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ciaota.bsky.social
Placing the phonetic transliteration next to the text here is similar to how the 元朝秘史 deals with such transliterations for Mongolian. #Sinology #ImperialChina
ciaota.bsky.social Markus Samuel Haselbeck 趙澤煊 @ciaota.bsky.social · Apr 13
For this week‘s #MarginaliaMonday, I have a copy of the 元朝祕史 in store: The text is written in Chinese characters phonetically representing #Mongolian. The annotator seemingly tried to represent it in Mongolian, Western transcriptions, and other Chinese characters. #ChinaBooks #Sinology
May 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#DOTD in #ChineseHistory: Li Yuan 李淵 (566–635), temple name Gaozu 高祖, first emperor (r. 618–626) and emperor emeritus 太上皇 (626–635) of the Tang 唐 dynasty, seen here looking at the pedometer he received as a welcome present from the Turkic 突厥 Khagan. #ImperialChina
June 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#OTD in 1008, #Song #宋 Emperor Zhenzong 真宗 (r. 997–1022) performs the Feng Shan #封禪 sacrifice to Heaven & Earth on Mount Tai #泰山, one of five sacred mountains of #ImperialChina. Only six emperors personally performed these rites in #ChineseHistory, Zhenzong being the last.
November 23, 2024 at 10:08 AM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#OTD in 1008, #Song #宋 Emperor Zhenzong 真宗 (r. 997–1022) performs the Feng Shan #封禪 sacrifice to Heaven & Earth on Mount Tai #泰山, one of five sacred mountains of #ImperialChina. Only six emperors personally performed these rites in #ChineseHistory, Zhenzong being the last.
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#DOTD: Li Yuan 李淵 (566–635), temple name Gaozu 高祖, first emperor (r. 618–626) and emperor emeritus #太上皇 (626–635) of the Tang 唐, seen here looking at the pedometer he received as a welcome present from the Turkic #突厥 Khagan. #dynasty #ImperialChina
June 25, 2024 at 6:48 AM
historytoday.com
As Late #ImperialChina sought to rebuild as a modern state from the ashes of war, a new national post office was born.

🔒 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘀𝗮𝗶’𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀

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Delivering the Chinese Post Office
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February 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
historytoday.com
As Late #ImperialChina sought to rebuild as a modern state from the ashes of war, a new national post office was born.

🔒 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘀𝗮𝗶’𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀

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Delivering the Chinese Post Office
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March 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#BOTD: Zhao Kuangyin #趙匡胤 (Taizu 太祖, 927–976, r. 960–976), founding emperor of the #Song #宋 dynasty (960–1279). #ChineseHistory #ImperialChina
March 21, 2024 at 5:28 AM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Liu Xie 劉協, Emperor Xian 獻帝 (181–234, r. 189–220), last monarch of the (Eastern/Latter) #Han #漢 (東漢, 後漢). #ImperialChina #China #EarlyChina #Sinology #Dynasty
April 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
ciaota.bsky.social
Our #history department at KU Leuven is again looking for a new Postdoc colleague, this time to join the ERC project “Regionalizing Infrastructures in Chinese History” led by @hildedw.bsky.social. For more info check:
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#sinology #imperialchina #chineseinfrastructure
Postdoctoral position in the social history of material infrastructures
The Early Modern History (EMH) Research Group at KU Leuven invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the social history of material infrastructures (Chinese and East Asian history, 1000-1800...
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July 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
zealousalchemy.bsky.social
Chinese Guardian Lion woodcut prints

Oil-based ink on raw Xuan paper

These took around 40 hours each to carve - I went half-mad from carving all of the spirals.

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#woodcut #printmaking #imperialchina
Pair of woodcut prints depicting Chinese Guardian Lions. Woodcut print depicting a female Chinese Guardian Lion. Woodcut print depicting a male Chinese Guardian Lion.
December 11, 2024 at 11:08 AM
veerenchauhan.com
Bronze bulwark – a guardian lioness keeps her cub close at the Forbidden City’s threshold, verdigris-cloaked and centuries still. 🦁✨

#ForbiddenCity #Beijing #China #GuardianLion #ImperialChina #Architecture #iPhone16Pro #Photography #Fotographia
A close-up photograph of a bronze guardian lion (shi) at the Forbidden City in Beijing, weathered to a deep verdigris green. The lioness rests her left paw protectively on a cub, with intricate ornamental detail across her collar, mane and pedestal. The yellow-tiled palace roofs and a clear blue sky sit out of focus behind her. © Veeren Chauhan 2026.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
May 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
veerenchauhan.com
Cinnabar corner – the Forbidden City lifts its eaves in carved layers of red and gold against a Beijing-blue sky. 🏯✨

