The post Ancient Chinese poems reveal 1,400-year decline of iconic aquatic species appeared ... (1271 to1368) with 27, the Song Dynasty with 38, and the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907 AD) with just ...

Sightings of the Yangtze finless porpoise inferred from five poems written during the Tang Dynasty, combined with more recent data, represent the animal’s range during that time. Zhang et al ...

One particularly prolific poet was Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) emperor Qianlong, who penned over 35,000 poems — many describing porpoises seen during a visit to Zhenjiang. “One of the biggest challenges ...

Some date back to the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE). Penned by scholars, emperors, and poets who often traveled along the Yangtze, the poems provide vivid accounts of the porpoise's presence and ...

The poems suggest the porpoise’s range has decreased by 65 percent since the Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.). Most of that decline happened in the river’s tributaries and lakes, where the animal ...

The biggest shortcoming of the film is its unwillingness to engage with the full arc of the Tang, from prosperity to decline. The An Lushan Rebellion, which tore the dynasty apart and set the stage ...

They also observed that the porpoise's range throughout the main part of the river has decreased by 33% since the Tang Dynasty, while its range among the tributaries and lakes that the Yangtze ...

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again entered a period of civil war and internal instability. Because of this, ...

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