Examples of xian in the following topics:
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- The General would then replace Emperor Shao with the Prince of Cheniliu, known as Emperor Xian.
- Xian would be the last emperor of the Han Dynasty.
- When Cao Cao died in 220 CE, Emperor Xian abdicated the throne, claiming that he had failed to keep the Mandate of Heaven.
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- Fa
Xian was one of the first Chinese travelers to visit India during the reign of
Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II.
- During his stay in India up to 411 CE, Fa Xian went on a pilgrimage to
Mathura, Kanauj, Kapilavastu, Kushinagar, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashi, and
Rajgriha.
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- The Zhou established authority by forging alliances with regional nobles, and founded their new dynasty with its capital at Fenghao (near present-day Xi'an, in western China).
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- After Cao Cao's death, his son Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian to give up his throne to him.
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- He had a massive tomb created for him on Mount Li, near modern-day Xi'an, and was buried there when he died.
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- Its territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, rivaled that of the Han dynasty, and the Tang capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was the most populous city in the world.
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- The spirit-soul, which went to the afterlife paradise of immortals, called xian, and the body-soul, which remained in its earthly tomb.
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- Mathematician Yang Hui's 1261 book provided the earliest Chinese illustration of Pascal's triangle, although it had earlier been described by Jia Xian in around 1100.