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The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast

William Han

Stories from ancient China, and whatever else comes to mind.

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26:01

The Shaobing Song

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2025/01/23

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

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18:22

Zheng Guanying's "Words of Warning"

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2025/01/16

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

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18:36

Prime Minister Han Qi

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2025/01/09

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

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17:40

Yan Zhenqing, Calligrapher

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2025/01/02

Regarding the Tang Dynasty mandarin and calligrapher.Support the show

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18:14

Wei Yuan, Geographer

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2024/12/26

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

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20:34

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

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2024/12/19

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

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17:40

Zu Chongzhi: Mathematician

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2024/12/12

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

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19:29

Chao Cuo: Economist

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2024/12/05

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

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24:13

Baopuzi: The Path to Immortality

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2024/11/28

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

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21:57

Zilu, the Warrior Confucian

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2024/11/21

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

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17:25

Wang Bo and the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng

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2024/11/14

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

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18:52

Xu Xiake, Traveler

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2024/11/07

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

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20:30

Guan Hanqing and the Story of Dou E

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2024/10/31

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

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19:34

Du You and Du Mu, Grandpa and Grandson

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2024/10/24

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

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23:01

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

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2024/10/17

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

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19:11

Zhu Xi: the Neo-Confucian

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2024/10/10

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

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19:13

Zhang Xuecheng, Historian

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2024/10/03

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

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19:46

Robber Zhi from Zhuangzi

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2024/09/26

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

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22:15

Huang Zongxi and "Waiting for Dawn": Chinese...

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2024/09/19

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

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16:46

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

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2024/09/12

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

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