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Zhang Zhidong

Episode 268

Another of the "Four Great Ministers of the Late-Qing."

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7 hours ago

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Li Hongzhang

Episode 267

One of the most important mandarins of the late-Qing was also one of the most controversial figures in Chinese history.

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1 week ago

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Feng Dao, Political Survivor

Episode 266

Regarding the unique career of Feng Dao of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

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2 weeks ago

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Matteo Ricci

Episode 265

One of the most important missionaries in the history of Christianity in China.

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3 weeks ago

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Emperor Jiajing of Ming

Episode 264

The second-longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty was an out-too-devout follower of religious Daoism.

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4 weeks ago

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Sino-Burmese War of 1765

Episode 263

From 1765 to 1769, Qing China invaded Burma four times...

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1 month ago

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Biographies of Some Exemplary Women

Episode 262

Regarding the Han Dynasty "Biographies of Exemplary Women," Queen Jiang, Zhongli Chun, Cai Wenji, and Xie Daoyun.

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1 month, 1 week ago

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Tan Sitong of the 100-Day Reform

Episode 261

One of the leading figures of the reform of 1898.

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Cao Xueqin

Episode 260

Regarding the author of "The Dream of the Red Chamber," the greatest novel ever written in the Chinese language.

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Mao and "Outlaws of the Marsh"

Episode 259

I think the Ming Dynasty novel contains in it a history of the Chinese Communist Party written centuries before the Party existed.

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2 months ago

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