John Zhu

Chinese Lore Podcast

Arts EN ↓ 475 episodes

Classic Chinese novels and stories, retold in English and in a way that makes them more accessible for non-Chinese audiences.

Author

John Zhu

Category

Arts

Podcast website

chineselore.com

Latest episode

Jun 29, 2026

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Episodes

Water Margin 089: Haggle 29.03.2021

Lu Junyi’s jailer discovers that there IS such a thing as having too much money shoved in your face.

Water Margin 088: Betrayal 22.03.2021

Lu Junyi discovers that there IS such a thing as too much feasting.

Water Margin 087: Trap 08.03.2021

Lu Junyi decides to take a road trip, and everyone’s got a bad feeling about it, except him.

Water Margin 086: Fate 01.03.2021

Big changes are afoot on Liangshan.

Water Margin 085: Disrespect 22.02.2021

No sooner had our heroes put down one group of upstarts did they discover another group that’s just asking for it.

Water Margin 084: Loan 08.02.2021

Song Jiang flags down a passing court official and very nicely asks for a favor.

Water Margin 083: United 01.02.2021

Huyan Zhuo gets another crack at the Liangshan bandits, and a whole gaggle of other outlaws.

Water Margin 082: Assemble 25.01.2021

Huyan Zhuo’s simple quest for revenge turns into three side quests against leveled-up enemies.

Water Margin 081: Search 11.01.2021

Xu Ning chases after his lost property and actually catches up with the thief.

Water Margin 080: Armor 04.01.2021

The outlaws run up against a formidable foe and decide they need to “recruit” some more help.

Water Margin 079: Well 28.12.2020

After a successful siege, the bandits go in search of the man they had come to save.

Water Margin Supplemental Episode 004: Food 21.12.2020

A look at food and drinks during the Northern Song.

Water Margin 078: Sorcerers 14.12.2020

Li Kui gets put in timeout and learns a lesson about messing with Daoist priests.

Water Margin 077: Magic 07.12.2020

Li Kui finds himself up to his neck in Daoist shenanigans.

Water Margin 076: Immunity 30.11.2020

As it turns out, iron-pledge guarantees from long-dead emperors do not count for as much as everyone thought.

Water Margin 075: Child 16.11.2020

The outlaws return to their tried-and-true recruitment tactics, and take it maybe just a step too far.

Water Margin 074: Punished 09.11.2020

In a shocking twist, the ancient Chinese legal system delivers some semblance of justice and punishes constable violence, and all it took was sleeping with the magistrate.

Water Margin 073: Sack 02.11.2020

The Xie brothers’ relatives mount their jail break, and then we rejoin the Liangshan outlaws outside the Zhu Family Manor.

Water Margin 072: Family 19.10.2020

Some relatives embarrass you at weddings, some get into political arguments at the holiday dinner table, and some threaten to fight you to the death if you don’t help them break some cousins out of jail.

Water Margin 071: Rematch 12.10.2020

After getting a bloody nose in their initial attack, the Liangshan forces take another crack at razing the Zhu Family Manor.

Water Margin 070: Maze 05.10.2020

Our heroes storm to the gates of the Zhu Family Manor, intent on teaching the people inside a lesson.

Water Margin 069: Chicken 21.09.2020

An act of petty theft quickly escalates into a grave insult against the Liangshan heroes, somehow.

Water Margin 068: Offal 14.09.2020

Yang Xiong has a little heart-to-heart with his adulterous wife.

Water Margin 067: Rendezvous 07.09.2020

Things heat up in Yang Xiong’s house, and on the dead-end street behind it.

Water Margin 066: Swine 01.09.2020

In between carving up pig carcasses, Shi Xiu sniffs out some shenanigans in his new household.

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