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The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast — 277 episodes
Tuva or Bust!
Su Dingfang and the Western Turkic Empire
Shengyu Guangxun or Broader Disquisitions on the Sagely Edicts
Ying Shao and the General Treatise on Customs
Cheng Yaojin Comes Out of Nowhere
Madam Xian
Three Cases After the Southern Crossing
Li Zicheng, the Truculent King
Yining Incident or Revolution of the Three Districts
Zhang Zhidong
Li Hongzhang
Feng Dao, Political Survivor
Matteo Ricci
Emperor Jiajing of Ming
Sino-Burmese War of 1765
Biographies of Some Exemplary Women
Tan Sitong of the 100-Day Reform
Cao Xueqin
Mao and "Outlaws of the Marsh"
Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan
Cai Jing: Calligrapher and Perfidious Minister
Chong Family Generals
“To Rise with the Cockcrow to Practice Swordsmanship”
Qian Qianyi: Hero or Turncoat?
Nanchang Uprising: Birth of the PLA
A History of Lushan
Luoxia Hong: Why Chinese New Year Is When It Is
Altai: of Gold and One-Eyed Folks
Yu Yunwen, Hero of the Southern Song
Destruction of the Buddha During the Huichang Era
Zhu Zaiyu: Prince, Musician, Mathematician
Miscellaneous Morsels of Youyang and the Chinese Cinderella
Eight Immortals Cross the Sea
Lady Shexiang
The Nanjing-Wuhan Split
Southwest United University
Fan Zhen: On the Annihilation of the Soul
Jia Sidao: Hero, Villain, Entomologist
Zhengde, the Emperor with an Alter Ego
Hai Rui, Mad Mandarin
General Qi Jiguang of the Ming
Zhang Zai, Philosopher
Chen Tuan, the Sleeping Immortal
The Yellow River, Changing Course
Di Qing: Soldier Out of Time
Liu E and "The Travels of Lao Can"
Shen Gua, Scientist
Xie Jin of the Yongle Encyclopedia
"Discourse on the Lamas" and the Golden Urn
Wu Jingzi and "The Scholars"
Rebellion of the Eight Princes
The Tragedy of the Parties and Shackles
The Chinese Rites Controversy
Zuo Zongtang and the Muslim Rebellion of Shaanxi and Gansu
The Nian Rebellion
The White Lotus Sect
Wellington Koo, Diplomat
Chen Youliang and the Battle of Poyang Lake
Shangguan Wan'er: "Prime Minister in Women's Clothing"
The Panthay Rebellion
Li Ling, Tragic Hero
The Nestorian Stele
Li He, the Ghost of Poetry
The Latter Ruler Li
Liu Shipei
The "Sweet Dews" Massacre
Prime Minister Li Linfu
Dou Jiande, Chivalric Rebel
A Cup of Wine for Your Command
The Tumu Crisis of 1449
Fan Zhongyan
The Sibe People
Qin Liangyu: the Woman General
Xunzi: Confucian Apostate
Su Xiaoxiao, Courtesan
Early Han Dynasty Figure: Jia Yi
Early Han Dynasty Figure: Shusun Tong
Early Han Dynasty Figure: Lu Jia
The Shaobing Song
Zheng Guanying's "Words of Warning"
Prime Minister Han Qi
Yan Zhenqing, Calligrapher
Wei Yuan, Geographer
Qian Liu and the Get-Out-Jail-Free Card
Zu Chongzhi: Mathematician
Chao Cuo: Economist
Baopuzi: The Path to Immortality
Zilu, the Warrior Confucian
Wang Bo and the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng
Xu Xiake, Traveler
Guan Hanqing and the Story of Dou E
Du You and Du Mu, Grandpa and Grandson
The Cat, the Prince, and the Empress: Empress Liu of Song
Zhu Xi: the Neo-Confucian
Zhang Xuecheng, Historian
Robber Zhi from Zhuangzi
Huang Zongxi and "Waiting for Dawn": Chinese Democratic Theory
King Li of Zhou and the "Republic" of 841 B.C.
