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The Regency of Empress Dowager Gao and the Yuanyou Restoration When Emperor Shenzong died at the age of thirty-eight, he was succeeded by his sixth son, Zhao Yong (or Zhao Chong, later renamed Zhao Xu), who was only eight years old. Known posthumously as Emperor Zhezong, the young emperor ruled under the regency of…
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Yu the Great and Hou Ji lived in times of peace. Yu passed by his own home three times while controlling floods but never entered; Hou Ji tirelessly taught farming to feed the people. Confucius praised them.
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In the autumn of 211 CE, the windswept plains of Guanzhong became the stage for one of the most psychologically sophisticated campaigns of the Three Kingdoms era. Following his setback at the Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao turned his attention westward.