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343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
title of General Gengshi (更始將軍) at the time and who was considered a weak personality, and requested that he be made emperor. Liu Yan initially opposed this move and instead suggested that Liu Xuan carry the title "Prince of Han" first (echoing the founder of the Han dynasty, Emperor Gaozu). The ... | 9,200 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
Wang Xun (王尋) with what he considered to be overwhelming force, some 430,000 men, intending to crush the newly constituted Han regime. The Han forces were at this point in two groups—one led by Wang Feng (王鳳), Wang Chang (王常), and Liu Xiu, which, in response to the arrival of the Xin forces, with... | 9,201 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
idea, the Kunyang rebels eventually agreed.
Liu Xiu carried out his action, and when he returned to Kunyang, he began harassing the sieging Xin forces from the outside. Wang Yi and Wang Xun, annoyed, led 10,000 men to attack Liu Xiu and ordered the rest of their troops not to move from their sie... | 9,202 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
had to withdraw with only several thousand men back to Luoyang. This was a major blow to Xin, psychologically; after this point on, there would be no hope for it.
## Liu Yan's death and Liu Xiu's bare survival.
The very first major incident of infighting in Gengshi Emperor's regime would happen... | 9,203 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
and Zhu Wei (朱鮪), took this opportunity to execute Liu Yan as well.
At this time, Liu Xiu was fighting on the frontlines. When he heard about his brother's death, he quickly left his army and went back to the temporary capital Wancheng to beg forgiveness. When Liu Yan's followers greeted him, he... | 9,204 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
younger, when Liu Xiu was visiting the capital Chang'an, he became impressed with the mayor of the capital ("zhijinyu", 執金吾) and, already impressed by Yin's beauty, he made the remarks: "If I were to be an official, I want to be "zhijinyu"; if I were to marry, I want to marry Yin Lihua". He event... | 9,205 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
planned to set his capital at Luoyang, and he made Liu Xiu governor of the capital region. Liu Xiu was commissioned to repair the palaces and governmental offices at Luoyang. Of all of the major Han officials following the restoration, Liu Xiu alone quickly showed his talent for organization, and... | 9,206 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
Liu Xiu for that task. Liu Yan's political enemies, including Li and Zhu, opposed, but after Liu Ci repeatedly endorsed Liu Xiu, the Gengshi Emperor relented and, in autumn 23, he sent Liu Xiu to the region north of the Yellow River.
Liu Xiu was initially met with great gladness by the people no... | 9,207 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
problem on his hand, however, in winter 23, as he faced a pretender for the Han throne. A fortune teller in Handan named Wang Lang claimed to be actually named Liu Ziyu (劉子輿) and a son of Emperor Cheng. He claimed that his mother was a singer in Emperor Cheng's service, and that Empress Zhao Feiy... | 9,208 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
Not long after, he faced rebellions in his immediate vicinity, and was nearly killed by rebels who pledged allegiance to Wang. He reached two commanderies in modern central Hebei that were still loyal to Gengshi Emperor—Xindu (信都, roughly modern Hengshui, Hebei), whose governor was Ren Guang (任光)... | 9,209 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
Liu Yang, and combined his forces. He mobilized their forces and won some major battles against Wang's generals.
Meanwhile, a follower of Liu Xiu, Geng Yan, the son of the governor of Shanggu Commandery (上谷, roughly modern Zhangjiakou, Hebei), had fled back to his father's commandery, and persua... | 9,210 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
assault against Handan, trapping and killing Wang Lang.
After Wang's death, Gengshi Emperor created Liu Xiu the Prince of Xiao and summoned him back to the capital (then moved to Chang'an). Liu Xiu, persuaded by Geng Yan that he should be ready to set out his own course because the people were b... | 9,211 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
those loyal to himself. He consolidated his power north of the Yellow River and, as he predicted that the powerful Chimei would destroy Gengshi Emperor's government for him, he waited by for that to happen, not intervening on either side as that conflict was developing. He put Kou Xun in charge o... | 9,212 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
into modern Shaanxi.
