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+ 西施 西施 [Xi1 Shi1] /Xi Shi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践 as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu/

+ 勾踐 勾践 [Gou1 Jian4] /King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸/

+ 貂蟬 貂蝉 [Diao1 Chan2] /Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布/

+ 楊玉環 杨玉环 [Yang2 Yu4 huan2] /Yang Yuhuan or Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the Anshi rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱/

+ 楊貴妃 杨贵妃 [Yang2 Gui4 fei1] /Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环 or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the Anshi rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱/

+ 安史之亂 安史之乱 [An1 Shi3 zhi1 luan4] /An Shi rebellion (755-763) of An Lushan 安禄山 and Shi Siming 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty/

+ 史思明 史思明 [shi3 si1 ming2] /Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安禄山, eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 Anshi rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱 against the Tang dynasty/

+ 九嶷山 九嶷山 [Jiu3 yi2 shan1] /Jiuyi mountain range in Hunan on the border with Guangdong/

+ 舜帝陵 舜帝陵 [Shun4 di4 ling2] /several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 寧遠縣|宁远县 in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture 運城|运城 Shanxi/

+ 岳陽地區 岳阳地区 [Yue4 yang2 di4 qu1] /Yueyang prefecture in Hunan/

+ 廣西壯族自治區 广西壮族自治区 [Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 qu1] /Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China, abbr. 桂, capital Nanning 南寧|南宁/

+ 俗字 俗字 [su2 zi4] /common form of Chinese character (as opposed to etymologically correct form 正體字|正体字)/same as 俗體字|俗体字/

+ 江畔 江畔 [jiang1 pan4] /riverbank/