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| 东床坦腹 DONGCHUANGTANFUAt the time of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, whether and not thank house for not being big family all Wang, whether social status high,when call them people thank king . Other nobles all regard marrying with these two as the honour. Too luxurian... |
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| 三令五申三令五申Repeated injunctions In the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), the famous strategist Sun Wu known as Sun Zi came to see the King of the State of Wu, bringing along his great work The Art of War. He offered to help turn the S... |
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| 兔死狐悲The fox is sad at the death of the hare 兔死狐悲 Once a fox and a hare became friends with the purpose of defending themselves against their joint enemy, hunters, and swore to partake their fate for each other in weal or woe. One day as... |
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| 投笔从戎Tou Bi Cong Rong--Cast Aside The Pen To Join The Army 投笔从戎 During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a brave general named Ban Chao (班超) who was from a family of scholars. His father was Ban Biao (班彪), the starter of the His... |
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| 力不从心 Li Bu Cong Xin成语力不从心：Ban Chao was a famous general in the Eastern Han dynasty. As the governor of Xi Yu (Western Regions, Central Asia), he made great contributions on expelling the Xiong Nu (the major enemy of Eastern Han) from central Asi... |
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| 四面楚歌 Si Mian Chu GeAfter the Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC) downfall, the State of Chu and the State of Han fought for control of China. In 202 B.C, Han forces led by Liu Bang, the king of Han, and the other two warlords, Han Xin and Peng Yue, attacked Chu from t... |