![]() ![]() It’s important to know that in 196 CE, he quite cleverly kidnapped the hapless leader Xiandi 献 帝 Xian4 Di4, “ruling”, so to speak, from September 189 to 196 under the supervision of various warlords, and from 196 to 25 November 220 under Cao Cao’s mighty shadow. The capital city of the Wei Dynasty was at present-day Luoyang City. This part of the former Han Empire is called Cao-Wei 曹魏 Cao2 Wei4, Cao being the family name of the most powerful prince of the time and Wei the name of the Dynasty he founded. Even if Cao Cao never declared himself emperor, deciding he would play the role of a loyal servant to the dying four centuries of the old Han Dynasty, and letting his offspring found the Wei 魏 Wei4 Dynasty, replacing the Han 汉 Han4 Dynasty on 25 November 220 some eight months after his own death on 15 March 220 CE.īe informed that the coronation ceremony of the first Wei 魏 emperor happened on 11 December 220: 16 days after the deposition of the last Han Dynasty. Cao Cao skillfully ruled most (~2/3) of China, also the most populous part (~35 million people, ~1 to 2 million for Riverlands and 5 to 7 million for the very fertile Southland). His deadly rival was Cao Cao 曹 操 Cao2 Cao1 (born 155 – died 15 March 220) courtesy name Mengde 孟 德 Meng4 De2 (Eminent Virtue). The Riverlands is named Shu-Han 蜀 汉, Shu3 Han4 in Chinese, Shu3 is the name of the land around present-day Chengdu City (the capital city of the Shu-Han State) in Sichuan Province, the core of Liu Bei’s state and Han4 is for the Han Dynasty, since Liu Bei is the scion of a provincial branch of the Liu 刘 Liu2 Noble House, Sovereigns of the Han Empire. Not a bad choice since Sichuan 四 川 Si4 Chuan1 means Four Rivers. This latter was aka Liu Bang, who ruled before becoming Emperor of China many generations earlier, but Liu Bei, as emperor, ruled only over a small portion of China, more or less what we call Sichuan nowadays and that the translator of the series decided to name Riverlands. Hanzhong corresponds to the land his ancestor Han Gaozu (Lofty Progenitor of the Han Dynasty). He was King of Hanzhong from 219 to 15 May 221 and emperor from 15 May 221 to 10 June 223. Virtue here has to be understood as virility, according to the understanding of ancient times, Manly Upright Strength and Charismatic exactly the meaning of the Latin word virtus, Vir and Tus: Manly Upright Strength. ![]() His Courtesy Name is Xuande 玄 德 Xuan2 De2 (Mysterious Virtue). We meet this time Liu Bang’s scion, Liu Bei 刘 備, Liu2 Bei4 (born 16 July 161 – died 10 June 223). This reminds of 207 BCE, the foundational moment four centuries earlier involving Liu Bang (born 256 BCE – died 195 BCE) and Ziying (died January 206 BCE), of whom I spoke in Cultural Capsule #1 ( ). It concerns The Longzhong Plan 隆 中 对 Long2 Zhong1 Dui4. The segment discussed today is from the beginning to 6’40”. I propose a segment of Episode 34 from the 2010 TV movie series called Three Kingdoms.Īnother foundational moment of The Splendid Central Civilization 中 华 Zhong1 Hua2 Note before starting: you can download the entire movie series for free, at the end of this article! Previous installments in the Chinese Film Culture and History Series
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