A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civil
Take the army, go to the capital, kill the imperial clan, exterminate the eunuchs, usurp the throne,
The rebel-general and usurper-emperor Huang Chao will wear out his welcome in Chang’an, and meet his
The poison seeds that have been planted across China for the last century and longer will all begin
Dear empire, we’re having a very mild case of severe rebellion, um, everywhere. But don’t worry, it’
The Tang Empire enters its death spiral. The cumulative effects of more than a century of economic m
Li Yi was never trained to be emperor. Not only was he the thirteenth son of Xianzong, but he'd been
The new Emperor Wuzong will have a lot on his plate right from the get-go. Foreign threats and domes
Behind the throne of Tang is where the true power lies in the mid-9th century, among squabbling bure
In the wake of Emperor Xianzong’s unexpected death in 820, his work remains unfinished… and now left
Young Emperor Xianzong has a plan to restore China's supremacy in the 9th century world... and - sur
Today, we veer off our main narrative and into several seasonal tales which celebrate the spooky sea
We take a look at the final years of Emperor Dezong's reign, his political successes and failures, a
Dezong has had it up to here with his mumbling, bumbling, stumbling courtiers and their inability to
The echoes of the An Lushan Rebellion still reverberate destructively through Tang China even three
Today we explore the insanely difficult, stressful, byzantine... and sometimes fatal... world of the
You would think that finally quelling the largest rebellion on Earth would by the realm back into pe
Before getting into the latter half of the Tang Dynasty, we take a look back at the 175 years we’ve
The AnShi Rebellion grinds on to its bitter conclusion, claiming lives at a rate unprecedented in hu
Reeling from the loss of both capital cities to the rebel army, Emperor Xuanzong and his heir Li Hen
An Lushan marches south, occupying Louyang with bl
