Jianwen (r.549-551) was the second emperor of the Liang Dynasty in China. He was a distinguished poet himself, as well as patron of the court poet Xu Ling. One of Jianwen's poems describes a languid life of lolling on an ivory inlaid bed, surrounded by feather curtains, with his boy favorite. An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Liang Dynasty (also: Leung in Cantonese,) æ¢æ (502-557) was the third of Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Chen Dynasty. ... A court is an official, public forum which a sovereign establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Two feathers A white feather Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...
Besides poetry, the sexually active emperor is remembered for having claimed at least thirty-one children as his heirs. A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ...
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The Emperor's heir Zhu Biao died of illness in 1392.
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Jingkang Incident: Sacking of Kaifeng by the Jurchens, capturing a pair of father-son emperors.
Margaret Thatcher in China, signs Sino-British Joint Declaration, to handover of Hong Kong to the PRC in 1997