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Back to SearchLi Jie: Architect
Episode 178
Regarding the Song Dynasty architect and scholar of architecture.
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1 year, 8 months ago
Li Kui and Shen Buhai, Legalists
Episode 177
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 …
1 year, 9 months ago
Wang Yangming, Philosopher
Episode 176
The story of the deeply influential Ming Dynasty philosopher.
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1 year, 9 months ago
Zichan, Criminal Law, and the Soul
Episode 175
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 th…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chinese Hedonism: the School of Yang Zhu
Episode 174
The hedonist tradition in Chinese philosophy.
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1 year, 9 months ago
The Discourses on Salt and Iron
Episode 173
The economic conference of 81 B.C. and the book that resulted from it.
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1 year, 9 months ago
Liu Xie and "The Literary Heart and the Carving of Dragons"
Episode 172
On the late-5th and early-6th century work of literary criticism and its author.
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1 year, 10 months ago
Dong Zhongshu, Champion of Confucianism
Episode 171
Regarding the man who made Confucianism the dominant ideology of China.
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1 year, 10 months ago
Chai Rong and the End of the Five Dynasties
Episode 170
On Chai Rong, the second emperor of the Latter Zhou, and how it became the last of the Five Dynasties.
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1 year, 10 months ago
The Secret History of the Mongols
Episode 169
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…
1 year, 10 months ago