#164 - S. Song 7: Out With the New, In With the Old

The History of China

Chris Stewart

History

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🗓️ 21 April 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Neo-Confucianism has made a strong comeback through the synthesis of its various doctrines under the philosophical guidance of Zhu Xi of the Southern Song court. He and his likeminded ministers seek to bring back the perfection of eras gone by by being perfectly morally upright, and expecting everyone else to do the same. But when it turns out that certain other loose-living party-boys like Chancellor Han Tuozhou and Emperor Ningzong aren’t so thrilled about their buzzkilling ways, it will set up a massive conflict at court. Time Period Covered: 1194-1202 CE Major Historical Figures: Emperor Ningzong Chancellor Han Tuohzou Minister Zhu Xi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
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0:44.0	Episode 164, out with the new and with the old.
0:52.0	Last time we dealt with two southern song
0:55.7	emperors with diametrically opposed views on how to treat their fathers.
0:59.5	First there had been Shaozan, the Fuleal, under which the Chinese Empire had experienced
1:04.6	in almost three decade-long golden age.
1:07.7	After his adoptive father, the retired Emperor Gaozan, had died in 1187, he found he just could not go on without dear old dad, and he retired
1:16.1	himself just two years later. He had left control over the realm to his third son, Guangzong, who, thanks to both his own neuroses and his vindictive
1:24.8	empress, came to so despise his father over the course of his short reign that he
1:29.1	refused to even attend Shaozong's funeral in 1194. This had sealed his fate and he was shortly thereafter
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