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The History of China

A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world"s oldest continuous civilizations. For all the episodes for free, as well as additional content, please subscribe and/or visit http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com.

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#288 - Special: Hail The The King, Baby

The History of China ·

2025/03/08

We end our trio of insider views into the Forbidden City by looking at the life - and strictures - of the Big Man himself: the emperor.Turn out it's not all banquets and parades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:16

#287 - Special: Caged Birds Sing

The History of China ·

2025/02/28

A look into the inner heart of the mysterious Forbidden City of Beijing, and at its most protected - and confined - denizens: the women of the Imperial palace. From Empress, to concubine, to lowly maid - women hold up half of Heaven.Please support the show!: patreon.com/thehistoryofchina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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36:53

#286 - Special: Everything Eunuchs All At Once

The History of China ·

2025/02/21

Everything you ever wanted to know (and probably some you didn't) about Court Eunuchs in Imperial China(warning: contains description of castration & its effects) Mary M. Anderson, Hidden Power: The Palace Eunuchs of Imperial China. Duhalde, Marcelo. "How an army of eunuchs ran the Forbidden City" in The South China Morning Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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72:50

#285 - Mongol 11: The Khan Is Dead; Long Live The...

The History of China ·

2025/01/31

Genghis Khan is dead, and his 3rd son Ögedei has ben selected to lead the Mongol Empire into an uncertain future. Once he is confirmed on the throne, he'll strike on in every direction against every foe at once. On the way, there will be virgin sacrifices, talking wolves, free money, mass enslavement, Persian princes, Assassins, poison, angry water spirits, battle-mages, cannibalism... and that's just the tip of the iceberg!Time Period Covered: 1227-1234 CE Major Historical

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33:17

#284 - Qing 23: Frozen Ashes

The History of China ·

2025/01/17

Galdan is dead. Kangxi's victory is total. It's all over but the crying.... and the executions via slow-slicing... and the crushing of his bones... and the punishment of his family... and the writing him out of history... Please support the show!: patreon.com/thehistoryofchina Time Period Covered: 1697-8 CE Major Historical Figures: Qing Dynasty: The Kangxi Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Xuanye) [r. 1654-1722] Jean-Francois Gerbillon, Puritan Missionary Tómas Pereira, Puritan Missionary Gen. Fiyanggu Gen

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32:56

#283 - Qing 22: Crimson Snow

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2025/01/10

The Kangxi Emperor ruthlessly tracks down Galdan Khan, leaving him and his followers with nowhere to turn and nowhere to hide. The end draws close...Please support the show!: patreon.com/thehistoryofchina Time Period Covered: 1697-8 CE Major Historical Figures: Qing Dynasty: The Kangxi Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Xuanye) [r. 1654-1722] Jean-Francois Gerbillon, Puritan Missionary Tómas Pereira, Puritan Missionary Gen. Fiyanggu Gen. Sunsike Dzungar Mongols: Galdan, the Boshugtu Khan [r

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73:18

#282 - Mongol 10: The Succession & The Last Battle

The History of China ·

2024/12/29

Even the invincible Genghis Khan must face the inevitability of death. It holds no fear for him personally, but before he surrenders at last to oblivion, he needs to see two tasks through to the end: who will succeed him as Emperor of the World, and making sure an old enemy gets what has long been coming to them... Time Period Covered: 1220-1227 CE Major Historical Figures: Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan [Temüjin] (1162-1227) Börte Khatun (c.1161-c.1130) Yesui Khatun (d. ?) Jochi (1181-1226) Chagatai

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36:20

#281 - Qing 21: Kangxi & Galdan At Jao Modo, Their...

The History of China ·

2024/12/04

The jaws of the Kangxi Emperor close in around Galdan Khan, as his own dream of "The Great Mongol Enterprise" crash down around him at a fateful stand of 100 trees abutting a tiny stream somewhere in the vastness of the steppes. To the victor go the draft histories...Please support the show!: patreon.com/thehistoryofchina Time Period Covered 1696 CE Major Historical Figures: Qing Dynasty: The Kangxi Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Xuanye) [r. 1654-1722] Jean-Francois Gerbillon, Puritan Missionary Tómas

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35:26

#280 Qing 20: Kangxi & Galdan At Jao Modo, Their...

The History of China ·

2024/11/28

Galdan Khan has slipped The Kangxi Emperor’s trap, but only by the skin of his teeth. Now having retreated deep into the heart of Central Asia, he’ll think himself safe. But the Dread Lord of Great Qing is not one to let a vendetta go so easily…Please support the show!: patreon.com/thehistoryofchina Time Period Covered 1691-1696 CE Major Historical Figures: Qing Dynasty: The Kangxi Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Xuanye) [r. 1654-1722] Jean-Francois Gerbillon, Puritan Missionary Tómas Pereira, Puritan

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#279 - Qing 19: The Treaty of Nerchinsk

The History of China ·

2024/11/09

In an epic handshake of history, the Qing and Russian Empires hammer out the first major treaty between East and West. It's good for Great Qing, it's maybe good for Russia... but it's definitely not good for the Mongols who got iced out of the negotiations by a couple of Puritan hustlers, like Galdan Khan and his harried host of Dzungars. Not good news at all...Please support the show!: patreon.com/thehistoryofchina Time Period Covered: 1690-91 CE Major Historical Figures: Qing Dynasty: The

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28:38

Extra: Interview with Vince & Cassie of the Autocrat...

