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Delivered in Laszlo’s easy-to-understand style, each installment provides stories and information from China’s long history and an opportunity to improve English comprehension through fascinating content.
Three books have been released so far with two covering the rich history of Chinese philosophy with topics ranging from Laozi, Confucius, The Book of Changes, Daoism, Neo-Confucianism, and more. The third and latest book covers the history of tea in ancient Chinese history up to the 18th century.
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This time we'll look at Dong Zhongshu who was so consequential in tying Confucianism and the imperial government into one system.
This time we look at Legalism and the most important philosophers of this school of thought.
This episode will focus on the life of Mengzi and his philosophy. We'll also introduce Mengzi's legendary mother. Then we'll finish off with another Confucianist great from this era, Xunzi 荀子.
I had the great pleasure to interview fellow Earnshaw Books author, Alice Poon recently about her new book “The Earthly Blaze”.
This time around we will explore the other major Ru philosophers who established rival schools of thought, including Mozi 墨子.
This time we move beyond Confucius to look at some of the other schools of thought that contended with each other during the Spring and Autumn period of the Zhou Dynasty.
This episode is part one of the life and thought of the famed philosopher Confucius.
This episode is part one of the life and thought of the famed philosopher Confucius.
This time we look at the famous story of Meng Huo, Zhuge Liang and Qī Qín Mèng Huò 七擒孟获 .
Here's one more from the greatest repository of Chinese Sayings, the Record of the Grand Historian, 毛遂自荐.
As Porky Pig used to say, "That's all folks". But only for this Chinese tea history series. There's more coming rest assured.
We continue on with a tour of the provinces, looking at some of the more renowned teas each place has to offer, such as Dancong, Tieguanyin, Jinjunmei, and Da Hong Pao.
Today's THP episode will go from province to province and look at a variety of famous teas such as Longjing, Gunpowder, Huangshan. and more.
In this episode, we focus on the category of tea that is most admired by many tea experts the world over, Pu-Erh tea!
After enjoying a monopoly that lasted for 45 centuries, China's secrets of how they turned Camellia sinensis leaves into tea are shared with the world.
In this episode, we see how Robert Fortune went into China, scored plants and tea seeds, and got everything safely transported to India.
The mid 19th Century brought a sea change to the tea industry. Demand continued to grow all over Europe.
Midway through the Qing Dynasty trouble is brewing along with the tens of millions of pounds of tea being imported into Britain.
The tea trade transforms into an entire industry and becomes the most important traded commodity of the British East India Company
Tea started off with the royals and aristocrats, but once prices came down and the haves and have-nots got to enjoy it, the demand will become insatiable.
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With the rise in the popularity of Buddhism, during the Han Dynasty, ivalries began to arise among the three religions as they jockeyed for positions in the halls of power.