The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast

By William Han

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

Episode Date
Dongfang Shuo, Patron Saint of Comedy
May 16, 2024
The Prince of Lu of Ming
May 09, 2024
Liu Zhiyuan of the Latter Han
May 02, 2024
King Zhuanxu and Ancient Shamanism
Apr 25, 2024
Shi Jingtang, the Man Who Gave Away the Great Wall
Apr 18, 2024
"Troubled Empire": A Book Review
Apr 11, 2024
Investiture of the Gods
Apr 04, 2024
The Bamboo Annals
Mar 28, 2024
Li Siyuan
Mar 21, 2024
Hao Bocun
Mar 14, 2024
Li Keyong and Li Cunxu
Mar 07, 2024
Zhu Wen
Feb 29, 2024
Zhou Dunyi, Lawyer and Philosopher
Feb 22, 2024
Yan Jiagan, Father of the New Taiwan Dollar
Feb 15, 2024
The Man from Qi Worries About the Sky
Feb 08, 2024
Eastern Bureau and Eastern Forest
Feb 01, 2024
Gu Yanwu
Jan 25, 2024
Dujiangyan
Jan 18, 2024
Sima Guang and the General Mirror on Good Governance
Jan 11, 2024
Borges and "Extensive Records of the Taiping Era"
Jan 04, 2024
Policy Digests of the Zhen'guan Era
Dec 28, 2023
Journey to the West
Dec 21, 2023
The Tocharians
Dec 14, 2023
Door Gods
Dec 07, 2023
Chunyu Kun, Bro
Nov 30, 2023
Iasyr Shivaza and the Dungan
Nov 23, 2023
Zengzi and Great Learning
Nov 16, 2023
King Goujian of Yue, Avenger
Nov 09, 2023
Wu Zixu, Tragic Hero
Nov 02, 2023
Yan Ying: the Short King
Oct 26, 2023
The Historian's Conscience
Oct 19, 2023
Yangtze River No. 1
Oct 12, 2023
Duke Wen of Jin, the Exile
Oct 05, 2023
Duke Xiang of Song, Moralist
Sep 28, 2023
Duke Huan of Qi and the United States
Sep 21, 2023
Helian Bobo and the Capital in the Middle of Nowhere
Sep 14, 2023
The Priest of Forever Spring
Sep 07, 2023
The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
Aug 31, 2023
The Uyghurs
Aug 24, 2023
Frontiers Poetry
Aug 17, 2023
The Revolt of the Palace Girls of 1542
Aug 10, 2023
On Friendship
Aug 03, 2023
The Nine Cauldrons and the Jade Seal
Jul 27, 2023
Xie An
Jul 20, 2023
Hua Tuo vs. Galen
Jul 13, 2023
Emperor Wendi of Sui
Jul 06, 2023
King Jie of Xia, King Zhou of Shang, and Queen Daji
Jun 29, 2023
Huo Qubing or Why Nepotism's Not All Bad
Jun 22, 2023
The Mother Goddess of the West, King Mu of Zhou, and AI
Jun 15, 2023
The Green Gang and the Emperor of Shanghai
Jun 08, 2023
The Heaven and Earth Society
Jun 01, 2023
Wang Mang
May 25, 2023
"Do Not Forget You're in Ju"
May 18, 2023
Huang Chao, the Cannibal Rebel
May 11, 2023
Taiwan(?) in Ancient Sources
May 04, 2023
Kangxi's Conquest of Taiwan
Apr 27, 2023
Jin Shengtan, Literary Critic
Apr 20, 2023
The Democracy of Mencius
Apr 13, 2023
Historic Usages of "Zhongguo"
Apr 06, 2023
Cangjie, (Alleged) Father of Chinese Writing
Mar 30, 2023
The Chinese Labour Corps
Mar 23, 2023
Famous Horses
Mar 16, 2023
The Humanism of Liu Yuxi
Mar 09, 2023
Yuan Chonghuan
Mar 02, 2023
The Kingdom of Dali
Feb 23, 2023
The Tangut Kingdom of Xixia
Feb 16, 2023
The Jin Empire
Feb 09, 2023
The Liao Empire
Feb 02, 2023
13 Warriors Return to the Jade Gate
Jan 26, 2023
Fusang
Jan 19, 2023
The Speech of Soong Mei-ling
Jan 12, 2023
Zhang Juzheng, the Nine-Headed Bird
Jan 05, 2023
Wu Peifu
Dec 29, 2022
Uncle v. Nephew: Emperor Chengzu of the Ming
Dec 22, 2022
Have Bears, Will Govern
Dec 15, 2022
Regarding Mandarin
Dec 08, 2022
Sun Yunxuan
Dec 01, 2022
Deterrence Through Cleverness
Nov 24, 2022
The Philosopher, the Carpenter, and Wargames
Nov 17, 2022
The Seven Military Classics
Nov 10, 2022
Lin Yutang
Nov 03, 2022
Ban Chao
Oct 27, 2022
Battle of Talas
Oct 20, 2022
Yung Wing
Oct 13, 2022
The Thousand-Character Essay
Oct 06, 2022
Constitutional Monarchy
