Young Ngai planned to castrate himself to enter the palace for richness and fame. On his way, Ngai was attracted by Han, a showgirl from a sex torture show. They then ran away from Sun the eunuch ...

So one of the great challenges for the new Ming Dynasty, which took over eighteen ... And I have here beside me one thousand cash: five feet (1.5m) of copper coins all on one piece of string!

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital ... Use just half a catty of meat (I catty is equal to about 1.3 pounds) and use a slow fire without adding water.

Some famous ancient Buddhist temples and tombs are found here. Xiaoling is the mausoleum of the first Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. It is one of the largest imperial mausoleums existing in ...

Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), ...

So one of the great challenges for the new Ming Dynasty, which took over eighteen ... And I have here beside me one thousand cash: five feet (1.5m) of copper coins all on one piece of string!

Chapter 1: New Beginnings -- The 1999-2000 off-season was a sea change for the Lakers, defined by the arrival of Phil Jackson and the move from the beloved Forum into brand new STAPLES Center.

On Duck Dynasty Season 9 Episode 11, the family takes a trip to Liberty University in order to drop off John Luke and Mary Kate for their freshman year of college. On Duck Dynasty Season 9 Episode ...

The Lively World of Ming Dynasty Thought - Symptoms of an Unruly Age: Li Zhi and Cultures of Early Modernity. By Rivi Handler-Spitz. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017. xiii, 239 pp. ISBN: ...

BOSTON -- When a football dynasty ... two episodes debuting every Friday, we'll be running reviews of some of the highlights that really popped each week. That begins with episodes 1 and 2 ...