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We end our trio of insider views into the Forbidden City by looking at the life - and strictures - of the Big Man himself: the emperor.
Turn out it's not all banquets and parades.
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#287 - Special: Caged Birds Sing
A look into the inner heart of the mysterious Forbidden City of Beijing, and at its most protected - and confined - denizens: the women of the Imperial palace. From Empress, to concubine, to lowly maid - women hold up half of Heaven.
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#286 - Special: Everything Eunuchs All At Once
Everything you ever wanted to know (and probably some you didn't) about Court Eunuchs in Imperial China
(warning: contains description of castration & its effects)
Mary M. Anderson, Hidden Power: The Palace Eunuchs of Imperial China.
Duhalde, Marcelo. "How an army of eunuchs ran the Forbidden City" in The South China Morning Post.
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#285 - Mongol 11: The Khan Is Dead; Long Live The Khan! (Ögedei Full)
Genghis Khan is dead, and his 3rd son Ögedei has ben selected to lead the Mongol Empire into an uncertain future. Once he is confirmed on the throne, he'll strike on in every direction against every foe at once. On the way, there will be virgin sacrifices, talking wolves, free money, mass enslavement, Persian princes, Assassins, poison, angry water spirits, battle-mages, cannibalism... and that's just the tip of the iceberg!
Time Period Covered:
1227-1234 CE
Major Historical Figures:
Ogedeids:
Ogedei Khaghan
Subotai the Valiant
General Chormakhan
General Dokholkhu Cherbi
Minister Yelu Chu Cai
Toluids:
Tolui Khan
Sorkhakhtani Beki Khatun
Chagatids:
Chagatai Khan
Khwarazmia:
Jalal al-Din
Kingdom of Georgia:
Queen Rusudan
Jin Dynasty:
Emperor Aizong
General Wanyan Yi
General Cui Li
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#284 - Qing 23: Frozen Ashes
Galdan is dead. Kangxi's victory is total. It's all over but the crying.
... and the executions via slow-slicing... and the crushing of his bones... and the punishment of his family... and the writing him out of history...
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Time Period Covered:
1697-8 CE
Major Historical Figures:
Qing Dynasty:
The Kangxi Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Xuanye) [r. 1654-1722]
Jean-Francois Gerbillon, Puritan Missionary
Tómas Pereira, Puritan Missionary
Gen. Fiyanggu
Gen. Sunsike
Dzungar Mongols:
Galdan, the Boshugtu Khan [r. 1679-1697]
Lamist Tibetans:
The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso [1683- after 1706]
sDe-pa Desi Sangye Gyampo [1653-1705]
Major Sources Cited:
Perdue, Denis. China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia.
Spence, Jonathan D. Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K’ang-hsi.
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