Episodios

  • The Discourses on Salt and Iron

    The Discourses on Salt and Iron
    Jul 25 2024

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

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    18 m
  • Liu Xie and "The Literary Heart and the Carving of Dragons"

    Liu Xie and "The Literary Heart and the Carving of Dragons"
    Jul 18 2024

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

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    17 m
  • Dong Zhongshu, Champion of Confucianism

    Dong Zhongshu, Champion of Confucianism
    Jul 11 2024

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

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    20 m
  • Chai Rong and the End of the Five Dynasties

    Chai Rong and the End of the Five Dynasties
    Jul 4 2024

    On Chai Rong, the second emperor of the Latter Zhou, and how it became the last of the Five Dynasties.

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    19 m
  • The Secret History of the Mongols

    The Secret History of the Mongols
    Jun 27 2024

    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.

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    18 m
  • Ernst Boerschmann

    Ernst Boerschmann
    Jun 20 2024

    On the German scholar of Chinese architecture.

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    19 m
  • The Stone Drums of Qin

    The Stone Drums of Qin
    Jun 13 2024

    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.

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    23 m
  • The Ceremony of Fengshan

    The Ceremony of Fengshan
    Jun 6 2024

    Only six emperors in Chinese history are documented to have performed Fengshan, the worship of heaven at earth at the holy Mt. Tai.

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    22 m