At this point, territories that Liu Xiu controlled were already impressive, compared to any other regional power in the empire broken apart by civil war—but he still carried just the title Prince of Xiao (which Gengshi Emperor had created him) and still ostensibly was contro... | 9,213 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
throne—as Emperor Guangwu.
# Campaign to unify the empire.
## Victory over the Chimei.
Soon after Emperor Guangwu's ascension, his former liege Gengshi Emperor's regime was destroyed by the Chimei, who supported their own pretender to the Han throne, Emperor Liu Penzi. The Chimei leaders, whil... | 9,214 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
and northern Jiangsu). Emperor Guangwu, anticipating this, set up his forces to harass and tire the Chimei out, and then block them off at Yiyang (宜陽, in modern Luoyang, Henan). With their path blocked and their troops exhausted, the Chimei leaders surrendered. Emperor Guangwu spared them, includ... | 9,215 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
based on his lineage—as the son of Liu Li (劉立), the Prince of Liang under the reigns of Emperor Cheng, Emperor Ai, and Emperor Ping who had been forced by Wang Mang to commit suicide; he controlled the modern eastern Henan and northern Jiangsu region.
- Peng Chong, who had been by this point agg... | 9,216 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
(隗囂), nominally the commander of the Xizhou (西州) region paying allegiance to Emperor Guangwu, but who independently controlled the modern eastern Gansu region, east of the Yellow River.
- Dou Rong (竇融), nominally the governor of Liang Province (涼州) paying allegiance to Emperor Guangwu, but who i... | 9,217 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
palace unearthed near Abakan (in Southern Siberia) in 1941–45 as Lu Fang's residence after he had left China for the lands of the Xiongnu.
- Gongsun Shu, who proclaimed himself emperor of Chengjia, who controlled the Yi Province, modern Sichuan, Chongqing and parts of Shaanxi, Guizhou, and Yunna... | 9,218 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
to him. Wei and Dou did in 29, and as they were assisting Eastern Han forces to the north of Chengjia, Gongsun was further discouraged from trying to expand his empire.
Also in 29, Liu Yong's son and heir Liu Yu (劉紆) was defeated by Eastern Han forces and killed. Also in 29, Peng's slaves assass... | 9,219 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
Eastern Han started considering conquering Chengjia, Wei, apprehensive of the implications of Chengjia's fall, tried to persuade Emperor Guangwu not to carry out a campaign against Chengjia, and later refused to lead his forces south against Chengjia.
Emperor Guangwu, who in any case preferred p... | 9,220 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
would voluntarily submit, Emperor Guangwu started a campaign against Wei in summer 30—assisted by Wei's friend Ma Yuan, who had served as Wei's liaison officer to Emperor Guangwu and had tried in vain to persuade him not to take the course of independence. In response, Wei formally submitted to G... | 9,221 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
capital Luomen (落門, in modern Tianshui, Gansu) fell, and Wei Chun surrendered.
Emperor Guangwu then turned his attention to Chengjia. He commissioned his generals Wu Han, Cen Peng (岑彭), Lai She (來歙), and Gai Yan (蓋延) to go on a two-pronged attack on Chengjia—Wu and Cen leading an army and a navy... | 9,222 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
surrounded in his capital Chengdu (成都, modern Chengdu, Sichuan). However, initial attempts to siege the city was unsuccessful, and Wu, then in command of the expeditory force, considered withdrawing. Persuaded by his lieutenant Zhang Kan (張堪) that Gongsun was in desperate straits, however, Wu tri... | 9,223 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
after initially submitting to Emperor Guangwu and made the Prince of Dai (as Emperor Guangwu maintained the fiction that Lu was actually from imperial lineage), eventually rebelled again, but, unable to succeed, eventually fled to Xiongnu in 42. The empire was entirely under Emperor Guangwu's rul... | 9,224 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
him and his generals and to protect their title and position so he therefore resolved to give the generals large marches but not give them official positions in his government. He rewarded them with great wealth and often listened to their advice, but rarely put them in positions of authority. He... | 9,225 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
laws of late Western Han Dynasty—which were far more severe. After discussion with other officials, Emperor Guangwu tabled Liang's suggestion. But he is the one started order servants in the inner palace must be eunuchs.
