completed in the 5th century), mentioned a report that the Yancai nation (奄蔡 lit "Vast Steppes" or "Extensive Grasslands" < LHC *ʔɨamB-sɑC; a.k.a. Hesu...

Zhang Qian (Chinese: 張騫; died c. 114 BC) was a Chinese diplomat, explorer, and politician who served as an imperial envoy to the world outside of China...

Yancai (Chinese: 奄蔡; pinyin: Yǎncài; Wade–Giles: Yen-ts’ai; lit. 'Vast Steppe' < LHC *ʔɨamA-sɑC < OC (125 BCE) *ʔɨam-sɑs, a.k.a. 闔蘇 Hésū < *ĥa̱p-sa̱ĥ;...

Vernadsky) have tried to connect the Antes with a tribe rendered as Yancai 奄蔡 (< LHC *ʔɨamA-sɑC < OC (125 BCE) *ʔɨam-sɑs; compare Latin Abzoae, identified...

Xiongnu in the East. Qian also visited a land known to the Chinese as Yancai 奄蔡 (literally "vast steppe"), which lay north-west of the Kangju. The people...

the east and destroyed the electoral State. (周公摄政之初，奄与淮夷从管、蔡作乱，周公征而定之。成王即政之初，淮夷与奄又叛，成王亲往征之。成王东伐淮夷，遂践灭奄国。) In addition, there are scattered records in some...

state was located in the Shandong region, centered at Qufu. The state of Yan (奄) was alternatively known as "Gai" (盖). The two words had very similar shapes...

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Zong (鬷（ㄗㄨㄥ）) (?–?) – Ruled by the House of Dong (董) of Huaxia descent Yan (奄（ㄧㄢˇ）) (?–?) Pang (逄（ㄆㄤˊ）) (?–?) Yi (夷（ㄧˊ）) (?–?) – Ruled by the House of Yun...

have been a xinsi day (June 10, 223).Quote from Sanguozhi vol. 32: (今月二十四日奄忽升遐，臣妾號咷，若喪考妣。) Liu Bei's somewhat Confucian tendencies were also dramatized...