The History of China ·

2024/10/29

A chat with Vince and Cassie of the Autocrat Podcast comparing and contrasting the Roman and Chinese origins and genesis legends, folktales, & mythos.Find Autocrat Podcast at: autocratpodcast.wordpress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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33:08

#278 - Strange Tales IX.2: To Mortal Strife

The History of China ·

2024/10/25

A hefty second helping of weird, whimsical, wondrous, and wicked tales of the supernatural from the Zhou, Han, Liu Song, Yuan, and Qing Dynasties, for evenings when leaves quake from branches & the walls between the worlds grows thin. 0:00:00 - "Finishing Jiao's Poem" By: The One Within the Mound (Tr. Larry Hammer & Chris Stewart). 0:02:51 - "The Taoist Monk" Liaozhai Zhiyi, vol. 3. 0:09:57 - "A Report From the Qin Imperial Envoy At Xicheng, Gan Zong" Baopuzi. 0:11:33 - "The Ghoul" Shuyiji. 0:14:23

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10:09

Special: The Raven

The History of China ·

2024/10/22

By Edgar Allen Poe [1809-1849] Published: 1845 Happy Halloween 2024! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:26

#277 - Strange Tales IX: Fox Tails

The History of China ·

2024/10/09

A trio of seasonal tales about the Korean version of the classic fox spirit, the kumiho (huli jing [CN]/kitsune [JP]) as well as their implications bout the societies they stemmed from."The Maiden's Grave" - 02:21 "The Bone The Was a Fox" - 03:39 "The Fox Sister" - 06:22 From: Fenkl, Heinz Inzu. "Fox Wives & Other Dangerous Women." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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#276 - Qing 18: Kangxi Gets Personal

The History of China ·

2024/09/30

The Kangxi Emperor of Great Qing squares off again Galdan Khan of the Dzungar Khanate in the sociopolitical-religio-military showdown of the late 17th century! Kangxi wants to flex his imperial muscle - in person! - up to and including enacting a "Final Solution" against the un-subdued Mongol peoples under Galdan, but the wily khan will amply demonstrate that all the imperial planning from Beijing in the world means nothing once your army is out in the wilds of the steppe.Please support the

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13:37

Special - Mid-Autumn: Fly Me to the Moon

The History of China ·

2024/09/22

A brief history of Mid-Autumn Festival, and the tale of Hou Yi the Archer & the Ten Suns, and Chang'e & the Moon In other words, please be true In other words, I love you. Sources: Barlett, Scarlett. The Mythology Bible: The Definitive Guide to Legendary Tales. Masaka, Mori. “Restoring the ‘Epic of Hou Yi’” in Asian Folklore Studies, vol. 52, no. 5. Yang, Lihui, Demin An, and Jessica Anderson Turner. Handbook of Chinese Mythology. Republication, original Episode Sept. 22, 2022. Learn more about

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34:49

#275 - Qing 17: Office of Barbarian Control

The History of China ·

2024/09/13

With its southern border finally pacified, the Qing Dynasty under its Kangxi Emperor must now contend with a rising challenge to the northeast: the ascent and enthronement of a real steppe wildcard, the chieftain Galdan, as reigning Khan of the Dzungar Mongols. Kangxi will strive to use him as he has used all other neighboring petty-potentates - as semi-disposable ablative armor for the soft innards of China proper under the longstanding guidelines of "Use The Barbarians to Deal With the Barbarians"

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#274 - Qing 16: A Whole New Frontier

The History of China ·

2024/08/15

Across the trackless expanses of the northwestern frontier zones, far beyond the final vestiges of Great Qing sovereignty or protection, independent, oasis trade hubs survive and even thrive across central Asia during the chaos of the 16th & 17th centuries. They and their denizens, though largely cut off from the rest of the wider world, nevertheless serve a vital – though fragile – linkage between east and west. Here, north of the Taklamakan Desert, the Oirat Mongols continue to live much as they

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49:42

#273 - Qing 15: Something Rotten In the Heir

The History of China ·

2024/07/13

With border disputes and foreign affair emergencies levelling off, the Kangxi Emperor is able to turn his attentions inward toward the domestic, the home and hearth. But it's not all bbqs and pickleball there, either - there's the questions of succession, for one... who will be next when Kangxi is no more? And an heir there is... but... does something seem a little *off* about the crown-prince??Time Period Covered: ~1660-1722 CE Major Historical Figures: The Kangxi Emperor (Xuanye) [r

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#272 - Special: A Midsummer Night's Dreams

The History of China ·

2024/06/28

A set of short fever dreams from Chinese folklore to beat the summer heat...1:25 - A Pipa Competition, by: Li Zhi 4:45 - The "Magical" Pear Tree, by: Pu Songling 8:15 - Real Life In the Capital, by: Ji Yun 13:55 - The Realness of Paintings & Demons, by: Pu Songling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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