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S7E08 | All I Want Is To Be Next To You
And now for something completely different, a Chinese Saying not from the Eastern Zhou or Han Dynasties.
S7E07 | I Should’ve Known Better
Back to the Record of the Grand Historian for another great story from the period between the fall of the Qin and founding of the Han.
S7E06 | Locked and Loaded
Here comes one more textbook chengyu from the Spring and Autumn Period, as written by Master Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 himself.
S7E05 | I Carry the Burden and the Shame
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Sun Quan, Lu Xun, a must chengyu for all Three Kingdoms lovers
S7E03 | We Swore Blood Brothers Against the Wind
Another classic from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
S7E02 | What’s the Rush?
Some things take time and it can be counterproductive to try and rush nature's course.
S7E01 | Lips n’ Teeth
For the Season 7 opener, we're going with another one that came straight from The Chronicles of Zuo, “If the lips are gone, the teeth get cold.”
S6E10 | Putting Out The Fire With Gasoline
Han Feizi pulls through for us in this Season 6 closer. Bào Xīn Jiù Huǒ 抱薪救火.
S6E09 | The Great Rejuvenation
Another good one from The Commentaries of Zuo about states rising up after adversity.