3 Kingdoms 100th Episode Q&A
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast
John Zhu
4.9 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2016
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast 100th episode extravaganza. |
| 0:15.0 | Yes, I know, we're only at episode 92 in the narrative, but counting the seven supplemental episodes I've done, this is the 100th episode since we began our podcast journey through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. |
| 0:29.7 | And I know I've said this before, but thank you all for your support of this podcast, knowing that more and more people are checking out the show and discovering |
| 0:38.7 | the novel through it is a huge part of what keeps me doing this. I love all the comments |
| 0:44.5 | you've sent, so keep them coming. With the podcast celebrating its 100th episode, I figure that |
| 0:51.9 | this is as good time as any to pause the narrative for a day and mark the occasion with a question and answer session. |
| 1:00.1 | A number of you have sent in questions, to which I have some long-winded answers as the length of this episode suggests. |
| 1:08.1 | So let's get to it. |
| 1:10.6 | Listener Kyle asked, and I'm paraphrasing a little bit here, |
| 1:15.0 | what happens after the Three Kingdoms Period? |
| 1:18.5 | To answer this question without giving away too many spoilers for those of you who don't know |
| 1:23.7 | how the novel ends, I'm going to refrain from talking about how the Three Kingdoms |
| 1:28.5 | period ended or who ultimately came out on top, and just focus on what happened afterward. |
| 1:35.3 | Well, actually, the novel kind of gives away the ending anyway with its first line. |
| 1:41.3 | Ever since antiquity, domains under heaven, after a long period of division, |
| 1:47.3 | tend to unite. The Three Kingdoms period officially ended in the year 280, almost 100 years after |
| 1:55.2 | when the novel began, and the empire was reconciledated under the rule of the Jin Dynasty. However, the Jin was recon consolidated under the rule of the Jin Dynasty. |
| 2:02.6 | However, the Jin was not one of the more long-lasting dynasties in Chinese history. |
| 2:08.3 | It had problems from the beginning. |
| 2:10.5 | The government was corrupt, and its ranks were filled with officials who received their positions |
| 2:15.8 | because they were close to the ruling family, |
| 2:18.8 | rather than anything having to do with talent, skills, or character. |
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