She added that the rulers of the Jurchen Jin dynasty — also called the Golden Khanate, a name that indicated its non-Chinese origin — had descended from Tungusic-speaking seminomads from ...

Three tombs from the second Jin Dynasty were uncovered in China, shedding new light onto burial practices from around 1200 AD. Differing designs and styles could show non-Chinese influence in the ...

The mausoleum in suburban Anyang, Henan province, seemed not to match the fame of its occupant, the late Eastern Han Dynasty ...

Chinese imperial food dates back to slave society ... a high-ranking official of the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316), became homesick for the vegetables and other native delicacies.

Chinese high-ranking monk Fa Xian in the Jin Dynasty (265—420) and Xuan Zang in the Tang Dynasty (618—907 respectively visited India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and dozens of other countries and ...

In the early 13th century, the situation in China changed abruptly. The Mongols conquered the Jin dynasty of China and expanded their influence into the Korean Peninsula. They invaded Goryeo seven ...

Western Jin Dynasty (265-316) historian Chen Shou once ... he wrote a remarkable page in Chinese history and spawned a number of legends. His writing, especially his poems, also earned him a ...