Stories from ancient China, and whatever else comes to mind.
The legend of the "James Bond" of Republican China and how his fictional codename became a
Continuing our series on the hegemons of the Spring and Autumn era: Duke Wen of Jin, who as a prince
Continuing our discussion of the hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period, we look at Duke Xiang of
Duke Huan of Qi dominated the politics of Spring and Autumn China from the 680s B.C. until the 640s
In 413 A.D., the self-proclaimed king of Daxia or Great Xia, one of the Sixteen "Barbarian"
In 1222, a Daoist priest from eastern China went to Afghanistan to sit down with a man who had alrea
"The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms," written in the Ming Dynasty, recounts the h
You're read about them in the news and read about the area they call home, what the Chinese cal
Western writers like Kipling produced literature depicting imperial peripheries during the height of
On November 27, 1542, shortly after 5 in the morning, a group of palace girls in the Forbidden City
Thoughts on friendship from Montaigne, Aristotle, and the Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi, who advises u
Inspired by recent discussions elsewhere of the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, we take a lo
On that great leader of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie An, who saved his country in the late-4th centu
The parallel lives of two great physicians who were contemporaries of each other, one in Han Dynasty
The Sui Dynasty (581-619) doesn't get much respect, largely because it was short-lived. Even so
Two of the most infamous tyrants from ancient Chinese history, the women who enabled them, and why i
Hu Qubing was one of the most remarkable and meteoric military figures in Han Dynasty China during t
Xiwangmu or the Mother Goddess of the West is one of the most important and familiar deities in the
In part 2 of our mini-series on the Chinese underworld, we look at the Green Gang, an alleged offsho
The Heaven and Earth Society, a.k.a. the Hong Society, is one of the most famous underground organiz
