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Wellington Koo, Diplomat

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 21:28


The story of one of Republican China's greatest diplomats.Support the show

Chen Youliang and the Battle of Poyang Lake

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 19:53


Regarding the late-Yuan era rebel leader and the greatest naval battle in medieval Chinese history.Support the show

Shangguan Wan'er: "Prime Minister in Women's Clothing"

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 21:14


The story of a remarkable Tang Dynasty woman.Support the show

The Panthay Rebellion

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 21:39


The 19th century Muslim revolt in Yunnan.Support the show

Li Ling, Tragic Hero

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 22:44


The tragic tale of the Han Dynasty general Li Ling.Support the show

The Nestorian Stele

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 27:03


In 635 A.D., a Syriac bishop arrived in the Chinese capital, Chang'an. This is the story of the stele they put up to commemorate that event...Support the show

Li He, the Ghost of Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 17:46


Li He, one of the most unusual poets of the Tang era, who also gave us the expression: "to answer the summons to the jade pavilion."Support the show

The Latter Ruler Li

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 19:37


Li Yu, the last ruler of the Kingdom of Southern Tang, who also happened to be one of the greatest poets in Chinese literature.Support the show

Liu Shipei

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 21:42


Regarding the man who came up with the calendar of the Yellow Emperor.Support the show

The "Sweet Dews" Massacre

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 20:27


The Coen Brothers-esque plot of 835 A.D. that backfired spectacularly, and gruesomely...Support the show

Prime Minister Li Linfu

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 21:44


The Tang Dynasty prime minister who only hired non-Chinese generals.Support the show

Dou Jiande, Chivalric Rebel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 20:58


The late-Sui rebel leader who lived by the code of the xia.Support the show

A Cup of Wine for Your Command

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 20:31


The tale of a cocktail hour in 961 A.D.Support the show

The Tumu Crisis of 1449

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 23:58


The military fiasco that led to an emperor serving two non-consecutive terms.Support the show

Fan Zhongyan

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 20:18


Regarding the Song Dynasty mandarin who defined the mission for the Confucian intelligentsia.Support the show

The Sibe People

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 17:41


Regarding the small minority race who gave us the name "Siberia" and preserved the Manchu language.Support the show

Qin Liangyu: the Woman General

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 17:23


In all the "24 Histories" of Chinese tradition, only one woman is feature in the biographies of military generals. This is her.Support the show

Xunzi: Confucian Apostate

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 22:11


Was he a Confucian or a Legalist? Regarding one of the most controversial Chinese thinkers.Support the show

Su Xiaoxiao, Courtesan

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 15:49


The famous 5th or 6th century courtesan of Hangzhou and all the poetry that's been about her.Support the show

Early Han Dynasty Figure: Jia Yi

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 16:16


Author of "On the Faults of the Qin."Support the show

Early Han Dynasty Figure: Shusun Tong

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 15:48


The inventor of court protocols.Support the show

Early Han Dynasty Figure: Lu Jia

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 16:38


The man who convinced the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty that he couldn't rule from horseback.Support the show

The Shaobing Song

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 26:01


The Chinese equivalent of the prophecies of Nostradamus.Support the show

Zheng Guanying's "Words of Warning"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 18:22


Regarding the late-Qing businessman and reformist thinker.Support the show

Prime Minister Han Qi

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 18:36


Regarding the Song Dynasty statesman -- and my ancestor -- Han Qi.Support the show

Yan Zhenqing, Calligrapher

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 17:40


Regarding the Tang Dynasty mandarin and calligrapher.Support the show

Wei Yuan, Geographer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 18:14


Wei Yuan, the 19th century mandarin and geographer who taught the Chinese to open their eyes to the outside world.Support the show

Qian Liu and the Get-Out-Jail-Free Card

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 20:34


Regarding the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms figure Qian Liu and his "iron scroll."Support the show

Zu Chongzhi: Mathematician

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 17:40


Regarding the great 5th century mathematician, astronomer, and engineer.Support the show

Chao Cuo: Economist

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 19:29


Regarding the Han Dynasty policy advisor, party-pooper, and scapegoat.Support the show

Baopuzi: The Path to Immortality

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 24:13


About the Jin Dynasty alchemist and author Ge Hong and the text he left us, Baopuzi, which teaches us the way to immortality.Support the show

Zilu, the Warrior Confucian

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 21:57


About one of the most famous disciples of Confucius, the man of action ZiluSupport the show

Wang Bo and the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 17:25


Regarding the Tang Dynasty writer and his most famous essay.Support the show

Xu Xiake, Traveler

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 18:52


The greatest travel writer in Chinese tradition, the late-Ming figure Xu Xiake.Support the show

Guan Hanqing and the Story of Dou E

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 20:30


Regarding the great Yuan Dynasty playwright and his most famous play.Support the show

Du You and Du Mu, Grandpa and Grandson

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 19:34


Regarding the historian of institutions Du You and his grandson, the poet Du Mu.Support the show

The Cat, the Prince, and the Empress: Empress Liu of Song

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 23:01


The legend of "a dead cat for a prince" and the true story of the career of Empress Dowager Liu of the Song Dynasty.Support the show

Zhu Xi: the Neo-Confucian

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 19:11


On the great Song Dynasty philosopher who redefined Confucian thought.Support the show

Zhang Xuecheng, Historian

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 19:13


Regarding the major Qing Dynasty historian Zhang Xuecheng (1738-1801).Support the show

Robber Zhi from Zhuangzi

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 19:46


A chapter in the Daoist text Zhuangzi that launches a sustained attack on Confucianism, through the mouth of a notorious criminal.Support the show

Huang Zongxi and "Waiting for Dawn": Chinese Democratic Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 22:15


One of the most influential thinkers -- and his most influential work -- in the history of Chinese democratic thought.Support the show

King Li of Zhou and the "Republic" of 841 B.C.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 16:46


Until the advent of modern scholarship, the earliest definitive date in the chronology of Chinese history was 841 B.C. What happened that year that so marked the calendar?Support the show

Zhang Zhongjing, Physician

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 17:43


Regarding the Han Dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing.Support the show

Li Jie: Architect

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 17:32


Regarding the Song Dynasty architect and scholar of architecture.Support the Show.

Li Kui and Shen Buhai, Legalists

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 19:34


Everyone knows that Shang Yang reformed the laws and institutions of the State of Qin, setting it up for superpower status and paving the way to the Qin Dynasty. But a number of earlier reformers prefigured Shang Yang. Here are two of them.Support the Show.

Wang Yangming, Philosopher

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 28:40


The story of the deeply influential Ming Dynasty philosopher.Support the Show.

Zichan, Criminal Law, and the Soul

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 20:22


The 6th century B.C. statesman of the State of Zheng promulgated the first published criminal code in Chinese history. Moreover, it is through him that we know how the ancient Chinese understood the nature of the soul.Support the Show.

Chinese Hedonism: the School of Yang Zhu

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 19:40


The hedonist tradition in Chinese philosophy.Support the Show.

The Discourses on Salt and Iron

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 18:01


The economic conference of 81 B.C. and the book that resulted from it.Support the Show.

Liu Xie and "The Literary Heart and the Carving of Dragons"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 17:07


On the late-5th and early-6th century work of literary criticism and its author.Support the Show.

Dong Zhongshu, Champion of Confucianism

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 20:15


Regarding the man who made Confucianism the dominant ideology of China.Support the Show.

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