The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast

By William HanHistory

The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast episodes

May 21 Zhang Zhidong
Another of the "Four Great Ministers of the Late-Qing."
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22 min
May 14 Li Hongzhang
One of the most important mandarins of the late-Qing was also one of the most controversial figures in Chinese history.
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23 min
May 07 Feng Dao, Political Survivor
Regarding the unique career of Feng Dao of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
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19 min
April 30 Matteo Ricci
One of the most important missionaries in the history of Christianity in China.
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20 min
April 23 Emperor Jiajing of Ming
The second-longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty was an out-too-devout follower of religious Daoism.
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20 min
April 16 Sino-Burmese War of 1765
From 1765 to 1769, Qing China invaded Burma four times...
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22 min
April 09 Biographies of Some Exemplary Women
Regarding the Han Dynasty "Biographies of Exemplary Women," Queen Jiang, Zhongli Chun, Cai Wenji, and Xie Daoyun.
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19 min
April 02 Tan Sitong of the 100-Day Reform
One of the leading figures of the reform of 1898.
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22 min
March 26 Cao Xueqin
Regarding the author of "The Dream of the Red Chamber," the greatest novel ever written in the Chinese language.
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21 min
March 19 Mao and "Outlaws of the Marsh"
I think the Ming Dynasty novel contains in it a history of the Chinese Communist Party written centuries before the Party existed.
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23 min