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Hello and welcome to the history of China.

Hello and welcome to the history of China.

Episode 68. Damn it, Wu.

Last time, we watched as the once mighty Northern Way succumbed to betrayal and ultimately its own division into eastern and western halves, but the Talmudts is far from over in northern China.

Before we continue on with the ongoing chaos up there, however,

we're going to swing south today and give some well-deserved attention

to the just founded Leong Dynasty, which, markedly unlike Northern

Way at the dawn of the 6th century, saw a period of remarkable stability under the reign of its founding

emperor, whoa.

While the first half of the sixth century would prove to be the undoing of Northern Way, it was actually a period of relative stability for the south.

Given that his reign is just so long, just shy of 47 years in fact, we're actually going to be going ahead and splitting his period on the

throne into two parts. Today we'll be covering his origin story, rise to power,

overthrow of the southern Chi dynasty, and the rough first half of his reign. And next time

his later reign and eventual death and succession, and of course all the excitement surrounding that.

The man who would be Emperor Wu was born in 464 as Chiayanne under the Leo Song Dynasty.

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