17-12-01 Japans Emperor Akihito is expected to abdicate on April 30, 2019, Japanese government said on Friday. 日本政府周五宣布，明仁天皇将于2019年4月30日退位。 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the meeting, which involved the prime minister, politicia...

17-06-10 The earliest Imperial city to be unearthed so far has been found in north Chinas Shanxi Province. 陕西省发现迄今最早的未被发掘皇城。 Archeologists have dated the ruins in the northeast of the Taosi relic site in Xiangfen County to around 4000 years...

16-12-19 An 18th century Chinese imperial seal has sold at auction in Paris for a record ?18 million after a thrilling bidding battle. 一件18世纪中国皇帝的玉玺在巴黎德鲁奥拍卖行经过一轮紧张的角逐卖出天价。 The red and white stamp, carved from red and white s...

13-09-25 This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase the latecomers surpass the old-timers to indicate that successors can cxcel the predecessors, which is quite different from the original idea when Ji An said that the...

11-04-06 Ji An lived at the time of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.24). He was respected for being upright and just and for daring to speak the truth. He did not bother about small matters in personal behavior and in being an official....