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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 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 is an old topic I thought I'd present now to coincide with the recent release of the interview with the curators of "Clockwork Treasures From China's Forbidden City.
After hearing me talk about it for the longest time now, here's the interview with Tilly Blyth and Abbie MacKinnon at The London Science Museum
It took almost fourteen years but here's a first CHP episode that focuses on China-Africa history.
Time and again we see throughout history, in the movies, and in our own lives, the secret always has a way of getting out.
As a special bonus to Season 8, we're thrilled to feature Emma of the Teacup 成语研究中心.
We close out Season 10 with another ancient Chinese Saying, this one from The Record of the Three Kingdoms.
Here's another one from the Warring States Period that's as relevant today as it was back in King Wei of Qi's time in the 4th Century BC.
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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I had the great pleasure to interview fellow Earnshaw Books author, Alice Poon recently about her new book “The Earthly Blaze”.