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Chinese history: advanced 历史：高级

The words past the HSK syllabus for chinese history, with example sentences a learner at HSK 7-9 can read.

17 words and 26 example sentences.

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Words 词

  1. 黄(huáng)帝(dì) the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
  2. 司(sī)马(mǎ)迁(qiān) Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史记 shǐjì, known as the father of Chinese historiography
  3. 诸(zhū)葛(gě)亮(liàng) Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀汉 shǔhàn during the Three Kingdoms period
  4. 曹(cáo)操(cāo) Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕
  5. 汉(hàn)武(wǔ)帝(dì) Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty
  6. 唐(táng)太(tài)宗(zōng) Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民 lǐshìmín (599-649), reigned 626-649
  7. 朱(zhū)元(yuán)璋(zhāng) Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武 hóngwǔ
  8. 张(zhāng)骞(qiān) Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
  9. 玄(xuán)奘(zàng) Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
  10. 太(tài)平(píng)天(tiān)国(guó) Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
  11. 洋(yáng)务(wù)运(yùn)动(dòng) Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自强运动
  12. 戊(wù)戌(xū)变(biàn)法(fǎ) Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
  13. 焚(fén)书(shū)坑(kēng)儒(rú) to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars
  14. 春(chūn)秋(qiū)战(zhàn)国(guó) the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
  15. 五(wǔ)代(dài)十(shí)国(guó) Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
  16. 禅(shàn)让(ràng) to abdicate
  17. 虎(hǔ)符(fú) tiger tally

Example sentences 例句

  1. 传说黄帝发明了很多东西。

    Chuánshuō Huángdì fāmíngle hěn duō dōngxi.

    Legend says the Yellow Emperor invented many things.

  2. 传说中，黄帝是中华民族的祖先。

    Chuánshuō zhōng, Huángdì shì Zhōnghuámínzú de zǔxiān.

    According to legend, the Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of the Chinese people.

  3. 你读过司马迁写的故事吗？

    Nǐ dúguo Sīmǎ Qiān xiě de gùshi ma?

    Have you ever read the stories written by Sima Qian?

  4. 司马迁写了一部著名史书。

    Sīmǎ Qiān xiěle yíbù zhùmíng shǐshū.

    Sima Qian wrote a famous history book.

  5. 他是我们队里的诸葛亮。

    Tā shì wǒmen duì lǐ de Zhūgě Liàng.

    He is the mastermind of our team.

  6. 小说里的诸葛亮聪明过人。

    Xiǎoshuō lǐ de Zhūgě Liàng cōngmingguò rén.

    The Zhuge Liang in the novel is exceptionally clever.

  7. 小说里的曹操很奸诈。

    Xiǎoshuō lǐ de Cáo Cāo hěn jiānzhà.

    The Cao Cao in the novel is very treacherous.

  8. 曹操会打仗，也会写诗。

    Cáo Cāo huì dǎzhàng, yě huì xiěshī.

    Cao Cao could fight battles and also write poetry.

  9. 司马迁生活在汉武帝的时代。

    Sīmǎ Qiān shēnghuó zài Hàn Wǔdì de shídài.

    Sima Qian lived in the era of Emperor Wu of Han.

  10. 唐太宗善于听大臣的意见。

    Táng Tàizōng shànyú tīng dàchén de yìjiàn.

    Emperor Taizong of Tang was good at listening to his ministers' opinions.

  11. 唐太宗很愿意听大臣的意见。

    Táng Tàizōng hěn yuànyì tīng dàchén de yìjiàn.

    Emperor Taizong of Tang was very willing to listen to his ministers' opinions.

  12. 朱元璋小时候家里很穷。

    Zhū Yuánzhāng xiǎoshíhou jiālǐ hěn qióng.

    Zhu Yuanzhang's family was very poor when he was a child.

  13. 朱元璋建立了明朝，定都南京。

    Zhū Yuánzhāng jiànlìle míngcháo, dìngdū Nánjīng.

    Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming dynasty and made Nanjing its capital.

  14. 玄奘从长安出发，去印度取经。

    Xuánzàng cóng Cháng'ān chūfā, qù Yìndù qǔjīng.

    Xuanzang set out from Chang'an to go to India to seek Buddhist scriptures.

  15. 玄奘一个人走了很远的路去印度。

    Xuánzàng yí gè rén zǒule hěn yuǎn de lù qù Yìndù.

    Xuanzang traveled a long way alone to India.

  16. 太平天国发生在清朝末年。

    Tàipíngtiānguó fāshēng zài qīngcháo mònián.

    The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom arose in the late Qing dynasty.

  17. 太平天国是在清朝末年发生的。

    Tàipíngtiānguó shì zài qīngcháo mònián fāshēng de.

    The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom arose in the late Qing dynasty.

  18. 你能说说洋务运动的目的吗？

    Nǐ néng shuō shuō yángwùyùndòng de mùdì ma?

    Can you tell me about the aims of the Self-Strengthening Movement?

  19. 洋务运动想让清朝变得更强大。

    Yángwùyùndòng xiǎng ràng qīngcháo biànde gèng qiángdà.

    The Self-Strengthening Movement wanted to make the Qing dynasty stronger.

  20. 戊戌变法最后失败了。

    Wùxūbiànfǎ zuìhòu shībàile.

    The Hundred Days' Reform ended in failure.

  21. 他对戊戌变法的历史很感兴趣。

    Tā duì wùxūbiànfǎ de lìshǐ hěn gǎnxìngqù.

    He is very interested in the history of the Hundred Days' Reform.

  22. 你喜欢看春秋战国的历史故事吗？

    Nǐ xǐhuan kàn Chūnqiū Zhànguó de lìshǐ gùshi ma?

    Do you like reading historical stories from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods?

  23. 春秋战国之后，秦国统一了中国。

    Chūnqiū Zhànguó zhīhòu, Qínguó tǒngyīle Zhōngguó.

    After the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the state of Qin unified China.

  24. 五代十国之后，宋朝统一了中国。

    Wǔdàishíguó zhīhòu, sòngcháo tǒngyīle Zhōngguó.

    After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Song dynasty reunified China.

  25. 没有虎符，就不能调兵。

    Méiyǒu hǔfú, jiù bùnéng diàobīng.

    Without the tiger tally, troops cannot be mobilized.

  26. 你见过虎符是什么样子的吗？

    Nǐ jiànguo hǔfú shì shénme yàngzi de ma?

    Have you ever seen what a tiger tally looks like?