Sep 29, 2022
Zhang Xueliang and the Xi'an Incident
Sep 22, 2022
536 A.D.
Sep 15, 2022
Plagues in Ancient Rome and the Han Dynasty
Sep 08, 2022
Climate in Ancient Rome and the Han Dynasty
Sep 01, 2022
Vasily Chuikov
Aug 25, 2022
Lu Yu, the God of Tea
Aug 18, 2022
Ni Kuang: Hong Kong Master of Sci-Fi
Aug 11, 2022
Cernuschi Museum, Paris
Aug 04, 2022
The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang Part 2: Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
Jul 28, 2022
The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang
Jul 21, 2022
Li Qingzhao, Poetess
Jul 14, 2022
The Authoritarianism of Emperor Yongzheng
Jul 07, 2022
The Beauty of Xishi
Jun 30, 2022
Three Kingdoms, Three Friends
Jun 23, 2022
Mr. Eastern Slope
Jun 16, 2022
The 27-Day Emperor
Jun 09, 2022
Ten Days in Yangzhou
Jun 02, 2022
Hu Shih
May 26, 2022
Oracle Bones
May 19, 2022
What Is a Country, Anyway?
May 12, 2022
Arcadio Huang
May 05, 2022
Allusions in the Chinese Language
Apr 28, 2022
The Eight Hundred
Apr 21, 2022
The Man Who Loses His Horses
Apr 14, 2022
The Qing Ming Festival
Apr 07, 2022
The Philosophy of Zhuangzi
Mar 31, 2022
Zelenskyy and Chinese Historiography
Mar 24, 2022
Water Margin
Mar 17, 2022
The Treaty of Nerchinsk
Mar 10, 2022
The Mongol Conquest of the Rus
Mar 01, 2022
The Republic of Formosa
Feb 22, 2022
The Great Explosion of 1626
Feb 15, 2022
The General and the Novelist
Feb 08, 2022
The Lunar New Year
Feb 01, 2022
Empress Lü of the Han Dynasty
Jan 25, 2022
The Rise of the Tang Dynasty
Jan 18, 2022
Detective Dee and the Curious Case of the Dutch Sinologist
Jan 11, 2022
Remembering Jonathan Spence
Jan 04, 2022
From Tang Dynasty Fiction to Contemporary Sci-Fi Fantasy
Dec 28, 2021
Theo in China
Dec 21, 2021
A History of the World in an Orange
Dec 14, 2021
A White Horse Is Not a Horse; It Might Be a Stag
Dec 07, 2021
Fairy Tales, East and West
Nov 30, 2021
A New Beginning: Koxinga
Nov 23, 2021
How Can a Man Die Better? Wen Tianxiang
Nov 16, 2021
Loyalty onto Death: Yue Fei
Nov 10, 2021
The Red and the Yellow: China's Foundation Myth
Nov 03, 2021
The Wuxia Fiction of Jin Yong
Oct 27, 2021
"Lying Flat" in the 3rd Century
Oct 20, 2021
Fun with Flags
Oct 13, 2021
The 1911 Revolution
Oct 07, 2021
Christianity
Oct 04, 2021
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Sep 27, 2021
The Mid-Autumn Festival
Sep 20, 2021
What Does Emperor Huidi of the Jin Have to Do with Taiwanese Politics?
Sep 13, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Mythological Creatures
Sep 06, 2021
The Xiongnu or the Hun? From China to Rome to Ancient Egypt
Aug 30, 2021
Emperor Wudi of the Han: Imperialist
Aug 23, 2021
From Kabul to Canton
Aug 16, 2021
Afghanistan: a Threnody
Aug 14, 2021
The Anshi Rebellion, 755 A.D.
Aug 09, 2021
The Legend of Mulan
Aug 02, 2021
What's So Great About the Great Wall?
Jul 26, 2021
The Rise of the Han Dynasty
Jul 21, 2021
Qin Shi Huang: the End
Jul 13, 2021
Jing Ke: The Most Famous Assassin in Chinese History
Jul 07, 2021
Qin Shi Huang: the Early Years
Jul 01, 2021
The Boxer Rebellion, a.k.a. the Invasion of the Eight Allied Nations
Jun 28, 2021
Erotic Fiction in Ancient China
Jun 24, 2021
Emperor Chongzhen vs. Climate Change
Jun 21, 2021
Chinese Gods vs. Everyone Else
Jun 17, 2021
Kangxi and Louis XIV, or How a Child Plotted a Coup
Jun 14, 2021
The Battle of Changping; the Siege of Handan
Jun 07, 2021
I Ching and Computer Science
Jun 03, 2021
The Yang Family Generals
May 30, 2021
Three Kingdoms and the Iliad
May 25, 2021
Who Was the Master of Demon Gorge?
May 24, 2021