In 60 BC, the Han rulers set up the Protectorate of the Western Regions to administer the regions north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and the vast area along Congling, or the Pamir Plateau ...

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.

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 ...

A new book by Xiaoye You, Liberal Arts Professor of English and Asian Studies, examines documents from China's Han dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.) to understand how the Han rulers used rhetoric to ...

"On Qin's demise, the rulers of Han made Xi'an, by then known as Chang'an, 170 kilometers east of Yongcheng, the political center of their new regime," Tian says.