Chinese Literature Podcast

Lao She - Cat Country 02.02.2018 27:10 ↓

Welcome to Cat Country!  In 1932, Lao She, the famous Chinese writer, penned a book about a Chinese astronaut crashing into Mars and finding the planet populated with Cat People. These Cat People are a way for Lao She to satirize the Chinese. Let the craziness begin!

Zhuangzi and his Fish 08.12.2017 16:01 ↓

I know you are going to like this podcast about Zhuangzi and his dumb foil for everything Huizi. In it, the pair discuss whether it is possible to know how others feel, and on what basis one can make those kind of assumptions. As is usual with Zhuangzi, nothing is fixed, so question everything as you descend to the Hao River and join us for a conversation with Zhuangzi. 

Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring 20.11.2017 20:51 ↓

Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring is one of the most famous in all of Chinese literature. A fisherman wanders into a cave and stumbles upon a utopia, but leaves it all because he wants to tell others. Join us as we dive into the cave with Tao Yuanming. 

The General's Head 17.07.2017 21:26 ↓

The General's Head

Song Dynasty Ci - Liu Yong 17.07.2017 25:42 ↓

Song Dynasty Ci - Liu Yong

Shen Xiu's Bird 22.05.2017 26:40 ↓

This week, we are getting back to our roots. Some of the earliest podcasts we did were on the  huaben (話本) story. The very first podcast we posted (we recorded others before, but we canned them because they weren't good enough) was a  huaben  that we called Of Gods and Telescopes.  We also did the gender-bending  huaben Male Mencius' Mother  and Jiang Xingge's Pearl-Sown Shirt . The  huaben is j...

Nick Stember and Jia Pingwa's Ugly Stone 05.05.2017 27:11 ↓

Nick Stember and Jia Pingwa's Ugly Stone

Zhuangzi's Butterfly 22.03.2017 21:21 ↓

Are you listening to the world's only Chinese Literature podcast right now? Or are you just a butterfly floating around who is dreaming that you are a human who is listening to this podcast? How can you prove that you are actually the human rather than a butterfly dreaming they are a human? Is it even possible to prove something like that? You have now entered a world of philosophical pleasure and...