Early Life in a Turbulent Era Yue Fei was born in Xiangzhou, Hebei West Circuit, in what is now the […]
Introduction: A Pivotal Moment in Chinese History The Siege of Taiyuan stands as one of the most brutal and consequential […]
Introduction: A Monumental Cinematic Endeavor In the annals of historical cinema, few productions have achieved the enduring reverence accorded to […]
Introduction: A Bold Declaration in Xingqing On the eleventh day of the tenth month in the year 1038, a momentous […]
Introduction: A Royal Homecoming In the spring of 843 CE, during the third year of the Huichang era under Emperor […]
Introduction: A Rebellion Remembered in Verse In the mid-ninth century, the great Tang poet Liu Yuxi penned “Pingqi Xing,” a […]
Introduction: A Scene of Intrigue and Violence In the opening sequence of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s film The Assassin, a vivid tableau […]
The Poet’s Journey Through a War-Torn Land In the late spring of 759 CE, the renowned poet Du Fu found […]
Introduction: A River of Destiny Flowing along the modern border between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan runs the Talas River, a modest […]
Introduction In the tumultuous period following the collapse of the Sui Dynasty, numerous warlords vied for control of China. Among […]
The Origins of an Extreme Filial Practice The practice known as “cutting flesh to serve parents” (割股奉亲) represents one of […]
When Emperors Sought Immortality In the turbulent era of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao stood as a colossus of military […]
The Surgeon Who Defied His Time In the turbulent final years of China’s Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE), a remarkable […]
An Unexpected Operation in Mao’s Study On the night of July 23, 1975, history quietly unfolded in Chairman Mao Zedong’s […]
The Origins of Divine Omens in Chinese Political Culture From ancient times, Chinese rulers and cultural heroes were attributed extraordinary […]
Origins of the Gu Poison Legend The mysterious practice of gu sorcery has haunted China’s collective imagination for two millennia, […]
From Columbian Exchange to Chinese Shores: The Global Journey of Syphilis The story of syphilis in China represents a fascinating […]
The Eternal Dance of Disease and Deception Throughout human history, disease has served as one of society’s most revealing crucibles, […]
Introduction: The Forgotten Healers of Ancient China In the rigidly gendered society of imperial China, where strict Confucian norms dictated […]
The Fragile Foundations of Early Chinese Healthcare For most of China’s imperial history, healthcare delivery remained decentralized and fragmented. While […]
The Foundations of Epidemic Response in Imperial China Long before modern medicine, Chinese physicians developed sophisticated theories to explain and […]
Ancient Origins: Tracing China’s Earliest Epidemics The history of human civilization is inextricably linked with the spread of infectious diseases. […]
