#109 - Tang 22: Innie or Outie?

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 22 September 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Dezong has had it up to here with his mumbling, bumbling, stumbling courtiers and their inability to solve the empire’s problems. So he’s going to give them 3 last shots to prove the worth of the bureaucracy, and when they strike out, he’ll turn toward his private inner count to make the Tang Empire great again. Time Period: 786-795 CE Major Historical Figures: Emperor Dezong of Tang [r. 779-805] Chancellor Cui Zao (term of office: 785-787, exiled and d. 787) Chancellor Li Mi [term: 787-789, d. 789] Chancellor Dou Can [term: 789-792, d. 793 by forced suicide] Chancellor Lu Zhi [term: 792-794, exiled] Director of Finances Pei Yanling [792-796, d. 796] Major Works Cited: Dalby, Michael T. "Court Politics in Late Tang Times" in The Cambridge History of China, vol. 3. Sima, Guang. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 234, 235 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:57.0	Episode 109, Inny or O'D.
1:01.0	Inny or Ody.
1:05.0	It's that time of year again when the full moon hangs high in the autumn sky,
1:09.0	and it's time to gather up the family, light lanterns to the moon goddess, Changa, and eat mooncakes.
1:15.0	Actually, skip that last one.
1:17.0	You'll thank me later.
1:18.0	Yes, it's time to celebrate the Mid- Autumn Festival.
1:22.0	Never mind that it's not actually quite autumn just yet.
1:25.6	Oh lunar calendar, you're so silly. Nevertheless, no matter where you might be,
1:30.1	here's wishing you all a happy Jong-Chio-Jea.
1:33.6	All right, let's get started.
1:37.1	We last left off with the court of Tang de Zon, somehow managing to continue its existence
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