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8 hours ago · Name "Manchu" was adopted as the official name of the people by Emperor Hong Taiji in 1635, replacing the earlier name "Jurchen". It appears that manju was an old term for the Jianzhou Jurchens, although the etymology is not well understood. : 63 The Jiu Manzhou Dang, archives of early 17th century documents, contains the earliest use of Manchu. However, the actual etymology of the ethnic name ...
8 hours ago · Nanjing [b] is the capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China. The city has 11 districts, an administrative area of 6,600 km 2 (2,500 sq mi), and a population of 9,423,400 as of 2021. [6] Situated in the Yangtze River Delta region, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having served as the capital of various Chinese ...
8 hours ago · After entering the Edo period, the Chinese-style "Tangyang" calligraphy style became the favorite object of Japanese literati. The so-called "Tang style" refers to the school of Chinese calligraphy styles such as Wen Zhengming and Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu in the Yuan Dynasty, and Su Shi and Mi Fu in the Song Dynasty.
