Chinese Characters is a new series of essays ... That woman was Wu Zetian (624-705) of the Tang dynasty. And to get there, she left behind a trail of bodies that even Cersei Lannister might ...

One of the most famous Chinese folk tales is the “Legend of the White Snake.” Although early versions of the myth date back ...

A Chinese study explored how people in the middle and upper classes used cosmetics during the Tang dynasty (618-907). The researchers found that make-up was a fun part of daily life for those who ...

When I was invited to talk about the civil service exams and Tang Dynasty poetry to a class ... I also give students an overview of Chinese tones, couplets, internal rhyme, and the parallelism of ...

Though she changed the Li house's Tang Dynasty into the Wu's Zhou Dynasty ... gems of the ancient Chinese art of stone carving. Most of these stone pieces line the sides of the spirit path ...

It's a sure sign of middle age they say if, when you pick up the newspaper, you turn first to the obituaries. But middle-aged or not, most of us, I suspect, would love to know what people will ...

The characters ... the Tang dynasty (618-907), the exhibition room devoted to this dynasty simply removed any mention of the name "Tibet" (in Tibetan: "Bod Chen po"), using only the Chinese ...