Ep. 71 | Ouyang Xiu

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2012

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Now that we have Deng Xiaoping out of the way, we’re back looking at random topics throughout the ages. This week we look at the great Song Dynasty statesman and sage Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072). In this episode we’ll review aspects of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and Ouyang Xiu’s place in this amazing age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	History Podcast. At long last, we finished off the Deng Xiaoping overview, and today I want to introduce someone who was a true legend and a gold standard in Chinese history and culture.
1:10.0	Yet the subject of today's topic is probably not too well known outside China.
1:15.0	We're going to go back about 900 years before Deng Xiaoping was born
1:20.0	to the beginning of the 11th century, the early part of the Song Dynasty.
1:25.0	Today we will look at Oyang Sho.
1:28.0	It's that Oyang name again, one of the more common Chinese compound surnames of more than one syllable.
1:35.0	He's referred to in multiple sources as China's Leonardo da Vinci.
1:40.0	He's called this not at all due to his abilities as a great artist. He's compared to the lesser of Leonardo's claims to fame, his being a universal man, Homo universalis. You know, back in the day when the entire accumulation of world knowledge could fit
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