Emperor Guangwu, however, had to deal with two campaigns against non-Chines... | 9,226 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
suicide by drowning.)
Emperor Guangwu also had to deal with periodic minor battles against the Xiongnu to the north. However, throughout his reign, there were no major wars with Xiongnu. Nevertheless, because of raids by Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei, the northern commanderies became largely unpo... | 9,227 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
of Xiyu. Emperor Guangwu declined, stating that his empire was so lacking in strength at the time that he could not expend efforts to protect Xiyu kingdoms. In response, the Xiyu kingdoms submitted to Xiongnu.
# Marital and succession issues.
As alluded above, while still under Gengshi Emperor,... | 9,228 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
However, Yin had not yet had a son by that point, and she declined the empress position and endorsed Guo. Emperor Guangwu therefore created Guo empress and her son Prince Jiang crown prince.
By 41, however, Empress Guo had long lost the emperor's favor. She continuously complained about that fac... | 9,229 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
having the heart to depose mother and son, Emperor Guangwu initially left Guo's son, Crown Prince Jiang, as crown prince. Crown Prince Jiang, however, realizing that his position was precarious, repeatedly offered to step down. In 43, Emperor Guangwu agreed and created Liu Yang (劉陽), the oldest s... | 9,230 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
to Emperor Guangwu's authority. Punu also submitted, in response, and the divided Xiongnu stopped waging war against Han.
In 49, a rare blot on Emperor Guangwu's rule occurred. He had once again commissioned Ma Yuan to go on an expedition—against the indigenous people of the Wulin Commandery (mo... | 9,231 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
him posthumously. (Ma's reputation was not restored until his daughter later became empress to Emperor Guangwu's son Emperor Ming.)
In 57, Emperor Guangwu died. He was succeeded by Crown Prince Zhuang, who ascended the throne as Emperor Ming.
# Era names.
- Jianwu (建武 py. jiàn wŭ): 25–56
- Ji... | 9,232 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
83), sixth son
- Princess Nieyang (), personal name Zhongli (), second daughter
- Married Dou Gu of Fufeng, Marquis Xianqin (; d. 88)
- Liu Jing, Prince Si of Guangling (; d. 67), eighth son
- "Liu Heng, Duke Huai of Linhuai" (; d. 41), ninth son
- Liu Jing, Prince Xiao of Langya (; d. 81), ... | 9,233 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
Fuling (; d. 89), seventh son
- Liu Yan, Prince Jian of Zhongshan (; 39–90), tenth son
- "Meiren", of the Xu clan (; d. 86)
- Liu Ying, Prince Chu (; d. 71), third son
- Unknown
- Princess Wuyang (), personal name Yiwang (), first daughter
- Married Liang Song, Marquis Ling (), and had issu... | 9,234 |
343279 | Emperor Guangwu of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Guangwu%20of%20Han | Emperor Guangwu of Han
'an (; d. 92) in 52
- Princess Liyi (; d. 59), personal name Shou (), fifth daughter
- Married Yin Feng (; d. 59)
# See also.
- 1. Family tree of the Han Dynasty
- 2. Resurgence of Guangwu
# References.
- Bielenstein, Hans. (1986). "Wang Mang, the Restoration of the Han Dynasty, and Later ... | 9,235 |
343284 | Igo Gruden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Igo%20Gruden | Igo Gruden
Igo Gruden
Igo Gruden (18 April 1893 – 29 November 1948) was a Slovene poet and translator.
He was born as Ignacij Gruden in the small fishing village of Aurisina near Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian County of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Italy) as first of ten children of Franc Gruden and Justi... | 9,236 |
343284 | Igo Gruden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Igo%20Gruden | Igo Gruden
where he practiced law.
