The Four Castes of the Yuan and Ethnic Separation in China
In the ninth lunar month of the first year of the Huangqing era (1312 CE), an imperial edict promulgated by the fourth Mongol sovereign…
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Guan Hanqing and the Golden Age of Yuan Zaju
Under the blinding, scorching sun of the sixth lunar month—the dead of midsummer, when the humid plains of northern China baked under relentless heat—a…
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The Six-Year Siege of Xiangyang
In the first lunar month of the tenth year of the Zhiyuan era (February 1273 CE), an eerie, unnatural shriek echoed across the freezing…
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