Zhang Zhongjing, Physician
Li Jie: Architect
Li Kui and Shen Buhai, Legalists
Wang Yangming, Philosopher
Zichan, Criminal Law, and the Soul
Chinese Hedonism: the School of Yang Zhu
The Discourses on Salt and Iron
Liu Xie and "The Literary Heart and the Carving of Dragons"
Dong Zhongshu, Champion of Confucianism
Chai Rong and the End of the Five Dynasties
The Secret History of the Mongols
Ernst Boerschmann
The Stone Drums of Qin
The Ceremony of Fengshan
Guo Wei and the Latter Zhou
Qian Mu, Historian
Dongfang Shuo, Patron Saint of Comedy
The Prince of Lu of Ming
Liu Zhiyuan of the Latter Han
King Zhuanxu and Ancient Shamanism
Shi Jingtang, the Man Who Gave Away the Great Wall
"Troubled Empire": A Book Review
Investiture of the Gods
The Bamboo Annals
Li Siyuan
Hao Bocun
Li Keyong and Li Cunxu
Zhu Wen
Zhou Dunyi, Lawyer and Philosopher
Yan Jiagan, Father of the New Taiwan Dollar
The Man from Qi Worries About the Sky
Eastern Bureau and Eastern Forest
Gu Yanwu
Dujiangyan
Sima Guang and the General Mirror on Good Governance
Borges and "Extensive Records of the Taiping Era"
Policy Digests of the Zhen'guan Era
Journey to the West
The Tocharians
Door Gods
Chunyu Kun, Bro
Iasyr Shivaza and the Dungan
Zengzi and Great Learning
King Goujian of Yue, Avenger
Wu Zixu, Tragic Hero
Yan Ying: the Short King
The Historian's Conscience
Yangtze River No. 1
Duke Wen of Jin, the Exile
Duke Xiang of Song, Moralist
Duke Huan of Qi and the United States
Helian Bobo and the Capital in the Middle of Nowhere
The Priest of Forever Spring
The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
The Uyghurs
Frontiers Poetry
The Revolt of the Palace Girls of 1542
On Friendship
The Nine Cauldrons and the Jade Seal
Xie An
Hua Tuo vs. Galen
Emperor Wendi of Sui
King Jie of Xia, King Zhou of Shang, and Queen Daji
Huo Qubing or Why Nepotism's Not All Bad
The Mother Goddess of the West, King Mu of Zhou, and AI
The Green Gang and the Emperor of Shanghai
The Heaven and Earth Society
Wang Mang
"Do Not Forget You're in Ju"
Huang Chao, the Cannibal Rebel
Taiwan(?) in Ancient Sources
Kangxi's Conquest of Taiwan
Jin Shengtan, Literary Critic
The Democracy of Mencius
Historic Usages of "Zhongguo"
Cangjie, (Alleged) Father of Chinese Writing
The Chinese Labour Corps
Famous Horses
The Humanism of Liu Yuxi
Yuan Chonghuan
The Kingdom of Dali
The Tangut Kingdom of Xixia
The Jin Empire
The Liao Empire
13 Warriors Return to the Jade Gate
Fusang
The Speech of Soong Mei-ling
Zhang Juzheng, the Nine-Headed Bird
Wu Peifu
Uncle v. Nephew: Emperor Chengzu of the Ming
Have Bears, Will Govern
Regarding Mandarin
Sun Yunxuan
Deterrence Through Cleverness
The Philosopher, the Carpenter, and Wargames
The Seven Military Classics
Lin Yutang
Ban Chao
Battle of Talas
Yung Wing
The Thousand-Character Essay
Constitutional Monarchy
Zhang Xueliang and the Xi'an Incident
536 A.D.
Plagues in Ancient Rome and the Han Dynasty
Climate in Ancient Rome and the Han Dynasty
Vasily Chuikov
Lu Yu, the God of Tea
Ni Kuang: Hong Kong Master of Sci-Fi
Cernuschi Museum, Paris
The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang Part 2: Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang
Li Qingzhao, Poetess
The Authoritarianism of Emperor Yongzheng
The Beauty of Xishi
Three Kingdoms, Three Friends
Mr. Eastern Slope
The 27-Day Emperor
Ten Days in Yangzhou
Hu Shih
Oracle Bones
What Is a Country, Anyway?
Arcadio Huang
Allusions in the Chinese Language
The Eight Hundred
The Man Who Loses His Horses
The Qing Ming Festival
The Philosophy of Zhuangzi
Zelenskyy and Chinese Historiography
Water Margin
The Treaty of Nerchinsk
The Mongol Conquest of the Rus
The Republic of Formosa
The Great Explosion of 1626
The General and the Novelist
The Lunar New Year
Empress Lü of the Han Dynasty
The Rise of the Tang Dynasty
Detective Dee and the Curious Case of the Dutch Sinologist
Remembering Jonathan Spence
From Tang Dynasty Fiction to Contemporary Sci-Fi Fantasy
Theo in China
A History of the World in an Orange
A White Horse Is Not a Horse; It Might Be a Stag
Fairy Tales, East and West
A New Beginning: Koxinga
How Can a Man Die Better? Wen Tianxiang
Loyalty onto Death: Yue Fei
The Red and the Yellow: China's Foundation Myth
The Wuxia Fiction of Jin Yong
"Lying Flat" in the 3rd Century
Fun with Flags
The 1911 Revolution
Christianity
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
The Mid-Autumn Festival
What Does Emperor Huidi of the Jin Have to Do with Taiwanese Politics?
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Mythological Creatures
The Xiongnu or the Hun? From China to Rome to Ancient Egypt
Emperor Wudi of the Han: Imperialist
From Kabul to Canton
Afghanistan: a Threnody
The Anshi Rebellion, 755 A.D.
The Legend of Mulan
What's So Great About the Great Wall?
The Rise of the Han Dynasty
Qin Shi Huang: the End
Jing Ke: The Most Famous Assassin in Chinese History
Qin Shi Huang: the Early Years
The Boxer Rebellion, a.k.a. the Invasion of the Eight Allied Nations
Erotic Fiction in Ancient China
Emperor Chongzhen vs. Climate Change
Chinese Gods vs. Everyone Else
Kangxi and Louis XIV, or How a Child Plotted a Coup
The Battle of Changping; the Siege of Handan
I Ching and Computer Science
The Yang Family Generals
Three Kingdoms and the Iliad
Who Was the Master of Demon Gorge?