In the 1920s and 1930s, he was active in spreading the anti-Fascist sentiment among Slovene intellectuals. In 1922, he was arrested by the Italian authorities while visiting his native village, which was then under Italian jurisdiction. He was released after the intervention of the Y... | 9,237 |
343284 | Igo Gruden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Igo%20Gruden | Igo Gruden
Nation, and was interned by the Italian occupation forces to the Rab concentration camp. After the Italian armistice, he joined the Partisan resistance. After the war, he worked at the Slovenian section of the Yugoslav Radio in Belgrade, together with Matej Bor and Anton Ingolič. He died in Ljubljana and was... | 9,238 |
343284 | Igo Gruden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Igo%20Gruden | Igo Gruden
ith Matej Bor and Anton Ingolič. He died in Ljubljana and was buried in the Žale cemetery.
Gruden's poetry was influenced mostly by the Slovene Modern (), particularly Oton Župančič and Dragotin Kette. He was also heavily influenced by Gabriele D'Annunzio and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Initially, he followed th... | 9,239 |
343288 | Jorge de Montemor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jorge%20de%20Montemor | Jorge de Montemor
Jorge de Montemor
Jorge de Montemor () (1520? – 26 February 1561) was a Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish. His most famous work is a pastoral prose romance, the "Diana" (1559).
# Biography.
He was born at Montemor-o-Velho (near Coimbra), whence he derived his nam... | 9,240 |
343288 | Jorge de Montemor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jorge%20de%20Montemor | Jorge de Montemor
in the army, to have accompanied Philip II to England in 1555, and to have travelled in Italy and the Low Countries; but it is certain that his poetical works were published at Antwerp in 1554, and again in 1558.
His reputation is based on a prose work, the "Diana", a pastoral romance published about... | 9,241 |
343288 | Jorge de Montemor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jorge%20de%20Montemor | Jorge de Montemor
Spain; as the starting-point of a widespread literary fashion; and as the indirect source, through the translation included in Googe's "Eglogs, epytaphes and sonnets" (1563), of an episode in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". Though Portuguese was Montemor's native language, he only used it for two songs... | 9,242 |
343288 | Jorge de Montemor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jorge%20de%20Montemor | Jorge de Montemor
ad literary fashion; and as the indirect source, through the translation included in Googe's "Eglogs, epytaphes and sonnets" (1563), of an episode in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". Though Portuguese was Montemor's native language, he only used it for two songs and a short prose passage in the sixth bo... | 9,243 |
343289 | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairhaven,%20Bellingham,%20Washington | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington
Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington
Fairhaven (or the Fairhaven Village) was a settlement in Washington state founded in the late 1880s. In 1903 it became part of the city of Bellingham.
# Description.
The Fairhaven area is situated on the south side of Bellingham, and borders Belling... | 9,244 |
343289 | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairhaven,%20Bellingham,%20Washington | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington
Station, a small transportation hub which serves as Bellingham's "Amtrak Cascades" station stop as well as the Greyhound bus depot. Connections can be made to local taxis or local transit. Whatcom Transportation Authority recently upgraded Fairhaven's bus service to every 15 minutes as... | 9,245 |
343289 | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairhaven,%20Bellingham,%20Washington | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington
are required to conform in outward appearance to the community's traditional 19th-century style as defined by Bellingham Municipal Code, Design Review District, section 20.26.
# History.
First arriving in the area in 1854, Daniel J. Harris bought property along the coast and founded ... | 9,246 |
343289 | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairhaven,%20Bellingham,%20Washington | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington
During this period of competitiveness, which lasted from the late 1870s through mid-1880s, Fairhaven adopted its iconic 19th century style and took on an aesthetic appeal to architecture and design. Even after it was decided that Seattle would house the Great Northern Railroad terminal... | 9,247 |
343289 | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairhaven,%20Bellingham,%20Washington | Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington
w city of Bellingham was officially established.
