◆ Chinese Zodiac Signs
Zi Rat, Ugly Ox, Yin Tiger, Mao Rabbit, Cinnabar Dragon, Si Snake
Noon Horse, Unchained Goat, Shen Monkey, You Rooster, Hundred Days Dog, and Ohio Hog
◆ Age Appellations
(1) Swaddling Clothes: Babies who are under the age of one ?
(2) Child: a child aged 2-3 ?
(3) tufts of hair: refers to young children (also known as "total horns").
(4) Cardamom: refers to a woman who is 13 or 14 years old.
(5)Maturity: a woman is fifteen years old.
(6) Crown: a man is twenty years old (also known as "weak crown").
(7) The age of maturity: a man is thirty years old.
(8) The Year of Uncertainty: refers to the age of forty ?
(9) The year of knowing one's destiny: fifty years old (also known as "knowing one's destiny" and "half a hundred")?
(10) The Year of the Ruler: refers to the age of 60 ?
(11) Rare years: refers to the age of seventy ?
(12) Oldest old age: refers to eighty or ninety years old ?
(13) The old age: one hundred years old ?
◆ Ming and Qing imperial examinations (started in the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was abolished in the 31st year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty) ?
(1) Grade
The court examination (also called "child test", county-level exams, the child to participate in, the examination is the "student", the "child", the "child", the "child", the "child", the "child", the "child", the "child". (also known as the "children's test", county-level exams, students to participate in the examination, the examination on the "student", that is, "Xiu Cai")
The township examination (also known as the "autumn exam", provincial-level exams, students to participate in the examination, the examination on the "lifelong") ? Juren") ?
The examination (also known as the "spring exam", the national examination, the lifer to participate in the examination, the examination on the "Gongshi") ?
The Palace Examination (national examination, the emperor examiner, the tribute to participate in the examination, the examination for the "jinshi". Among them, the first named "scholar" the second named "top eye", the third called "flower")?
(2) Content: the Four Books and Five Classics, etc., the format of the article for the "eight-legged essay" ?
◆ Main festivals in ancient times
(1) Yuan Day: the first day of the first month, the beginning of the year. ?
(2) People's Day: the seventh day of the first month, the main children. ?
(3) Shangyuan: the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, when lanterns are opened for theater, also known as the "Festival of Lights".
(4) Social Day: around the spring equinox, sacrifices and prayers for agriculture. It is also known as the "Festival of Lights" ?
(5) Cold Food: two days before Ching Ming, fire is banned for three days (Wu Zixu) ?
(6) Ching Ming: early April, tomb sweeping and rituals. ?
(7) Dragon Boat Festival: the fifth day of May, eating zongzi and rowing the dragon (Qu Yuan) ?
(8) Tanabata: the seventh day of the seventh month, women beg for money (Cowherd and Weaving Maiden) ?
(9) Zhongyuan: July 15, sacrifices to ghosts and gods, also known as the "Ghost Festival" ?
(10) Mid-Autumn Festival: August 15, enjoying the moon and thinking of home ?
(11) Chung Yeung: the ninth day of the ninth month of the ninth lunar month, to climb up to the top of the mountain, insert cornelian cherry to avoid disasters ?
(12) Winter Solstice: also known as the "Day of the Dead", the starting point of the festival. It is the beginning of the festival.
(13) Lunar New Year's Day: On the eighth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, we drink "Laha congee".
(14) Lunar New Year's Eve: the night of the last day of the year, to get rid of the old and welcome the new ?
◆ Ancient punishments ?
(1) tattooing: also called "ink torture", forehead and cheek tattooed with ink. It is also known as "ink torture".
(2) Wakeskating: Cutting off the nose?
(3) Flogging: also called "caning", hitting the board (back, legs, buttocks) ?
(4) Amputation: cutting off the feet (Heshi Bi) ?
(5) Palace punishment: also known as "rotting punishment", removing male genitals (Sima Qian) ?
(6) Bin Punishment: removing the kneecaps (Sun Bin) ?
(7) Dabe: beheading (Sun Bin) ?
(8) Cannon Branding: barbecuing someone to death ?
(9) Rupture by car: also known as "splitting the body of five horses" (Shang Yang) ?
(10) Wok: boiling someone to death ?
(11) Waist Chopping: chopping a fish trap from the waist ?
(12) lynching: also known as "death by a thousand cuts" ?
(13) Abandonment of the city: the body of the street ?
◆ Ancient chronology (Heavenly Stems: A B C D E H G S N K D Earthly Branches: Zi Jiao Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai) ?
(1) stem and branch chronology: the "heavenly stem" and "earthly branches" one by one to match the chronology of the method. It is characterized by:
A, B, C and D.
A, the heavenly stems and earthly branches of each one of the composition of a chronicle, such as "A Zi year", "B ugly year" and so on.
A, the heavenly stem and the earthly branch each form a year, such as "A Zi", "B ugly year", etc.?
B, the matching of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches is always singular to singular, even to even, and it is impossible to have a parity combination.
B.
C, 60 years a cycle, week after week.
