Ep. 17 | The Eastern Zhou Dynasty

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2010

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this episode we look at the second phase of the Zhou Dynasty. This period was known as the Eastern Zhou. The Eastern Zhou was broken down between the Spring & Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It lasted from 770 to 221BC. From this chaotic period sprang the great works that defined Chinese continue reading >> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings once again my Chin Aideh, the baugui the listeners.
0:06.0	One and all, Las L'Laslma Montgomery here with another China history podcast.
0:10.5	By the time we finish with today's topic will be just a tad over two centuries away from that demarcation point of A.D.
0:17.0	Anno Domini, the year of our Lord.
0:20.0	The B.C. days will soon be coming to a close.
0:23.3	We're going to look at the other half of the Joe Dynasty today,
0:26.1	well, almost half.
0:27.1	The Eastern Joe lasted, well, depending on who you ask,
0:30.2	770 to 256 BC. That's about 515 years. Last week we looked at the Western Joe which
0:38.9	preceded this period only had about half the longevity of the Eastern Joe.
0:45.0	If you recall from the previous podcast, I gave a brief overview of the Joe and you might
0:50.1	remember the Eastern Joe was divided up into two time periods.
0:54.0	Some of the most core of core values in the Chinese-speaking world
0:58.5	started growing during this time in China.
1:01.0	This was the time of all the great philosophers, Confucius included. It was the golden
1:06.2	age of feudalism at a time when iron was revolutionizing how people lived and prospered in
1:11.4	their ordinary daily lives.
1:14.1	The various states spread out over the four provinces adjacent to the Yellow River yielded some
1:18.8	of the greatest stories and legends from ancient China.
1:22.6	Even to this day when you walk down the streets of Hong Kong, Taiwan,
1:26.4	Singapore, Beijing, or even any Chinatown, all kinds of icons, gods, heroes, and sages.
1:33.7	So many have a connection to the eight centuries
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