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Green-glazed ceramic dog, Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 CE. Palace Museum, Beijing, China.

Cao Cao (d. 220 CE), the Chinese warlord, recites a poem prior to the Battle of Red Cliffs. (Summer Palace Beijing)

From the Yang Xin Dian (Hall of Mental Cultivation) in the Forbidden City in Beijing, constructed in 1537 CE. Eight emperors of the Qing Dynasty lived here. The words "Yang Xin" come from the Mencius (a collection of the thoughts of...

Jade Zodiac, Imperial Palace, Beijing, China

Oracle bones or dragon bones were the shoulder blades of oxen or the flat underside of a turtle shell known as a plastron that were used for divination during the Shang Dynasty of China which dates between...