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... Emperor's conquest , describe the legendary Emperor Shun as accepting the abdication of his predecessor Yao and then proceeding to offer sacrifices to the four great mountains or yue as they are often termed.61 In addition , the Shang ...
... Emperor's conquest , describe the legendary Emperor Shun as accepting the abdication of his predecessor Yao and then proceeding to offer sacrifices to the four great mountains or yue as they are often termed.61 In addition , the Shang ...
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... Emperor was making his claim to legitimate succession to power in a landscape already revered in terms of the lives of Shun and Yu.62 From the First Emperor's activities stemmed a long tradition that endures to this day . President ...
... Emperor was making his claim to legitimate succession to power in a landscape already revered in terms of the lives of Shun and Yu.62 From the First Emperor's activities stemmed a long tradition that endures to this day . President ...
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... emperor symbolically in a universe , using the paintings , with their allusions , to describe that universe.9 % The associations of the mountains were then connected with the emperor . In this and other instances the references were ...
... emperor symbolically in a universe , using the paintings , with their allusions , to describe that universe.9 % The associations of the mountains were then connected with the emperor . In this and other instances the references were ...
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