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Authors: Adeline Yen Mah

Tags: #China - History - Song dynasty; 960-1279, #Psychology, #Hypnotism, #Reincarnation, #Body; Mind & Spirit, #Juvenile Fiction, #Asia, #Fiction, #Historical, #People & Places

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ye ye
 
 

paternal grandfather 

 
Zhang Mei Lan
 
 

Zhang is a family name (surname) and Mei Lan means “Beautiful Orchid” 

 
Zhang Ze Duan
 
 

famous court painter ( 
AD
1085—1145)

 Zhao
 
 

royal surname 

 
Places 
  
 
Bian Liang
 
 

capital city of China during the Song Dynasty, located in the eastern Henan province of China; it is now known as Kaifeng  

 
Da Cheng
Yue Fu
 
 

Bureau of Music of Great Brilliance 

 
Da Nei
 
 

Inner Palace 

 
Da Wai
 
 

Outer City 

 
Feng Jie
 
 

a town on the Yangtze River, near the Three Gorges Dam 

 
Genyue
 
 

imperial park, commissioned by Emperor Huizong 

 
Han Lin Hua Yuan
 
 

Royal Academy of Art; it was very prestigious to be accepted as a Han Lin scholar 

 
Hong Qiao
 
 

Rainbow Bridge 

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