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| - Established by Emperor Gaozu, the Han dynasty lasted much longer than the precedent that came before it of the short lived Qin Dynasties and the even shorter lived Chu dynasty. Empress Dowager Lu survived after Gaozu's death from illness and had her second son made Emperor in the year 547 (206 BC). His reign, as Emperor Hui 惠, was rather uneventful with things progressing as normal within his administration. Outside of his court however these were revolutionary times in the Han Empire. The Printing press, porcelain, and the smelting of cast iron were all innovations from around of after the time of Emperor Hui. The ideas of Sun Tsu on the Art of War spread throughout the east asian world as well as did literacy, following the standardization of the Sinican Language by Qin Shi Huang earlier
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| - Established by Emperor Gaozu, the Han dynasty lasted much longer than the precedent that came before it of the short lived Qin Dynasties and the even shorter lived Chu dynasty. Empress Dowager Lu survived after Gaozu's death from illness and had her second son made Emperor in the year 547 (206 BC). His reign, as Emperor Hui 惠, was rather uneventful with things progressing as normal within his administration. Outside of his court however these were revolutionary times in the Han Empire. The Printing press, porcelain, and the smelting of cast iron were all innovations from around of after the time of Emperor Hui. The ideas of Sun Tsu on the Art of War spread throughout the east asian world as well as did literacy, following the standardization of the Sinican Language by Qin Shi Huang earlier. The Han Dynasty also moved to make many innovations in the philosophies that had been destroyed during the purges of the Qin Dynasty. Not only were Confuscianism and Taoism expanded but the idea of Manifest Destiny, that Sinica ought to control the entirety of the world, made many gains in the politics of the Empire. {C}The Death of Emperor Hui was a natural and uneventful one, he was neither hated nor beloved. He was succeeded by his oldest son Liu Gong 劉恭 and was named Emperor Qianshao 前少 who was influenced gratly by these earlier developments in technology and politics. Hui never spent time much with his son and so he was left to Hui's ministers and his mother, a concubine. They were very well read and very influential in the Empire and influenced him in their many discussions with the curious and intellectual youth. The most influential of the new schools of thought under that rose to greatness durign the very tolerant Han Dynasty were Expansionism and Militarism. These were by far the favorite of Emperor Quianshao.
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