New Chinese City and Leader List

Azeem · January 23, 2003, 18:36

The city list for the Chinese civ is too short!

Since Pinyin is more popular these days, I've replaced most of the Wade-Giles transliterations to Pinyin.

New Leader: Qin Shi Huang Di (First Emperor of China- OK, so he's a psychotic who sent hundreds of thousands or perhaps millions to their deaths. At least he's more respectable than Mao!

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Great Leaders:
Liu Bang
Tai'tsung
Sun Tzu
Liu Bei
Zhang Fei
Guan Yu
Zhuge Liang
Cao Cao
Sun Quan
Yue Fei

City List:
Xi An (the FIRST capital of a unified China)
Anyang
Louyang
Kaifeng
Hangzhou
Nanjing (I normally put this in the south since "Nanjing" means "South Capital")
Guangzhou
Suzhou
Wuxi
Guilin
Shanghai
Chongqing
Datong
Wuhan
Zhengzhou
Langzhou
Beijing (Beijing wasn't the capital until the Yuan Dynasty)
Xiangfan
Ningbo
Shexian
Tianjin
Fuzhou
Lanzhou
Kunming
Changsha
Nanchang
Dalian
Anyi
Shenyang
Taiyuan
Hefei
Jinan
Dali
Xiamen
Yantai
Chengdu
Chang'an
Shenzhen
Xianggang (Hong Kong)
Ao'men (Macau)

aaglo · January 24, 2003, 04:40

About Chinese great leaders

Have you seen the movie Grouching tiger, hidden dragon? About the 'war-hero' Li Mu Bai: was he a historical character, or just a twist of imagination of the writer?

Azeem · January 24, 2003, 12:10

I'm not sure if Li Mu Bai is a real figure or not, but he is a figure from a series of novel (one of them is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon").

Purple · January 24, 2003, 15:00

FWIW, here's the list I've been using. It has 54 cities. You may or may not want to incorporate some of them into your list. My leader list also features a few people not on your list (see below). Comments appreciated, since I have very little knowledge of Chinese linguistics or history.

Beijing
Changan
Luoyang
Guangzhou
Nanjing
Shanghai
Zhengzhou
Xinjian
Chengdu
Hangzhou
Tianjin
Datong
Macau
Anyang
Dalian
Jinan
Kaifeng
Ningbo
Baoding
Yanzou
Shijiazhuang
Harbin
Chongqing
Liuzhou
Kunming
Taipei
Shenyang
Taiyuan
Tainan
Dairen
Guangzhou
Lijiang
Wuxi
Suzhou
Maoming
Shaoguan
Yangjiang
Heyuan
Liaoning
Hubei
Gansu
Huangshi
Yichang
Yingtan
Xinyu
Xinzheng
Handan
Dunhuang
Gaoyu
Nantong
Datong
Weifang
Fuzhou
Xikang

My leader list:

Sun Tzu
Li Guangli
Qianlong
Zheng Ho
Jin Qiu
Li Ximin

Azeem · January 24, 2003, 16:33

You didn't include Xi An (Xianyang). Xi An was the first capital of a unified China, so I think it makes sense that Xi An would be your first city.

Hubei and Gansu (which are on your list) are provinces.

If you go back further to the Shang Dynasty, I think (but I'm not entirely sure) Anyang that would be the capital.