The Han Dynasty(1)

Written By Judy F. Liu

The Han Dynasty affected China most. For example, Mandarin, the Chinese we speak and write, and the Han nationality, which is the biggest nationality, came from the Han Dynasty.

And of course, our Chinese(language) is different from that time, both in writing and speaking.

The history of the Han Dynasty has two versions. In the popular one, the Han Dynasty has two main periods. One is the Western Han(BC206-AD8), and the other one is the Eastern Han(AD25-AD220).

In the other version, this dynasty has three main periods – the Western Han(BC206-AD8), the Eastern Han(AD25-AD220)and the Shu(3 tone) Han(AD220-AD263).The capital of the Western Han was Chang(2)An(1), the capital of the Eastern Han was Luo(4)Yang(2), and the capital of the Shu Han was Cheng(2) Du(1).

Based on the capital’s location, we have two versions.(Both versions are based according to the capitals’ location. )And we call all of them the Han Dynasty because they were ruled by the same family(Liu(2)刘).

The founder of the  Western,Eastern and Shu Han dynasties were Liu Bang(21), Liu Xiu(24), and Liu Bei(24)(if you have read Romance of Three Kingdom, you absolutely know him)respectively.

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