Li Yu, the Fall of Southern Tang and the Climax of Ci Poetry
On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the third year of the Taiping Xingguo era (August 13, 978 CE)—the traditional night…
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How Zhao Kuangyin Ended Two Centuries of Military Mutiny
On a warm midsummer evening in the second year of the Jianlong era (July 961 CE), inside an intimate private reception hall of the…
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The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and Four Centuries of Exposure
In the eleventh lunar month of the first year of the Tianfu era (936 CE), inside a luxury yurt pitched amid the freezing winds…
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