*The method of converting the calendar year into the year of the stem and branch (omitted)
(2) The chronology of the year: from the Han Dynasty onwards, the emperors on the throne were given a chronology, and then the chronology of the year of the emperors was used. ? For example: the first year of Kangxi, etc.
*Year number and dry branch can be used at the same time, e.g.: Shunzhi two years yiyou fourth month
(3) The year of princes and dukes: a kind of chronology used in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, e.g.: the 16th year of King Hui-Wen of Zhao
◆Questions about the official position ?
1. Words
(1) Granting of official position: except worship ?
(2) Promote an official: move Mew ?
(3) demotion: banishment, left relocation ?
(4) Removal from office: depose ?
(5) Recruitment: to enlist and dismiss ?
(6) transferring a Beijing official to a local government post: exodus?
(7) Resignation of ministers: begging for bones ?
2. Six Ministries
(1) The Ministry of Appointments (promotion and dismissal of officials, etc.)
(2) The Ministry of Revenue (land taxation, etc.) ?
(3) Ministry of Rites (ceremonies, schools, etc.) ?
(4) Ministry of Justice (judicial and prison cases, etc.) ?
(5) The Ministry of War (military, border defense, etc.) ?
(6) Ministry of Public Works (engineering, water conservancy, etc.) ?
*"Six Ministries" is the central official position after the Han Dynasty, the ministries of the governor for the Shangshu, deputy ministers?
◆Cultural knowledge ?
The Four Books
The Analects of Confucius, The Meanwhile, The Great Learning, and Mencius ?
The Five Classics
The Book of Songs, The Book of Changes, The Book of Rites, The Book of Changes, The Spring and Autumn Annals ?
Eight-legged Essays
Breaking the Question, Undertaking the Question, Starting the Lecture, Starting the Hand, Starting the Unit, Middle Unit, Back Unit, and Binding the Unit ?
Liu Zi
Lao Zi, Zhuang Zi, Lie Zi, Xun Zi, Yang Zi Fa Yan, Wen Zi Zhong Shu ?
The Six Books of Chinese Characters
Hieroglyphics, References, Forms and Sounds, Conjugation, Transcription, False Borrowing ?
The Nine Stances of Calligraphy
Falling Stroke, Turning Stroke, Hidden Peak, Hidden Head, Protecting Tail, Sudden Stroke, Swiping Stroke, Shibui Stroke, Horizontal Scale and Vertical Strangulation ?
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Jikang, Liu Ling, Ruan Ji, Shantao, Ruan Xian, Xiangxiu, Wang Rong ?
The Eight Immortals in Drinking
Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Li Shizhi, Li last night, Cui Zongzhi, Su Jin, Zhang Xu, Jiao Sui ?
The Eight Immortals of Shu
Rong Chenggong, Li Er, Dong Zhushu, Zhang Daoling, Yan Junping, Li Baibai, Fan Changsheng, Mr. Er Zhu ?
The Eight Monsters of Yangzhou
Zheng Banqiao, Wang Shishen, Li Jixian, Huang Shen, Jin Nong, Gao Xiang, Li Fangying, Luo Hire ?
The Four Great Masters of the Northern Song Dynasty
Huang Tingjian, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, Wang Anshi ?
The Eight Great Poets of Ancient Literature of the Tang and Song Dynasties
Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong ?
Thirteen Classics
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
Twenty-four Histories
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes (Han. Sima Qian〗, "Book of Han" (Han. Ban Gu〗,
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty (Fan Ye and Sima Biao), Pei's Note on the Three Kingdoms (Jin. Chen Shou〗,
"Book of Jin" (Tang Dynasty). Fang Xuanling, etc.......(房玄龄等), Song Shu (宋书)(南朝梁． Shen Yao〗,
The Book of Southern Qi〖Southern Liang． Xiao Zixian〗, Liangshu〖Tang. Yao Si〗,
The Book of Chen〖Tang. Yao Si Lian〗, "Book of Wei" (Northern Qi Dynasty). Wei Collection〗,
The Book of Northern Qi (Tang Dynasty). Li Baiyao〗《Shu of Zhou》(Tang..... Linghu Defen and so on〗,
Sui-Shu (Tang Dynasty. Wei Zheng and so on〗, Southern History〖Tang. Li Yanshou〗、
《North History》（Tang. Li Yanshou〗, "Old Book of Tang" (Later Jin. Shen cozy and so on〗,
New Book of Tang〖Song. Ouyang Xiu, Song Qi〗, Old Five Dynasties History (Song. Xue Juzheng, etc.
The New History of the Five Dynasties (Song. Ouyang Xiu〗, "History of Song" (Yuan. Tetu, etc.,
Liao Shi (History of Liao) (Yuan B. Tetu, etc.), Jin Shi (History of Jin) (Yuan B. Tetu, etc.). Tuo Tuo, etc., Jin Shi (History of the Jin Dynasty) (Yuan. Tuo Tuo, etc.
Yuan Shi (History of the Yuan Dynasty) (Ming Dynasty). Song Lian, etc., "History of the Ming Dynasty" (Qing Dynasty). Zhang Tingyu, etc.
