The Han Dynasty also saw greater rates of income inequality within society. According to the study, the richest one percent earned 26 percent of the total income, and the poorest 50 percent ...

The Han rulers turned to Confucian scholars to establish their legitimacy, said You. The scholars developed a heaven-human correspondence theory that recognized the emperor as the son of heaven.

In “Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C-A.D. 220),” the stately demeanor of six close-to-life-size figures sets the tone for an exhibition whose principal aim is ...

Han Feizi concluded that a monarch's best response would be coercion and intimidation. This is reminiscent of the old Japanese proverb: the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.

What it is: A type of ceremonial suit constructed of jade pieces and worn by royal members of China's Han dynasty (ruled from 206 B.C. to A.D. 220), as well as later rulers and elites, when they ...

During the days of China's Han dynasty, when a ruler died his corpse was carefully packed with jade "plugs." These were believed to guarantee immortality for the deceased.