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Back to SearchThe Tumu Crisis of 1449
Episode 208
The military fiasco that led to an emperor serving two non-consecutive terms.
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Fan Zhongyan
Episode 207
Regarding the Song Dynasty mandarin who defined the mission for the Confucian intelligentsia.
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1 year, 2 months ago
The Sibe People
Episode 206
Regarding the small minority race who gave us the name "Siberia" and preserved the Manchu language.
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Qin Liangyu: the Woman General
Episode 205
In all the "24 Histories" of Chinese tradition, only one woman is feature in the biographies of military generals. This is her.
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Xunzi: Confucian Apostate
Episode 204
Was he a Confucian or a Legalist? Regarding one of the most controversial Chinese thinkers.
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Su Xiaoxiao, Courtesan
Episode 203
The famous 5th or 6th century courtesan of Hangzhou and all the poetry that's been about her.
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Early Han Dynasty Figure: Jia Yi
Episode 202
Author of "On the Faults of the Qin."
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Early Han Dynasty Figure: Shusun Tong
Episode 201
The inventor of court protocols.
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Early Han Dynasty Figure: Lu Jia
Episode 200
The man who convinced the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty that he couldn't rule from horseback.
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The Shaobing Song
Episode 199
The Chinese equivalent of the prophecies of Nostradamus.
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