Fairhaven is also known for its historical ties to salmon canning, and from the late 1800s through to the 1940s was the home of numerous salmon canning operations, employing as many as 4,500 workers in the area. In the 1940s the Pacific... | 9,248 |
343292 | William Small | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Small | William Small
William Small
William Small (13 October 1734 – 25 February 1775) was a Scottish physician and a professor of natural philosophy at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, where he became an influential mentor for Thomas Jefferson.
William Small was born in Carmyllie, Angus, Scotland, the son of a P... | 9,249 |
343292 | William Small | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Small | William Small
being Thomas Jefferson's professor at William and Mary, and for having an influence on the young Jefferson. Small introduced him to members of Virginia society who were to have an important role in Jefferson's life, including George Wythe a leading jurist in the colonies and Francis Fauquier, the Governor... | 9,250 |
343292 | William Small | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Small | William Small
to Britain, with a letter of introduction to Matthew Boulton from Benjamin Franklin. Through this connection Small was elected to the Lunar Society, a prestigious club of scientists and industrialists.
In 1765 he received his MD and established a medical practice in Birmingham, and shared a house with th... | 9,251 |
343292 | William Small | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Small | William Small
in 1774 and together with Ash was involved in planning and building a hospital that was not completed until 1779, as Birmingham General Hospital.
Small died in Birmingham on 25 February 1775 from malaria contracted during his stay in Virginia. He is buried in St. Philip's church yard, Birmingham.
The Wi... | 9,252 |
343292 | William Small | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Small | William Small
nvolved in planning and building a hospital that was not completed until 1779, as Birmingham General Hospital.
Small died in Birmingham on 25 February 1775 from malaria contracted during his stay in Virginia. He is buried in St. Philip's church yard, Birmingham.
The William Small Physical Laboratory, wh... | 9,253 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was an American poet. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990. For "The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov" (1977), he won the National Book Award for Poetry,... | 9,254 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
and owned Russeks, a Fifth Avenue department store. His younger sisters were the photographer Diane Arbus and sculptor/painter Renee Nemerov Sparkia Brown. The elder Nemerov's talents and interests extended to art connoisseurship, painting, philanthropy, and photography — talents and interests undoubtedl... | 9,255 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
World War II, he served as a pilot, first in the Royal Canadian Air Force and later the U. S. Army Air Forces. He married in 1944, and after the war, having earned the rank of first lieutenant, returned to New York with his wife to complete his first book.
Nemerov then began teaching, first at Hamilton ... | 9,256 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
"Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1991" (University of Chicago Press, 1991); "The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov" (1977), which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize; "The Winter Lightning: Selected Poems" (1968); "Mirrors and Windows" (1958); "The Sa... | 9,257 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
of Arts, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates, and the first Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry.
Nemerov served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress in 1963 and 1964, as a Chancellor of the Academy of Americ... | 9,258 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
is formalist. He wrote almost exclusively in fixed forms and meter. While he is known for his meticulousness and refined technique, his work also has a reputation for being witty and playful. He is compared to John Hollander and Philip Larkin.
"A Primer of the Daily Round" is his most frequently antholo... | 9,259 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
Poetica as it describes the nearly imperceptible change between rain and snow while still maintaining the formal poetic elements of rhyme and meter. A critical review by Mary Kinzie said of it: "the poem imperceptibly thickens itself out of the stream of prose."
