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Medieval

10 entries on OurWord tagged Medieval.

Body and daily lifeDu FuDu Fu (Tang · 712–770) — Left office at forty-eight. A poet, ranked in China beside Li…Power and organisationFeng DaoFeng Dao (Five Dynasties · 882–954) — Serving ten emperors. The hardest man in Chinese…Power and organisationGuo ZiyiGuo Ziyi (Tang · 697–781) — Great merit, no threat. The general who put down the An…Mind and feelingHuinengHuineng (Tang · 638–713) — Already complete. An illiterate woodcutter from the far south…Power and organisationLi BiLi Bi (Tang · 722–789) — Close in, never held. The most skilled survivor in the whole…Power and organisationLi ShiminLi Shimin (Tang · 598–649) — Taking counsel. The emperor most associated with actually…Mind and feelingSu ShiSu Shi (Northern Song · 1037–1101) — Unbowed. One of the great Chinese poets, and also a…Power and organisationThe Comprehensive MirrorThe Comprehensive Mirror (Northern Song · 1065–1084) — Why regimes fall. Sima Guang…Power and organisationWu ZetianWu Zetian (Tang · 624–705) — Breaking the frame. The only woman to rule China as emperor…Power and organisationZhu YuanzhangZhu Yuanzhang (Ming · 1328–1398) — Nothing to lose. The most complete rise from the…