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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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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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17:43

Zhang Zhongjing, Physician

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2024/09/05

Regarding the Han Dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing.Support the show

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17:32

Li Jie: Architect

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2024/08/29

Regarding the Song Dynasty architect and scholar of architecture.Support the Show.

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19:34

Li Kui and Shen Buhai, Legalists

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2024/08/22

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 Show.

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28:40

Wang Yangming, Philosopher

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2024/08/15

The story of the deeply influential Ming Dynasty philosopher.Support the Show.

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20:22

Zichan, Criminal Law, and the Soul

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2024/08/08

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 Show.

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19:40

Chinese Hedonism: the School of Yang Zhu

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2024/08/01

The hedonist tradition in Chinese philosophy.Support the Show.

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18:01

The Discourses on Salt and Iron

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2024/07/25

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

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17:07

Liu Xie and "The Literary Heart and the Carving of...

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2024/07/18

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

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20:15

Dong Zhongshu, Champion of Confucianism

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2024/07/11

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

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18:56

Chai Rong and the End of the Five Dynasties

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2024/07/04

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

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18:07

The Secret History of the Mongols

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2024/06/27

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 Show.

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18:39

Ernst Boerschmann

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2024/06/20

On the German scholar of Chinese architecture.Support the Show.

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23:26

The Stone Drums of Qin

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2024/06/13

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 Show.

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21:32

The Ceremony of Fengshan

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2024/06/06

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.

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15:10

Guo Wei and the Latter Zhou

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2024/05/30

Continuing the series on the Five Dynasties, the story of Guo Wei, founder of the Latter Zhou.Support the Show.

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24:23

Qian Mu, Historian

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2024/05/23

The life of the great 20th century historian Qian Mu.Support the Show.

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