Nemerov also published a short story in t... | 9,260 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
and Two Plays" (1962)
- "The Blue Swallows" (1967)
- "The Winter Lightning: Selected Poems" (1968)
- "Gnomes & Occasions: Poems" (1973) University of Chicago Press
- "The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov" (1977) —winner of the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, and Bollingen Prize
- "Sentences" (... | 9,261 |
343293 | Howard Nemerov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard%20Nemerov | Howard Nemerov
ame" (1957)
- "The Commodity of Dreams and Other Stories" (1959)
- "Journal of the Fictive Life" (1965)
- "Stories, Fables and Other Diversions" (1971)
## Literary scholarship.
- "The Oak in the Acorn: On "Remembrance of Things Past" and on Teaching Proust, Who Will Never Learn" (1987)
# External l... | 9,262 |
343300 | Emperor Ming of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ming%20of%20Han | Emperor Ming of Han
Emperor Ming of Han
Emperor Ming of Han (15June 28– 5September 75), born and also known as and as , was the second emperor of China's Eastern Han Dynasty.
He was the fourth son and second crown prince of Emperor Guangwu. It was during Emperor Ming's reign that Buddhism began to spread into China.
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Han Empire and known as the Rule of Ming and Zhang.
# Family background.
Liu Yang was born in 28 to Emperor Guangwu and his first love, Consort Yin Lihua. Emperor Guangwu, then still an official under Gengshi Emperor, had married Yin in 23 and, after he became emperor in 25, had wanted to create h... | 9,264 |
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than Crown Prince Jiang, dukes, and Prince Yang was created the Duke of Donghai. He quickly became known for his intelligence even in his young age, and he often made quick judgments of situations that turned out to be correct. Emperor Guangwu became very impressed with him.
At the age of 41, Empre... | 9,265 |
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Empress Guo was deposed, her son, Crown Prince Jiang, became apprehensive about remaining crown prince, and repeatedly requested to be replaced. Emperor Guangwu was initially hesitant to depose both mother and son, but in 43, he resolved to swap Princes Jiang's and Yang's positions. He created Princ... | 9,266 |
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the woman who would eventually become his empress – Consort Ma, the youngest daughter of famed general Ma Yuan – would become a consort of his. She was 12, and he was 23. She would become a favorite of his, but never bore a son. Her niece (the daughter of her older sister), Consort Jia, also a conso... | 9,267 |
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and divided into two—with North Xiongnu ruled by Chanyu Punu (蒲奴) and South Xiongnu ruled by Chanyu Bi (比). Han had become allied with South Xiongnu, and in response, Chanyu Punu, also wanting peace with Han, requested a "heqin" marriage. Prince Zhuang suggested that Emperor Guangwu refuse the propo... | 9,268 |
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them to death if they were discovered.
One thing traditional historians praised him for was his fair treatment of his brothers by the deposed Empress Guo, treating them as if they were also born of his mother Empress Dowager Yin. In 58, when his older brother, Prince Jiang of Donghai (the former cr... | 9,269 |
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show humility.
In 60, he created his favorite Consort Ma (who was also a favorite of his mother Empress Dowager Yin) empress, and created her adopted son Prince Da crown prince.
The same year, to honour the generals and officials who had assisted his father Emperor Guangwu in reestablishing the Ha... | 9,270 |
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Xiongnu. Emperor Ming engaged in a variety of military and economic tactics to try to maintain peace with North Xiongnu and was largely successful. In 65, he established a permanent border defense force, known as the Duliao Army (度遼營), in charge of protecting the northern boundaries and South Xiongn... | 9,271 |
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Ming was, early in his reign, known for his generosity and affection for his brothers. This, however, apparently caused some of them to engage in behavior that were considered taboo at the time and caused them to be severely punished by Emperor Ming, leading also to two major mass executions that bl... | 9,272 |
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hired warlocks to curse Emperor Ming. After he was discovered, Emperor Ming initially took no action, but in 67 forced Prince Jing to commit suicide.
The next incident would not be so bloodless. In 70, Prince Ying of Chu—incidentally, the only son of Emperor Guangwu not born of either of his empres... | 9,273 |
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Ying committed suicide in exile. However, the investigation did not end. By Emperor Ming's orders, Prince Ying's associates (but not his family) were harshly tortured and interrogated, and anyone that they named as a coconspirator was arrested and further tortured and interrogated. The interrogators... | 9,274 |
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warlocks to curse Emperor Ming. Several of Prince Yan's associates were executed, and there were also many others who were executed or exiled after Chu-style interrogations were carried out. Prince Yan himself was not executed, but was demoted from his commandery-level principality to be the Prince ... | 9,275 |
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now in a position to strike back.
