The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast

Stories from ancient China, and whatever else comes to mind.

Episodes

Total: 196

The Liao Empire

2023/2/2

The period in Chinese history we typically think of as the Song Dynasty was much more complicated th

Some time in 76 A.D., a band of Chinese soldiers, the last survivors of a garrison, their clothes to

Fusang

2023/1/19

In 499 A.D., a Buddhist monk named Hui Shen walked into the city of Jingzhou and regaled the people

A nation under attack by a superior foe. A desperate people suffering through a long season of priva

In my travels around Mainland China, I often heard

Wu Peifu

2022/12/29

A century ago, in December 1922, a New York Times front page article confidently predicted that the

It was the Mongols who chose Beijing as the Chinese capital. After the Ming Dynasty overthrow the Mo

Have Bears, Will Govern

2022/12/15

Of all the uncertainties and mysterious surrounding China's mythical founder, the Yellow Empero

Regarding Mandarin

2022/12/8

In 1728, Emperor Yongzheng complained that he coul

Sun Yunxuan

2022/12/1

How did Taiwan, a small island off the Chinese coast, become by far the most dominant player in the

Deterrence theory is well known in political science and particularly popular during the Cold War.In

During the Warring States era, when the genius inventor Lu Ban designs a new siege weapon for the Ki

The Seven Military Classics

2022/11/10

Everyone has heard of Sunzi's "The Art of War." But did you know that it is only one

Lin Yutang

2022/11/3

In the middle of the 20th century, one Chinese writer began publishing books in English.It was a tru

Ban Chao

2022/10/27

Ban Chao, "the Marquis Who Pacified Faraway Lands," remains a household name today among t

Battle of Talas

2022/10/20

In 751 A.D., the forces of Tang China, led by a Korean general, met a distant foe on a battlefield i

Yung Wing

2022/10/13

The first Chinese national to graduate from a U.S. university lived a life that was full of disappoi

The story of the "Thousand-Character Essay,&q

Constitutional Monarchy

2022/9/29

The recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom brings to mind a fascinating moment i

Zhang Xueliang, known as "the Young Marshal," lived one of the most interesting lives of 2