The nobility of China represented the upper strata of aristocracy in premodern China, acting as the ruling class until c. 1000 CE, and remaining a significant...

imperial China, the leading culture. Emperors conferred titles of nobility. Imperial descendants formed the highest class of ancient Chinese nobility, their...

word aka, and cognate with the Turkic word agha. Chinese nobility Mongolian nobility Imperial Chinese harem system § Qing title existed in the Kangxi era...

Traditional rank amongst European imperiality, royalty, peers, and nobility is rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time...

The Han Chinese, colloquially known as the Han people or the Chinese are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. They are the world's largest...

monarchial period, the Vietnamese nobility (quý tộc) were classified into eleven ranks (tước vị), with names similar to their Chinese equivalent. These are listed...

installation of the Constitution that adopted republic system, the concept of nobility has been abolished, both formally and in practice. As the Benedictines...

Chinese jade refers to the jade mined or carved in China from the Neolithic onward. It is the primary hardstone of Chinese sculpture. Although deep and...

The Chinese sovereign was the ruler of a particular monarchical regime in the historical periods of ancient China and imperial China. Sovereigns ruling...

Belgian nobility British peerage titles granted to Canadian subjects of the Crown Canadian nobility in the aristocracy of France Chinese nobility Peerage...