Dou, as part of his campaign, sent his assistant Ban Chao to visit the Xiyu (modern Xinjiang and former Soviet central Asia) kingdom of Shanshan (on the eastern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. (Xiyu kingdoms had long submitted to North Xiongnu's authority, and unabl... | 9,276 |
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as honored guests, but eventually the welcome faded. Ban realized that North Xiongnu ambassadors must have arrived. He found out where the North Xiongnu ambassadors were, and, in a night raid, massacred the Xiongnu ambassadors. The king of Shanshan was shocked but somewhat pleased, and submitted to ... | 9,277 |
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him, and sent his head back to Guangde. Guangde was impressed and submitted to Han's suzerainty. With Yutian having submitted, the Xiyu kingdoms largely all submitted as well.
In 74, Dou and Geng led a major military expedition against a major remaining ally of North Xiongnu, Cheshi (車師, roughly mo... | 9,278 |
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worshipped as part of the worship of his mother Empress Dowager Yin. (This became a systematic reform that the rest of the Eastern Han Dynasty emperors largely followed; they did not have separate temples built for themselves, but instead were worshipped along with Emperor Guangwu. This was a major ... | 9,279 |
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(; 39–79)
- "Guiren", of the Jia clan ()
- Liu Da, Emperor Xiaozhang (; 57–88), fifth son
- Princess Pingyang (), personal name Nu (), second daughter
- Married Feng Shun ()
- "Guiren", of the Yin clan ()
- Liu Chang, Prince Jie of Liang (; d. 98), seventh son
- Unknown
- "Liu Jian, Prince A... | 9,280 |
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personal name Ji (), first daughter
- Married Feng Zhu, Marquis Yangyi (), and had issue (one son)
- Princess Longlü (), personal name Ying (), third daughter
- Married Geng Xi, Marquis Mouping ()
- Princess Pingshi (), personal name Ci (), fourth daughter
- Princess Qinshui (), personal name Z... | 9,281 |
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hong (), seventh daughter
- Married Wang Du, Marquis Yang ()
- Princess Wu'an (), personal name Hui (), eighth daughter
- Married Lai Leng, Marquis Zhengqiang (), and had issue (one son)
- Princess Luyang (), personal name Chen (), ninth daughter
- Princess Leping (), personal name Xiaoying (),... | 9,282 |
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Barnabe Googe
Barnabe Googe or Goche (11 June 15407 February 1594) (also spelled Barnaby Goodge) was a poet and translator, one of the earliest English pastoral poets.
# Early life.
Barnabe Googe, born 11 June 1540 (St Barnabas Day), in Alvingham, Lincolnshire, was the son of Robert Googe (d. 5 May 155... | 9,283 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
of the daughters and coheirs of Oliver Wood, esquire. Margaret Wood married twice after the death of Sir Walter Mantell (d.1529). Her second husband was Sir William Haute (d.1539) of Bishopsbourne, Kent, whose daughter, Jane Haute (d. in or after 1595), was the wife of the rebel, Thomas Wyatt. Margaret Wo... | 9,284 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
William Burnell (d.1570), esquire, of Winkburn, Nottinghamshire, Auditor to Henry VIII. It is said that Googe 'came to dislike his stepmother intensely'.