The Four Great Masterpieces
Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shi Naiyan's Water Margin, Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West. Wu Chengen's Journey to the West, and Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions
The Four Great Folk Legends
The Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, Meng Jiangnu, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and The White Snake and the Xu Xian ?
The Four Great Cultural Properties
The Ming and Qing Archives, Yinxu Oracle Bones, Juyan Han Jian, Dunhuang Scrolls ?
The Four Great Plays of the Yuan Dynasty
Guan Hanqing's Dou'e Grievance, Wang Shifu's The Story of the Western Wing, Tang Xianzu's The Peony Pavilion, and Hong Sheng's The Palace of Eternal Youth ?
The Four Great Condemnatory Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty
Li Baojia (李宝嘉), Wu Woyao (吴沃尧), Liu Osprey (刘鹗), and Zeng Park (曾朴),
Five Colors
The Green, the Yellow, the Red, the White, and the Black ?
Five Tones
Gong, Shang, Jiao, Address, Feather ?
Seven Treasures
Gold, silver, glaze, coral, giant clams, pearls, onyx ?
Nine Palaces
Jinggong, Zhonglügong, Nanlügong, Xianlügong, Huangzhonggong, Daimiantong, Shuangtong, Shangtong, Yuetong ?
Seven Arts
Painting, music, sculpture, theater, literature, architecture, film ?
The Four Famous Porcelain Kilns
The Porcelain State Kiln in Hebei, the Longquan Kiln in Zhejiang, the Jingdezhen Kiln in Jiangxi, and the Dehua Kiln in Fujian ?
The Four Famous Dancers
Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, Shang Xiaoyun, Xun Huisheng ?
The Four Great Soushengs
Yu Shuyan, Ma Lianliang, Yan Jupeng, and Gao Qingkui
Ma Lianliang, Tan Fuying, Yang Baosen, and Xi Xiaobo
The Eight Virtues of Comic Opera
Li Dezhoush, Yudelong, Jiao Dehai, Zhang Dequan, Zhou Deshan, Madalu, Liu Dezhi, and Li Dexiang ?
The Six Steeds of Zhaoling
Shvachu, Qingzhui, Teqin Hussar, Zalu Purple, Fist Maoqiu, White Hoof Wu ?
Eight Model Operas
"Shajiabang", "The Red Lanterns", "Wisdom Takes the Tiger Mountain", "Harbor",
"The Strange Attack on the White Tiger Regiment", "The Red Detachment of Women", "The White-haired Girl", and "Shajiabang"
Five Dynasties
Delta-Liang, Delta-Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou ?
Five Tributes
Enkong, Pugong, Age Tribute, Vice Tribute, Excellent Tribute ?
Six Dynasties
Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen ?
Six schools of thought
Yin and Yang, Confucianism, Mohism, Nominalism, Legalism, and Moralism ?
Six Ministries
Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Mandarins, Ministry of War, Ministry of Punishment, Ministry of Works ?
Six Calendars
Huangdi Calendar, Zhuanxu Calendar, Xia Calendar, Yin Calendar, Zhou Calendar, Lu Calendar ?
Six Methods
Gauge, Rectangle, Power, Weighing, Quasi, Rope ?
The Six Rites
Crowning, marriage, funeral, sacrifice, country drinking and meeting ?
The Six Arts
Rituals, Music, Archery, Royalty, Calligraphy, Mathematics ?
Six meanings
Feng, Fu, Bi, Xing, Ya, Ode ?
Eight Banners
Set yellow, square yellow, set white, square white, set red, square red, set blue, square blue ?
Ten Evils
The plotting of rebellion, the plotting of great adversity, the plotting of rebellion, the plotting of evil adversity, immorality, great disrespect, unfiliality, disharmony, unrighteousness, and civil strife ?
Nine Streams
Confucianism, Taoism, Yin-Yang, Legalism, Famous, Mohism, Zong-Heng, Miscellaneous, and Agriculturalism ?
The Four Great Inventions
Paper making, printing, gunpowder, compass ?
The Four Great Beauties
Xishi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, Yang Yuhuan ?
Top Ten Famous Doctors
Qin Yue Ren (Warring States), Hua Tuo (Late Han Dynasty), Zhang Zhongjing (Late Han Dynasty), Sun Simiao (Tang Dynasty), Liu Hezhang (Jin Dynasty), Li Dongheng (Jin Dynasty), Zhang Zihe (Jin Dynasty), Zhu Danxi (Yuan Dynasty), Li Shizhen (Ming Dynasty), and Wang Kentang (Ming Dynasty) ?
Top Ten Fierce Generals in Chinese History
Xiang Yu〖Qin〗, Huo Zaodi〖Western Han〗, Ying Bu〖Western Han〗, Lv Bu〖Three Kingdoms〗, Ma Chao〖Three Kingdoms〗,
Ran Min〖North and South Dynasties〗, Duluguang〖North and South Dynasties． Beiqi〗, Shi Banhuang〖Sui〗, Yang Zaixing〖Southern Song〗, Li Wenzhong〖Ming〗