Talk:Han Dynasty

Nonsense

"at the time. Antoninus Pius died in AD 161. The confusion arises because Marcus Aurelius took as additional names, those of his predecessor as a mark of respect. He is referred to in Chinese history as An Tun (= Antoninus) hence the confusion]--> reached the Chinese capital Luoyang in 166 and was greeted by Emperor Huan."

What has this to do with the Han-Dynasty??

Use of hyphens

See Webster's Standard American Style Manual (1985, p. 118), for instance: "Inclusive numbers separated by an en dash are not used in combination with the words from or between, as in 'from 1955-60' or 'between 1970-90.' Instead, phrases like these are written as 'from 1955 to 1960' or 'between 1970 and 1990.'" Rhyme3 (talk) 17:51, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

You are correct, but oddly enough, Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Longer periods explicitly states that "en" dashes should be used for all year ranges. This is something which no doubt will be brought up in a Featured Article Review if the "en" dashes are not kept.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 18:11, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

For now, however, I've decided to follow Webster's standard—until someone complains that it doesn't match the guidelines set forth in WP:MOS.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 18:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

In case you're interested, here's what the Chicago Manuel of Style (1993, p. 187) has to say: "...from 1968 to 1972 (never from 1968-72)...between 1968 and 1970 (never between 1968-70)". Rhyme3 (talk) 20:03, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Needs to show empire size

This page needs to at least show the expanse of the empire in the infobox. Check out the Roman Empire page to see how they added the Area. This page has the area of the Han Dynasty along with sources. --Emb1995 (talk) 16:19, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

money

money in the Han Dynasty was very good —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.54.9.119 (talk) 01:10, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

??? And? ...--Pericles of Athens^Talk 03:46, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

A choice needs to be made: AD/BC or CE/BCE?

This article is riddled with a mixture of both era notations, which is against the WP:ERA guideline which suggests using one or the other, not a mixture. I haven't looked much into the editing history of the era notations in this article yet, but I just wanted to introduce this subject on the talk page first so we can flesh out our opinions on how to resolve this without getting into an edit war. — CIS ^(talk | stalk) 22:30, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

This page wasn't initially created by me, but I did bring it along with several related articles up to featured status. In fact, it is now a featured topic on English Wikipedia. All the articles in the topic use the BCE/CE dating system. This article is simply conforming with the other articles within the larger featured topic. I also virtually rewrote the entire article, almost word for word. A look at the earliest history is necessary, though, to establish an argument for converting everything to BC/AD. I'm not averse to this dating system or opposed to a transfer, it's just that it's a pain in the neck at this point to change everything!--Pericles of Athens^Talk 07:56, 11 February 2012 (UTC)