At his father's death on 5 May 1557 Googe inherited the manor of Horkstow and the lands of Alvingham Priory in Lincolnshire, and a house in London form... | 9,285 |
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over an eight-year term. On 26 June 1563 he was granted licence to enter on his lands. In his will Googe's father had requested his executors to have Googe educated at the Inns of Court, and by 29 March 1560 he was a member of Staple Inn, at the time associated with Gray's Inn, where his cousin, William L... | 9,286 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
that he was present on special occasions such as the Queen's visit to Theobalds in 1572, when he was 'placed high on the list of servants' and referred to as the first server for the first meal'. Previous authorities claimed that he became a gentleman pensioner to Queen Elizabeth, but this has been dispro... | 9,287 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
had begun writing poetry, and found himself in an exciting creative coterie with other young writers, such as Jasper Heywood and George Turberville. During his absence in Spain, Googe's juvenile poems were sent to the printer by a friend, Laurence Blundeston. On his return, Googe learned of Blundeston's a... | 9,288 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
this, Googe was an accidental pioneer.
# Marriage and later life.
Googe married Mary Darrell, one of the nine children of Thomas Darrell, esquire, of Scotney Castle, Kent, by his second wife, Mary Roydon, daughter of Thomas Roydon, esquire, of Roydon Hall (or Fortune) in East Peckham, Kent. Corresponden... | 9,289 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
near Lamberhurst in Kent. When Googe found his suit discouraged by Thomas Darrell, he appealed to his powerful contacts, and after intervention by his 'near kinsman', Sir William Cecil, the marriage duly took place in 1564 or 1565; Googe took his wife to live in Lamberhurst at the manor house of Chingley.... | 9,290 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
he was returned as MP for Aldborough, Yorkshire. Further service in Ireland awaited him in 1582 when Googe was appointed to the position of provost-marshal of the court of Connaught; some twenty letters of his in this capacity are preserved in the Public Record Office. Googe considered the post a hardship... | 9,291 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
dated 19 June 1587, was written from Lord Burghley's chamber at court. In it Googe mentioned his new home at Alvingham. He is thought to have retired there for the remainder of his life. He died at Alvingham about 7 February 1594, and was buried in Cockerington church.
# Poetry.
Googe's poems are writte... | 9,292 |
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the unaccents light; the result is sometimes deliberately blunt and plodding. The poems of George Turberville, Thomas More, George Gascoigne and Walter Raleigh are examples of a similar style.
Plain Style dealt with serious subjects in a serious way: its goal was not ornamental beauty, but truth. Googe's... | 9,293 |
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account of the sufferings of his co-religionists under Mary I of England. The other eclogues deal with the sorrows of earthly love, leading up to a dialogue between Corydon and Cornix, in which the heavenly love is extolled. The volume includes epitaphs on Nicholas Grimald, John Bale and on Thomas Phaer, ... | 9,294 |
343299 | Barnabe Googe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnabe%20Googe | Barnabe Googe
work of Mantuan, and the pastoral elements of Spanish romance, and he was the first English writer to reflect the influence of the "Diana Enamorada" of Montemayor.
His other works include: a translation from Marcellus Palingenius (said to be an anagram for Pier Angelo Manzolli) of a satirical Latin poem,... | 9,295 |
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from Christopher Ballista (Christophe Arbaleste), and "The Proverbes of Lopes de Mendoza" (1579). "The Zodyake of Life" was a significant translation, being adopted as a textbook for English grammar schools. As such, its ideas colour many of the works of English writers of the latter part of the sixteenth... | 9,296 |
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, in addition to its poetical astronomy, was its notoriety as a Reformist text: Palingenius was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books by the Inquisition and consequently enjoyed popularity in Protestant regions across Europe.
# See also.
- Canons of Renaissance poetry
# External links.
- Will of Rob... | 9,297 |
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Bridget Fonda
Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in "The Godfather Part III" (1990), "Single White Female" (1992), "Singles" (1992), "Point of No Return" (1993), "It Could Happen to You" (1994) and "Jackie Brown" (1997). She is the daughter of Pe... | 9,298 |
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the 2001 TV film "No Ordinary Baby".
Fonda retired from acting in 2002.
# Early life.
Fonda was born in Los Angeles, California, to a family of actors, including her grandfather Henry Fonda, father Peter Fonda, and her aunt Jane Fonda. Her mother, Susan Jane Brewer, is an artist. She is named after act... | 9,299 |
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