Bonus Episode: Emma debuts on the Chinese Sayings Podcast

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Emma's been integral to the CSP for a few seasons now. Here's one more nice chengyu that has loads of utility value. This time Emma herself, introduces the story behind the saying 世外桃源 Shì Wài Táo Yuán. This comes straight from the great Eastern Jin literatus Tao Yuanming. Many of us dreamers have thought about getting away from it all to escape to a utopian paradise. I hope you enjoy the story and Emma's telling of it. We'll be back next season with more useful and interesting Chinese Sayings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	Hi, everyone. This is Emma of the Cheng Yuyen Yodong Xin,
0:35.0	here to present a bonus episode of the Chinese Sayings podcast.
0:39.0	So I've been working behind the scenes on the CSP for a few seasons now.
0:44.0	But I've been listening to Lasla's various shows
0:47.0	since I was 10 years old growing up in Shanghai, China.
0:51.0	I majored in English literature in the UK.
0:54.0	Did my masters in comparative literature,
0:57.0	and now I'm based in Zhongguo Beijing doing Chinese studies at Peeking University.
1:02.0	So I have a background in Chinese to English literary translation,
1:07.0	which is why I'm so excited to present this coming Cheng Yuyu.
1:11.0	This Cheng Yuyu is sourced from the writings of Tao Yaming.
1:15.0	Tao Yaming was a poet who lived during the tumultuous times of the Western Jin Dynasty.
1:21.0	This is around the mid-third century AD to the early fourth century AD.
1:27.0	Tao Yaming served as a government official in the failing Jin bureaucracy,
1:32.0	and he eventually became so disgusted with the corruption and incompetence he witnessed
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