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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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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Untold stories from Chinese New Zealanders
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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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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 Show.Af 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 Show.Af William Han
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The life of the great 20th century historian Qian Mu. Support the Show.Af 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 Show.Af William Han
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The story of an imperial cousin and regent of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Support the Show.Af William Han
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The next emperor in our series on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Support the Show.Af William Han
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King Zhuanxu and Ancient Shamanism
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Regarding Zhuanxu, the second of the so-called "Five Emperors" of China's deep past. Support the Show.Af 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 Show.Af 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 Show.Af William Han
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On the great Ming Dynasty fantasy-historical novel, "Investiture of the Gods." Support the Show.Af 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 Show.Af 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 Show.Af William Han
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The story of General Hao Bocun. Support the Show.Af 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 Show.Af 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 Show.Af William Han
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Zhou Dunyi, Lawyer and Philosopher
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About the Song Dynasty official, scholar, and philosopher Zhou Dunyi. Support the Show.Af 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 Show.Af 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 Show.Af 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 Show.Af 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 Show.Af 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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Policy Digests of the Zhen'guan Era
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In 1615, the Tokugawa Shogunate made a rule that all Japanese emperors must study "Policy Digests of the Zhen'guan Era," written 900 years earlier in Tang Dynasty China. What is this book and what's important about it? Support the Show.Af William Han
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The Ming Dynasty novel "Journey to the West" ranks among the great classics of Chinese literature. I recently reread it, and I have thoughts. Support the Show.Af William Han
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The story of the somewhat mysterious Tocharian people of Kuche in today's Xinjiang, confusingly named after the Tokharoi of Bactria in modern Afghanistan, from whose language Chinese gets its word for "honey." Support the Show.Af William Han
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The story of the "Door Gods" and how a pair of Tang Dynasty generals came to serve in that role. Support the Show.Af William Han
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The tale of another short (not to mention poor) man who achieved greatness. Chunyu Kun was a famed "wit" from Warring States era State of Qi. Besides services as a diplomat and political advisor, he was famous for being the sort of party guest you may not allow to leave by evening's end... Support the Show.…
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A fascinating minority group in the former USSR, chiefly Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, is the people known as the Dungan. Originally Hui Muslims from northwestern China, they migrated into Central Asia in the 19th century. This story is about them, their Chinese-derived language, and one of their most significant cultural figures, Iasyr Shivaza. Suppo…
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The Confucian philosopher Zengzi and some of his ideas that became deeply influential in Chinese culture. Support the Show.Af William Han
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Even as I want to finish telling you the story of Wu Zixu, the fact is that his life so intersected with the lives and careers of other major figures that in this second part of his story I must shift the spotlight onto someone else. King Goujian of Yue, initially defeated and kept by his enemy as a hostage, would rise to the status of a hegemon of…
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One of the most famous personalities from the late-Spring and Autumn period, Wu Zixu was someone I grew up learning about as a commendable character. But, upon revisiting his story, I find him closer to being the hero of a Greek tragedy than a role model. Here we tell the first half of his story and how his life intersected with other major figures…
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Yan Ying, the statesman of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn era, was famously diminutive. But his short stature was only cover for a brilliant intellect. And he went down in Chinese history as a great man. Support the Show.Af William Han
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"History is written by the victors," so goes the common saying. But Chinese court historians actually usually provided us with honest accounts of events, even if they made the rulers of their times look bad. Why? Why gave them the right, as well as the sense of responsibility, to speak truth to power? Support the Show.…
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The legend of the "James Bond" of Republican China and how his fictional codename became a household name. Support the Show.Af William Han
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Continuing our series on the hegemons of the Spring and Autumn era: Duke Wen of Jin, who as a prince lived in exile for 19 years. Support the Show.Af William Han
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Continuing our discussion of the hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period, we look at Duke Xiang of Song, whom some consider a hegemon but perhaps shouldn't. Support the Show.Af William Han
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Duke Huan of Qi and the United States
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Duke Huan of Qi dominated the politics of Spring and Autumn China from the 680s B.C. until the 640s under the slogan of "respecting the king and suppressing the barbarians." Here is why the role he played was similar to that being played by the United States in the modern international state system. Support the Show.…
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Helian Bobo and the Capital in the Middle of Nowhere
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In 413 A.D., the self-proclaimed king of Daxia or Great Xia, one of the Sixteen "Barbarian" Kingdoms of the age, ordered the construction of a new capital city to be named Tong'wan. The only trouble was, the spot King Helian Bobo chose was in the middle of nowhere... Support the Show.Af William Han
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In 1222, a Daoist priest from eastern China went to Afghanistan to sit down with a man who had already shaken the world to its core: Genghis Khan. This is the story of that priest, whose name, perhaps serendipitously, is widely remembered even today. Support the Show.Af William Han
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The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
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"The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms," written in the Ming Dynasty, recounts the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras. It is considered a novel but is basically nonfiction, so closely as it hews to actual historical records. We discuss the novel, the nature of what a novel is in Chinese tradition, and a key work of histo…
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You're read about them in the news and read about the area they call home, what the Chinese call Xinjiang. But what do we talk about when we talk about Uyghurs? Where did this people come from? Support the Show.Af William Han
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Western writers like Kipling produced literature depicting imperial peripheries during the height of the British Empire. Similarly, Chinese poets during the height of the Tang Empire wrote many poems about life and scenery and war on the frontiers. These form a genre in its own right in Chinese literature known as "frontiers poetry." And, as so oft…
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The Revolt of the Palace Girls of 1542
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On November 27, 1542, shortly after 5 in the morning, a group of palace girls in the Forbidden City gathered at the bedroom of their would-be victim: Emperor Jiajing of Ming China. At a sign, they jumped on him, ready to strangle the life out of him. What transpired was one of the oddest and most notable episodes in history of Chinese imperial hare…
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Thoughts on friendship from Montaigne, Aristotle, and the Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi, who advises us all not to be too eager to hang out. Support the Show.Af William Han
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The Nine Cauldrons and the Jade Seal
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Inspired by recent discussions elsewhere of the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, we take a look at some of the most sought after objects in Chinese tradition: the Nine Cauldrons and the Jade Imperial Seal, both symbols of royal or imperial authority on earth. Support the Show.Af William Han
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On that great leader of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie An, who saved his country in the late-4th century and came to be remembered for his preternatural sangfroid. Support the Show.Af William Han
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The parallel lives of two great physicians who were contemporaries of each other, one in Han Dynasty China and one in the Roman Empire. By extension, a comparison between traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Western medicine. Support the Show.Af William Han
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