Podcast
The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast
Hosted by William Han · EN
Stories from ancient China, and whatever else comes to mind.
21episodes
Episodes
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Feng Dao, Political Survivor
1w ago00:18:11Tap to summarizeRegarding the unique career of Feng Dao of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.Support the show
Transcribe →Matteo Ricci
2w ago00:19:39Tap to summarizeOne of the most important missionaries in the history of Christianity in China.Support the show
Transcribe →Emperor Jiajing of Ming
3w ago00:19:21Tap to summarizeThe second-longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty was an out-too-devout follower of religious Daoism.Support the show
Transcribe →Sino-Burmese War of 1765
4w ago00:21:24Tap to summarizeFrom 1765 to 1769, Qing China invaded Burma four times...Support the show
Transcribe →Biographies of Some Exemplary Women
Apr 900:18:03Tap to summarizeRegarding the Han Dynasty "Biographies of Exemplary Women," Queen Jiang, Zhongli Chun, Cai Wenji, and Xie Daoyun.Support the show
Transcribe →Tan Sitong of the 100-Day Reform
Apr 200:21:22Tap to summarizeOne of the leading figures of the reform of 1898.Support the show
Transcribe →Cao Xueqin
Mar 2600:20:45Tap to summarizeRegarding the author of "The Dream of the Red Chamber," the greatest novel ever written in the Chinese language.Support the show
Transcribe →Mao and "Outlaws of the Marsh"
Mar 1900:22:34Tap to summarizeI think the Ming Dynasty novel contains in it a history of the Chinese Communist Party written centuries before the Party existed.Support the show
Transcribe →Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan
Mar 1200:22:16Tap to summarizeThe tale of the Ming Dynasty general who switched sides and helped to bring it down and the woman whose legendary beautiful supposedly made him do it.Support the show
Transcribe →Cai Jing: Calligrapher and Perfidious Minister
Mar 500:18:44Tap to summarizeRegarding one of the greatest calligraphers who ever lived, and one of the worst prime ministers in Chinese historySupport the show
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