Ep. 14 | China's Mythical Beginnings

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2010

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we commence our Chinese imperial dynasty overview by looking at the stories of Pangu, The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and the Xia Dynasty. These are all tales mostly culled from Sima Qian's "Record of the Grand Historian". These were mythical times but many of the figures discussed in today's episode reappear constantly throughout Chinese history. These founding myths of China and the Huaxia People are a good place to start. Next time we'll look at the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC). Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.7	Lausla Montgomery once again with another edition of the China History Podcast.
1:03.0	As promised, today is the first in a series of overviews from the very first Chinese
1:08.5	dynasty to the last.
1:10.0	Since I started the China History Podcast in June of 2010.
1:15.0	There have been a few other China History shows that have come and gone.
1:20.0	Some go chronologically and some, like show jump around from one interesting topic to the next.
1:27.0	Some episodes are from modern times, some involve the stories of overseas Chinese who made history in their adoptive countries.
1:35.0	With regard to presenting Chinese history from the most ancient evenings to the present day,
1:41.0	most of my listeners over the years, particularly those who neither speak Chinese nor have ever studied Chinese history before.
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