Tag: Song Dynasty

Life is difficult, and sometimes you have regrets, but you can always make a better future. There was a famous ...

In the Song Dynasty, there were identical twin brothers, Gao Xiaobiao and Gao Xiaoji. At the age of 16, they ...

When we speak of pillows, we usually think of something soft on which we rest our heads. However, Chinese people ...

A popular Chinese idiom — ‘Where water flows, a channel will form’ — basically conveys the idea that success will come naturally ...

Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty ordered its people to pay more taxes in order to cover its military expenses ...

Wang Anshi (1021-1086) was a Chinese economist, statesman, chancellor, and poet of the Song Dynasty who attempted major and controversial ...

“New Year is coming!” The sound of firecrackers fills the air as literati of imperial China depict an elegant and ...

In Chinese paintings, one important genre is figure painting. Nevertheless, images with children as the main subject are relatively rare. ...

Many addressed Mi Fu as “Crazy Mi” for his love and obsession with stones. He was in reality a multi-talented ...

Wild Cabbage and Insects is a rare Chinese painting, with the simple cabbage as a subject matter. The painting is ...