#ForbiddenCity #Beijing #China #Architecture #ImperialChina #UrbanGeometry #iPhone16Pro #Photography #Fotographia
A low-angle photograph of a corner of a hall in the Forbidden City, Beijing. Red lacquered columns rise to an ornately carved beam and bracket structure, topped by upturned eaves of glazed golden roof tiles. A deep blue sky frames the upturned rooftop point. © Veeren Chauhan 2026.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
May 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Liu Xie 劉協, Emperor Xian 獻帝 (181–234, r. 189–220), last monarch of the (Eastern/Latter) #Han #漢 (東漢, 後漢). #ImperialChina #China #EarlyChina #Sinology #Dynasty
April 2, 2024 at 4:49 AM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#OTD in #MedievalChina: The Shatuo 沙陀 general Li Cunxu 李存勗 (Zhuangzong 莊宗, 885–926, r. 923–926) declares himself emperor of the restored or Latter #Tang 後 #唐, one of the #FiveDynasties #五代 (907–960) in #ChineseHistory #ImperialChina #Restoration
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#DOTD in #ImperialChina: Yang Guang 楊廣, Emperor Yang of Sui 隋煬帝 (569–618, r. 604–618). Exhausting his realm in massive construction projects (e.g., the #GrandCanal) and military campaigns, he was killed by a mutiny in his southern capital Jiangdu 江都 (modern Yangzhou 揚州).
April 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#DOTD in #ImperialChina: Yang Guang 楊廣, Emperor Yang of Sui 隋煬帝 (569–618, r. 604–618). Exhausting his realm in massive construction projects (e.g., the #GrandCanal) and military campaigns, he was killed by a mutiny in his southern capital Jiangdu 江都 (modern Yangzhou 揚州).
April 11, 2024 at 6:31 AM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#OTD 1905: in a last-ditch effort to modernise #China, the imperial Qing 清 government begins the process of abolishing the civil service examinations #科舉, which had regulated entry into officialdom in #ImperialChina for 1300 years.
September 2, 2024 at 6:55 AM
grandestreasures.bsky.social
Imperial Seville Dinner Plates ~ Set Of 2 ~ W Dalton Blue Roses Gray Scrolls Gold Trim Replacement Dishes janelliminellisshop.etsy.com/listing/4333... #ImperialChina #Seville #Replacement #DinnerPlates #Vintage #Etsy #EtsySeller #EtsyShop
August 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
medievalchina.bsky.social
#OTD in 1008, #Song #宋 Emperor Zhenzong 真宗 (r. 997–1022) performs the Feng Shan #封禪 sacrifice to Heaven & Earth on Mount Tai #泰山, one of five sacred mountains of #ImperialChina. Only six emperors personally performed these rites in #ChineseHistory, Zhenzong being the last.
November 23, 2023 at 7:46 AM
epochnexuss.bsky.social
The Last Emperor's Tragic Journey: The Story of Emperor Puyi

#lastemperor #emperorpuyi #chinesehistory #lostempire #qingdynasty #imperialchina #worldhistory #tragedy #historicalfigures #forgottenhistory #dynasty #historyfacts #asiahistory #historicaljourney #royalty #fyp #fypシ #reels #trending
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
mischab.bsky.social
Empress Dowager Cixi: Silk, Smoke, and Iron Rule

Prompt in ALT

#aiart #blueskyart #digitalart #aicommunity #collageart #cixi #qingdynastyart #cutandpasteaesthetic #symbolicportrait #recycledmedia #conceptualcollage #historicaltruth #foundmediaart #imperialchina #powerandsecrecy #monarchscrutiny
a lavish yet severe portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi constructed from torn court edicts, dragon robe patterns, Qing dynasty paintings, newspaper clippings on the Boxer Rebellion, opium trade charts, and lacquered fan fragments, her face layered from delicate silk textures and jade carvings, background woven with burning palaces, foreign treaties, and broken porcelain, colors rich with red, gold, and ink-black contrasts, symbolic cut-and-paste collage with imperial elegance and ruthless control
July 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
keiyangoshin.bsky.social
If you’ve heard of the #anime #TheApothecaryDiaries and you’re not sure it’s worth a watch, here’s my two cents. Yes. 😂 The success of the series is easily explained. #historic #imperialChina #botany #funny #beautiful #drama Give it a try, you’ll love Mao Mao. ☺️ @jazzlikestogame.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
worldhistory.org
A map illustrating the emergence and expansion of one of the largest centralized states in the premodern world - the #Mughal (#Persian for #Mongol) #Empire, from its foundation in 1526 to its peak in 1707 with a population of 100-150M. Its size even rivalled #ImperialChina.

🗺️ by Simeon Netchev
A map illustrating the extent of the Mughal Empire, with particular areas highlighted in different colors
May 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
buddhistdoor.bsky.social
BDG feature: Book Review: The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century

Read here: tinyurl.com/vnujeyeu

#buddhism #books #bookreview #china #history #women #chinesehistory #imperialchina #imperialism #chinesebuddhism
Book Review: The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century - Buddhistdoor Global
Stephanie Balkwill's new book shines a light on the women-led system of monastic influence on medieval Chinese royal affairs
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August 7, 2024 at 6:57 AM