11Fu Hao
When the famous Chinese Female Warrior of the Shang Dynasty Fu Hao (Queen Consort of King Wu Ding) was buried in 1046 B.C.E., sixteen human sacrifices were made and 16 bodies inhumed alongside the corpse of Fu Hao.
12Southern Song Dynasty
The Southern Song Dynasty would take monkeys, clothe them in straw, dip them in oil, light them on fire, and then release them in enemy camps.
13Hongzhi Emperor
The Hongzhi Emperor, who reigned over China from 1487 to 1506, was the only ruler in Chinese history to have married only one woman.
14Hong Xiuquan
In 1851, Hong Xiuquan, claiming to be the brother of Jesus Christ, staged a rebellion and captured South China from the Qing dynasty.
15Cannabis burial
An ancient burial in China contained 13 cannabis plants arranged in a shroud around the body. Archaeologists believe it is evidence that cannabis consumption was popular thousands of years ago.
16Jie of Xia
King Jie, the last ruler of Ancient China's Xia Dynasty, is said to have made an alcohol lake for his wine-loving concubine Mo Xi. They then held massive and gleeful orgies of sex and death on the wine lake.
17Wanyan Liang
One of the Jin Dynasty Emperors (Wanyan Liang) was so disastrous that after being assassinated, he was posthumously demoted to a prince, and later demoted to a commoner.
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18Jiaqing Emperor
The Jiaqing Emperor refused the Vietnamese ruler Gia Long's request to change his country's name to Nam Việt. He changed the name instead to Việt Nam.
