Stories from ancient China, and whatever else comes to mind.
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A podcast covering various aspects of Chinese history, from ancient to modern, through interviews with scholars.
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Untold stories from Chinese New Zealanders
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Chinese Revolutions is a podcast showing how China came to be the way it is today. We are looking at modern Chinese history through the lens of revolutionary movements from the Opium Wars to the present. The Communist Party of China inherits quite a lot from previous revolutionary movements, and the Chinese nationalism it brings forward all come from somewhere. Here, we’re going to find out. Your host, Nathan Bennett, lived in China for seven years. This podcast is a love letter and a farewe ...
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Put down that lengthy history book spanning thousands of years and instead follow the “Makers and Shakers of Chinese History” podcast, which presents the biographies of 20 historic figures who shaped the course of ancient China. Meet the most renowned ancient Chinese rulers, ministers, thinkers, scientists, poets, and rebels, and find out how they continue to influence the Chinese to this day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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There is a difference in business culture between Asia and the West. Much of the startup related literature are western dominated and there is a vacuum for Asian business strategies related discussions in English. On each episode of CHATS, Old Chang will pick a topic which will interest English speaking founders and professionals by seeking out relevant lessons from Chinese history.
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Did you know that a heavy rain was responsible for the demise of a Dynasty, during which the Great Wall was built? Did you know that Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo finished his master piece about China in prison? And an Emperor proclaimed African giraffes as magical Chinese unicorns Qilin. Follow the podcast, ‘Stuff you missed in Chinese history,’ to learn more fun facts during the past few thousand years in this country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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About one of the most famous disciples of Confucius, the man of action Zilu Support the showBởi William Han
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Wang Bo and the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng
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Regarding the Tang Dynasty writer and his most famous essay. Support the showBởi William Han
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The greatest travel writer in Chinese tradition, the late-Ming figure Xu Xiake. Support the showBởi William Han
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Regarding the great Yuan Dynasty playwright and his most famous play. Support the showBởi William Han
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Du You and Du Mu, Grandpa and Grandson
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Regarding the historian of institutions Du You and his grandson, the poet Du Mu. Support the showBởi William Han
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The Cat, the Prince, and the Empress: Empress Liu of Song
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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 showBởi William Han
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On the great Song Dynasty philosopher who redefined Confucian thought. Support the showBởi William Han
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Regarding the major Qing Dynasty historian Zhang Xuecheng (1738-1801). Support the showBởi William Han
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A chapter in the Daoist text Zhuangzi that launches a sustained attack on Confucianism, through the mouth of a notorious criminal. Support the showBởi William Han
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Professor Ronald Po on Qing China's 'Blue Frontier'
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The Qing, China's last imperial dynasty, ruled over one of the largest empires in Eurasia at the dawn of the 19th century. Throughout the preceding century, it expanded its reach into the northwest, southwest, Tibet, and gained hegemony over Mongolia. For a long time, traditional historiography has viewed the Qing as a land-based, agrarian power wi…
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Huang Zongxi and "Waiting for Dawn": Chinese Democratic Theory
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One of the most influential thinkers -- and his most influential work -- in the history of Chinese democratic thought. Support the showBởi William Han
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King Li of Zhou and the "Republic" of 841 B.C.
