The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the leading figures of the reform of 1898.Support the show

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

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

The 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

Regarding one of the greatest calligraphers who ever lived, and one of the worst prime ministers in Chinese historySupport the show

A most significant military family during the Northern Song Dynasty.Support the show

About a classical Chinese expression and the two men behind it.Support the show

Regarding the late-Ming mandarin and his ethical choices.Support the show

August 1, 1927: a date that lives in PRC history.Support the show

Mt. Lu or Lushan, the object of so much classical Chinese poetry, the site of so much modern Chinese history.Support the show

The Han Dynasty inventor of the Taichu Calendar.Support the show

Tales from the Altai Mountains.Support the show

A lesser known figure who saved the Southern Song Dynasty in 1161.Support the show

The reason why so few Buddhist temples from before the mid-9th century survive in China.Support the show

The Ming Dynasty prince who worked out the modern musical scale.Support the show

The Chinese version of the Cinderella story and the 9th century collection in which it appears.Support the show

The legend of the Eight Immortals, which gradually arose starting during the Tang Dynasty, particularly associated with the town of Penglai in Shandong.Support the show

The remarkable stateswoman of Ming Dynasty Guizhou.Support the show

In 1927, when Nanjing and Wuhan were both capitals of the ROC...Support the show

The triple university that continued the educational mission through WWII.Support the show

On the North and South Dynasties philosopher who argued against the immortality of the soul.Support the show

The late-Song prime minister with a terrible reputation.Support the show

Zhengde or Wuzong of Ming, a most perplexing ruler.Support the show

The Ming mandarin who helped, 400 years later, to start the Cultural Revolution.Support the show

The most successful military commander of the mid-to-late-Ming Dynasty.Support the show

The major Song Dynasty philosopher who began to formulate Neo-Confucianism.Support the show

The Daoist hermit who supposedly lived to 118 years old and profoundly influenced Confucian philosophy.Support the show

In recorded history, the Yellow River has flooded 1,593 times and changed course 26 times.Support the show

One of the great heroes of the Song Dynasty, born into the wrong time.Support the show

The late-Qing author and his famous novel.Support the show

Shen Gua or Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty is one of the most significant figures in the history of Chinese science.Support the show

The early-Ming Dynasty mandarin and editor of one of the greatest literary undertakings ever performed.Support the show

In 1793, Emperor Qianlong of Qing decreed a new process by which to select future Tibetan spiritual leaders like the Dalai Lama. And he wrote an essay about it.Support the show

Regarding the great Qing Dynasty novel and its unfortunate author.Support the show

The chaotic series of events from 290 to 306 A.D. that set the stage for the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty.Support the show

The Eastern Han Dynasty conflict between the eunuchs and the mandarins that set the stage for Three Kingdoms.Support the show

The troubled history of Catholicism in China.Support the show

One of the most significant late-Qing officials and the bloody conflicts he fought.Support the show

The amorphous, decentralized, and non-ideological rebellion of the mid-19th century.Support the show

A most curious, longstanding, and blood-drenched religious movement.Support the show

The story of one of Republican China's greatest diplomats.Support the show

Regarding the late-Yuan era rebel leader and the greatest naval battle in medieval Chinese history.Support the show

The story of a remarkable Tang Dynasty woman.Support the show

The 19th century Muslim revolt in Yunnan.Support the show