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Understanding Imperial China: Dynasties, Life, and Culture
The complete course contains all 24 lectures
Andrew R. WilsonSeries: Great Courses Audio4.6
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A knowledge of China's imperial history is vital for any understanding of its present, as modern China is linked in many ways to the extraordinary culture of its empire. These 24 lectures take you to the heart of life during China's imperial era, through the lives of individual subjects of all social ranks. Across the arc of the course, you'll witness what daily life was like for government bureaucrats, for scholars, for women of the court, for soldiers, merchants, craftspeople, courtesans, imperial cooks, and many others - all against the backdrop of the diversity, the genius, and the majesty of imperial China.
Your travels within the empire include such memorable sights as the grand boulevards; splendorous palaces; imposing temples of Chang'an, the medieval world's greatest city; and the Qingming Shanghetu, a 17-foot painted scroll that gloriously portrays Song Dynasty life. And you'll meet unforgettable human beings, whose lives vividly reveal the world around them, such as Ban Zhao, Han-era woman of letters, poet, scholar, and teacher; Tao Yuanming, Daoist luminary and the empire's first great poet; Zhu Yuanzhang, powerful warlord and founder of the Ming Dynasty; and Hong Xiuquan, visionary reformer and architect of the religiously inspired Taiping Rebellion.
Understanding Imperial China: Dynasties, Life, and Culture is your passport to this incredible, historic world.
All Lectures:
1. Opium, Trade, and War in Imperial China
2. The First Emperor's Terra-Cotta Warriors
3. China's Early Golden Age: The Han Dynasty
4. Amazing Ban Clan: Historian, Soldier, Woman
5. China's Buddhist Monks and Daoist Recluses
6. Cosmopolitan Chang'an: Tang Dynasty Capital
7. China's Grand Canal: Lifeline of an Empire
8. Triumph and Tragedy in Tang Poetry
9. Life and Times of Song Dynasty Literati
10. A Day's Journey along the Qingming Scroll
11. Peasant Life on the Yellow River
12. Rice, Silk, and Tea: South China's Peasants
13. Genghis Khan and the Rise of the Mongols
14. The Mongols and Marco Polo in Xanadu
15. Admiral Zheng He's Treasure Fleet
16. China's Bound Feet, Brides, and Widows
17. Ming Dynasty Trade and Spanish Silver
18. The Great Wall and Military Life in China
19. Qing Dynasty: Soul Stealers and Sedition
20. Emperor Qianlong Hosts a British Ambassador
21. The Taiping Rebellion and Its Cult Leader
22. China's Treaty Ports
23. Experiencing China's Civil Service Exams
24. China's Last Dynasty: Fall of the Manchus
Your travels within the empire include such memorable sights as the grand boulevards; splendorous palaces; imposing temples of Chang'an, the medieval world's greatest city; and the Qingming Shanghetu, a 17-foot painted scroll that gloriously portrays Song Dynasty life. And you'll meet unforgettable human beings, whose lives vividly reveal the world around them, such as Ban Zhao, Han-era woman of letters, poet, scholar, and teacher; Tao Yuanming, Daoist luminary and the empire's first great poet; Zhu Yuanzhang, powerful warlord and founder of the Ming Dynasty; and Hong Xiuquan, visionary reformer and architect of the religiously inspired Taiping Rebellion.
Understanding Imperial China: Dynasties, Life, and Culture is your passport to this incredible, historic world.
All Lectures:
1. Opium, Trade, and War in Imperial China
2. The First Emperor's Terra-Cotta Warriors
3. China's Early Golden Age: The Han Dynasty
4. Amazing Ban Clan: Historian, Soldier, Woman
5. China's Buddhist Monks and Daoist Recluses
6. Cosmopolitan Chang'an: Tang Dynasty Capital
7. China's Grand Canal: Lifeline of an Empire
8. Triumph and Tragedy in Tang Poetry
9. Life and Times of Song Dynasty Literati
10. A Day's Journey along the Qingming Scroll
11. Peasant Life on the Yellow River
12. Rice, Silk, and Tea: South China's Peasants
13. Genghis Khan and the Rise of the Mongols
14. The Mongols and Marco Polo in Xanadu
15. Admiral Zheng He's Treasure Fleet
16. China's Bound Feet, Brides, and Widows
17. Ming Dynasty Trade and Spanish Silver
18. The Great Wall and Military Life in China
19. Qing Dynasty: Soul Stealers and Sedition
20. Emperor Qianlong Hosts a British Ambassador
21. The Taiping Rebellion and Its Cult Leader
22. China's Treaty Ports
23. Experiencing China's Civil Service Exams
24. China's Last Dynasty: Fall of the Manchus
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