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Back to SearchXu Xiake, Traveler
Episode 188
The greatest travel writer in Chinese tradition, the late-Ming figure Xu Xiake.
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1 year, 6 months ago
Guan Hanqing and the Story of Dou E
Episode 187
Regarding the great Yuan Dynasty playwright and his most famous play.
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1 year, 6 months ago
Du You and Du Mu, Grandpa and Grandson
Episode 186
Regarding the historian of institutions Du You and his grandson, the poet Du Mu.
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1 year, 6 months ago
The Cat, the Prince, and the Empress: Empress Liu of Song
Episode 185
The legend of "a dead cat for a prince" and the true story of the career of Empress Dowager Liu of the Song Dynasty.
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1 year, 7 months ago
Zhu Xi: the Neo-Confucian
Episode 184
On the great Song Dynasty philosopher who redefined Confucian thought.
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1 year, 7 months ago
Zhang Xuecheng, Historian
Episode 183
Regarding the major Qing Dynasty historian Zhang Xuecheng (1738-1801).
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1 year, 7 months ago
Robber Zhi from Zhuangzi
Episode 182
A chapter in the Daoist text Zhuangzi that launches a sustained attack on Confucianism, through the mouth of a notorious criminal.
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1 year, 7 months ago
Huang Zongxi and "Waiting for Dawn": Chinese Democratic Theory
Episode 181
One of the most influential thinkers -- and his most influential work -- in the history of Chinese democratic thought.
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1 year, 8 months ago
King Li of Zhou and the "Republic" of 841 B.C.
Episode 180
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 s…
1 year, 8 months ago
Zhang Zhongjing, Physician
Episode 179
Regarding the Han Dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing.
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1 year, 8 months ago