115-Chinese Folklore: Another Brick in the Wall

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The story of Meng Jiangnu and the Great Wall is one of the four great folktales of China. It's the story of love, tyranny, and standing up for what is right, no matter the cost. If you like your evil creatures without any way to defeat them whatsoever, then this week's creature might be for you. -- Sponsors: Check out Handy. Everyone loves a clean house. Now it's not only super easy, but affordable too. Check out http://www.handy.com/legends and use code LEGENDS during checkout to get your first 3-hour cleaning for 39 dollars once you sign up for a plan! Audible! Audible is my favorite way to listen to audiobooks. Go to http://www.audible.com/myths or text MYTHS to 500-500 to start your free 30-day trial and get a free audiobook. -- The book by Wilt Idema: https://bardic.link/Pieuc -- Music: "Mindset" by Ketsa "Calming Storms" by Ketsa "Management" by Ketsa "Our Digital Compass" by Blue Dot Sessions "Rate Sheet" by Blue Dot Sessions "Tolls Folly" by Blue Dot Sessions "Tumblehome" by Blue Dot Sessions "Slate Tracker" by Blue Dot Sessions "Lonely Stairwell" by Blue Dot Sessions "Morning Colorwheel" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends, it's one of the four great Chinese folk tales.
0:04.5	It's about a parent's quest to protect their child, a wife's quest to find her husband,
0:09.0	and a young man's quest to not do any manual labor.
0:13.4	The creature this time is just a fun, foodie friend who wants to share his latest craving.
0:18.6	Unfortunately, that new foodie likes to eat is human children.
0:22.3	This is Myths and Legends, episode 115, another brick in the wall.
0:37.0	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:40.1	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:44.5	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
0:48.0	Today's our first time in Chinese folklore, with one of the most popular stories.
0:52.7	I don't want to give too much away, but it's set in the time of the first emperor, around 215 BC.
0:58.0	The first emperor became the first emperor, when he, as a king, conquered the other states,
1:03.3	and established his empire. Everything calmed within. He turned his eye outward,
1:07.6	to those beyond his empire, and the paranoid man thought of something that would keep them all at bay.
1:26.4	Cheelion sat in the other room, barely breathing as he listened through the walls.
1:31.3	On the other side sat the man from the emperor, the one who came for the boys.
1:35.4	Cheelion knew why the man was here. He was here to take boys to the wall.
1:42.0	The emperor was afraid, and because he was afraid, he was building a wall between them in the barbarians.
1:48.5	The long wall. Cheelion was a student, a scholar. More importantly, he was his parents only son.
1:57.4	They're only child. They had tried for years to conceive, and when they last thought all hope was
2:03.1	gone, they became pregnant in their old age. Seventeen years had now passed, and the parents were
2:09.2	now even older. Cheelion could see his father beginning to shake and waver, trying to squeeze a few
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