The Ming mandarin who helped, 400 years later, to start the Cultural Revolution.

The most successful military commander of the mid-to-late-Ming Dynasty.

The major Song Dynasty philosopher who began to formulate Neo-Confucianism.

The Daoist hermit who supposedly lived to 118 years old and profoundly influenced Confucian philosophy.

In recorded history, the Yellow River has flooded 1,593 times and changed course 26 times.

One of the great heroes of the Song Dynasty, born into the wrong time.

The late-Qing author and his famous novel.

Shen Gua or Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty is one of the most significant figures in the history of Chinese science.

The early-Ming Dynasty mandarin and editor of one of the greatest literary undertakings ever performed.

In 1793, Emperor Qianlong of Qing decreed a new process by which to select future Tibetan spiritual leaders like the Dalai Lama. And he wrote an essay about it.

Regarding the great Qing Dynasty novel and its unfortunate author.

The chaotic series of events from 290 to 306 A.D. that set the stage for the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty.

The Eastern Han Dynasty conflict between the eunuchs and the mandarins that set the stage for Three Kingdoms.

The troubled history of Catholicism in China.

One of the most significant late-Qing officials and the bloody conflicts he fought.

The amorphous, decentralized, and non-ideological rebellion of the mid-19th century.

A most curious, longstanding, and blood-drenched religious movement.

The story of one of Republican China's greatest diplomats.

Regarding the late-Yuan era rebel leader and the greatest naval battle in medieval Chinese history.

The story of a remarkable Tang Dynasty woman.

The 19th century Muslim revolt in Yunnan.

The tragic tale of the Han Dynasty general Li Ling.

In 635 A.D., a Syriac bishop arrived in the Chinese capital, Chang'an. This is the story of the stele they put up to commemorate that event...

Li He, one of the most unusual poets of the Tang era, who also gave us the expression: "to answer the summons to the jade pavilion."

Li Yu, the last ruler of the Kingdom of Southern Tang, who also happened to be one of the greatest poets in Chinese literature.