东汉 (Dōnghàn): Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)

Meanings

1 Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
2 also called Later Han (后汉), capital at Luoyang

Characters

东

Examples

东汉蔡伦改进了造纸术。

Dōnghàn Cài Lún gǎijìn le zàozhǐshù.

Cai Lun of the Eastern Han improved papermaking.

东汉末年天下大乱。

Dōnghàn mònián tiānxià dà luàn.

In the late Eastern Han the realm fell into chaos.

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history

Liu Xiu (刘秀, Emperor Guangwu) restored the Han in 25 AD after Wang Mang's Xin interregnum, moving the capital east to Luoyang — hence 'Eastern'. Its collapse into warlord rule sets the stage for the Three Kingdoms, immortalised in 《三国演义》.