iron. When Qin conquered Zhao it deported them. Other deportees bribed officials to be settled close by.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreLi Shiji: Chinese: 《唐名臣像-李英公》label QS:Lzh,"唐名臣像-李英公"176 BCE · Chang'an (Xi'an), Shaanxi, ChinaThe Shiji says a physician with five daughters and no son was sentenced to mutilation, and his youngest daughter's petition ended the punishmentThe Shiji of Sima Qian puts two physicians in one chapter, and both stories turn on secret prescriptions passed outside the family.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreZi Chan: Zi Chan (子產, 子产), also known as Gongsun Qiao (died 522 BC), was the most outstanding statesman of the State of Zheng in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period. 543 BCE · Xinzheng, capital of the state of Zheng, Henan, ChinaZheng's minister was killed in the sheep market, his rivals died on the days his ghost named, and Zichan gave his son office to stop the hauntingKind 2: what the Zuo zhuan says. Liang Xiao, called Bo You, was senior minister of Zheng; his family had held power for three generations. He drank through the night in an underground room.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globeLegend · 842 · Lhasa, Tibet, ChinaTibetan Buddhist histories say a monk shot Emperor Langdarma in 842; his two sons by different queens split the empireLangdarma reigned from about 838 to 842. Later Tibetan Buddhist histories say he persecuted Buddhism. They say the monk Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje was told in a dream by a goddess to kill him.info-buddhism.com and 2 morePortraits of Famous Men: Bao Zheng: Portraits of Famous Men: Bao ZhengFiction · 1300 · Kaifeng, Henan, China (court of Bao Zheng in the play)In the Yuan play The Chalk Circle, a wife poisons her husband and claims his concubine's son to take the fortune, and Judge Bao tests the two mothersThe Chalk Circle is a fictional zaju play from the Yuan dynasty, attributed to Li Xingdao (also given as Li Qianfu). Zhang Haitang is sold into prostitution after her father dies.www2.kansai-u.ac.jp and 2 moreL'Orphelin de la Maison de Tchao: This is a page of Joseph Henri Marie de Prémare's L'Orphelin de la Maison de Tchao, as published in Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's Description GéographiLegend · 583 BCE · State of Jin, Shanxi, ChinaThe Zuo zhuan and the Shiji give two accounts of how Jin destroyed the Zhao clan and gave its lands back to the one surviving boyThe Orphan of Zhao is told in two histories that disagree, and later as a play. The older Zuo zhuan says Zhao Ying had an affair with Zhuang Ji of the Zhao household, and his brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo exiled him to Qi.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreBian Zhongyun: Bian zhongyunLegend · 690 BCE · State of Chu, Hubei, China; Handan (Zhao), Hebei, ChinaThe Han Feizi says two kings cut off Bian He's feet for calling a stone jade, and the Shiji says Qin later offered 15 cities for the discThe Han Feizi, written in the third century BC, tells this story. A man of Chu named He found an uncut stone in the mountains and presented it to King Li. The royal jade expert said it was a stone.zh.wikisource.org and 2 more