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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 showBởi William Han
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Regarding the Han Dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing. Support the showBởi William Han
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Regarding the Song Dynasty architect and scholar of architecture. Support the showBởi William Han
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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 showBởi William Han
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The story of the deeply influential Ming Dynasty philosopher. Support the showBởi William Han
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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 showBởi William Han
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Chinese Hedonism: the School of Yang Zhu
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The hedonist tradition in Chinese philosophy. Support the showBởi William Han
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The economic conference of 81 B.C. and the book that resulted from it. Support the showBởi William Han
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Liu Xie and "The Literary Heart and the Carving of Dragons"
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On the late-5th and early-6th century work of literary criticism and its author. Support the showBởi William Han
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Dong Zhongshu, Champion of Confucianism
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Regarding the man who made Confucianism the dominant ideology of China. Support the showBởi William Han
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Chai Rong and the End of the Five Dynasties
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On Chai Rong, the second emperor of the Latter Zhou, and how it became the last of the Five Dynasties. Support the showBởi William Han
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Our only source for many of the stories about the life of Genghis Khan, The Secret History of the Mongols is a crucial document for understanding the Mongol Empire. Support the showBởi William Han
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On the German scholar of Chinese architecture. Support the showBởi William Han
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In 627 A.D., an elderly shepherd chanced upon ten stone drums bearing ancient inscriptions. Since then, they have gone on a topsy-turvy adventure through the tumultuous course of Chinese history, down to the present day. Support the showBởi William Han
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Only six emperors in Chinese history are documented to have performed Fengshan, the worship of heaven at earth at the holy Mt. Tai. Support the showBởi William Han
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Continuing the series on the Five Dynasties, the story of Guo Wei, founder of the Latter Zhou. Support the showBởi William Han
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The life of the great 20th century historian Qian Mu. Support the showBởi William Han
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Dongfang Shuo, Patron Saint of Comedy
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On the 2nd century B.C. courtier, jester, and man of letters Dongfang Shuo, who came to be regarded as the patron saint of "xiangsheng," a traditional form of stand-up comedy. Support the showBởi William Han
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The story of an imperial cousin and regent of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Support the showBởi William Han
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The next emperor in our series on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Support the showBởi William Han
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Regarding Zhuanxu, the second of the so-called "Five Emperors" of China's deep past. Support the showBởi William Han
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Shi Jingtang, the Man Who Gave Away the Great Wall
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Continuing our series on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: the founder of the Latter Jin Dynasty, Shi Jingtang. Support the showBởi William Han
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On "The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties," by Professor Timothy Brook, of the imperial China series by Harvard University Press. Support the showBởi William Han
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On the great Ming Dynasty fantasy-historical novel, "Investiture of the Gods." Support the showBởi William Han
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In 281 A.D., a tomb raider discovered a lost ancient text, which came to be known as the "Bamboo Annals." It had an explosive effect on the understanding of the Chinese of their own history... Support the showBởi William Han
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Continuing with the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: the story of Li Siyuan, emperor of the Latter Tang. Support the showBởi William Han
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The story of General Hao Bocun. Support the showBởi William Han
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Li Keyong and Li Cunxu, father and son, were responsible for building the second of the Five Dynasties. Support the showBởi William Han
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Cultural Production during the Ming-Qing Transition: A Conversation with Professor Lynn Struve
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The Ming-Qing transition was an extremely chaotic time in Chinese history. Millions died of warfare, pestilence, or starvation, and millions more were displaced. Yet despite all these issues, this was also a period of cultural production, which has often been overlooked as people focus on the wars, famine, and climate change that pervaded this peri…
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The story of Zhu Wen, the man who formally ended the Tang Dynasty and began the period in Chinese history known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Support the showBởi William Han
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About the Song Dynasty official, scholar, and philosopher Zhou Dunyi. Support the showBởi William Han
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Yan Jiagan, Father of the New Taiwan Dollar
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Yan Jiagan is the forgotten president of the Republic of China or Taiwan. He served between 1975 and 1978 but was largely considered a transitional figure. However, before he was president, in 1949, he first rescued Taiwan from economic catastrophe, paving the way for all future developments. For that reason alone, the man deserves to be remembered…
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The Man from Qi Worries About the Sky
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"The man from Qi worries about the sky" is a Chinese idiom meaning to worry unnecessarily about things that won't happen. It comes from a story found in Liezi, an ancient tract of philosophy. But what was this place called Qi? What does the original fable say? Have we misunderstood it this whole time? Support the show…
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The story of the Ming Dynasty secret police led by eunuchs, the most infamous eunuch among them, and the faction of mandarins who opposed them. Support the showBởi William Han
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Regarding Gu Yanwu, the 17th century intellectual who has recently been the subject of controversy in Taiwanese politics. Support the showBởi William Han
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The remarkable Dujiangyan irrigation system in Sichuan was constructed in the 250s B.C. but remains in use today and remains crucial to the Chinese economy. Support the showBởi William Han
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S02E01 Reintroducing the Chinese Revolutions Podcast
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S02E01 Reintroducing the Chinese Revolutions Podcast This is a rambling episode pushed out to get the ball rolling, getting this podcast going again. The next big thing on the agenda is the Boxer Rebellion. We'll do some episodes in the run up to the Boxer Rebellion, and then we'll spend some good time on the next major revolutionary inflection poi…
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Sima Guang and the General Mirror on Good Governance
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Regarding Zizhi Tongjian, or "General Mirror on Good Governance," and the man who wrote it during the 11th century. Support the showBởi William Han
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Borges and "Extensive Records of the Taiping Era"
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Taiping Guangji or "Extensive Records of the Taiping Era" is an anthology of stories compiled during the early Song Dynasty. Its editors chose to collect the stories under a series of clearly unworkable categories. In so doing, they made Taiping Guangji a perfect illustration of the point made in an essay by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. …
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