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經過安史之亂，唐朝萌出新局面。出現很多新的詞，表示人民的認知有所不同，而同時顯得不重人命。皇帝怕節度使的勢力，委權宦官（太監），地方武官不敬皇上。唐憲宗即位當年，不讓劉闢升官，劉闢與好友盧文若起兵。宰相杜黃裳派高崇文弭平，勢如破竹。劉闢到最後才知道嚴重，還想賴。 三十分鐘 Support this show: https://cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd.firstory.cc/join Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firs...

In 684 bce, the prince of the small kingdom of Ch’en / Chen married his daughters, the elder to the prince of Ts’ai / Cai, the younger to the prince of Hsi / Xi. All three were small fiefs; Ts’ai was allied with Ch’i / Qi in the north, Hsi with Ch’u / Chu in the south. The daughters were both beautiful. The younger sister’s bridal procession had to pass through Ts’ai to reach Hsi. The prince of Ts...

周朝陳國姓媯。陳君生兩個姐妹，美如天仙。西元前六八四年，姊姊嫁給蔡哀侯，叫做蔡媯。妹妹嫁給息侯，為息媯，後世稱桃花夫人，農曆三月拜為桃花神。 息媯被蔡侯染污，息侯借楚文王之力敗蔡于莘，俘虜蔡侯，將生蒸來祭廟。鬻拳規勸，四年後放他回家，蔡侯竟然又擺息侯、息媯一道。 卄二分鐘 Support this show: https://cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd.firstory.cc/join Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.first...

The extraordinary geology of Taiwan leads us directly to an exciting story about the great Ming dynasty Confucian Wang Shouren / Wang Yangming and the villainous eunuch Liu Chin/Jin. 32 and a half minutes Support this show: https://cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd.firstory.cc/join Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.fm/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory...

陽明先生王守仁（西元一四七二年至一五二九年）觸怒了宦官劉瑾，明武宗將他貶到貴州龍場作驛丞小官。陽明先生知道劉瑾要暗殺他，牆上提了詩： 學道無成歲月虛，天乎至此欲何如。 生曾許國漸無補，死不忘親恨不餘。 自信孤忠懸日月，豈論遺骨葬江魚。 百年臣子悲何極，日夜潮聲泣子胥。 後來在武夷山寺院遇到鐵柱宮道士，最後還是赴龍場作他的小官。 二十六分鐘 Support this show: https://cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd.firstory.cc/...

Today we talk about Wang Yen (256 – 311 ce), a scion of the powerful Wang Clan of Langye (Langya). He had a peculiar personality, but rarely thought about his duty to society. 17 minutes Support this show: https://cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd.firstory.cc/join Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.fm/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

上回說崔杼慶封，有點黑暗。我們這回講晉朝三公之一，琅琊王衍（西元二五六至三一一年）。魏晉南北朝亂世，出了很多個性顯明的怪胎。天下大亂，貴族有的爭權奪利，有的玩清談、快牛，但很少人想到天聽自我民聽，天視自我民視。 十八分鐘 Support this show: https://cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd.firstory.cc/join Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.fm/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powe...

In Episode 17, Regicide and the Historian, we told how in 548 bce, Ts’ui Chu / Cui Zhu murdered his monarch for raping his wife. Today’s episode follows the Right Minister Ts’ui Chu through the disputes over inheritance between his sons, his firstborn Ch’eng /Cheng and his little brother Chiang / Jiang, and his new wife’s son Ming. In 546 bce, the brothers sought help from Left Minister Ch’ing /Qi...

第十七回，崔杼與太史，說過右相崔杼弒其君。接下來，在西元前五四六年，左相慶封想獨攬朝政。剛好崔杼的妻子東郭姜，亦命棠姜，想讓兒子繼承崔杼的地位。雖然有長子崔成，但崔杼答應了；崔成提出要求，要崔邑。東郭偃與棠無咎反對。崔成與弟弟崔疆（一作彊）不滿，盧蒲嫳  ㄆㄧㄝˋ勸慶封利用他們。 二十六分鐘 Support this show: https://cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd.firstory.io/join Leave a comment and share your thoug...

We take another look at Li Chi/Ji (594 – 669ce), one of the great commanders in Chinese military history. I also give an introduction to how Chinese names work. 24 minutes Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

徐世勣生于西元五九四年，正直隋朝中期；十七歲，農民起義，徐世勣加入翟讓的瓦崗軍。李密殺翟讓，徐世勣歸順唐高祖。高祖稱他為「純臣」，封曹國公、英國公，賜姓李。後避唐太宗李世民的諱，去「世」字，就是兵法上赫赫有名的李勣。 李勣常謂人：「我年十二三時為亡賴賊，逢人則殺。十四五為難當賊，有所不愜則殺人。十七八為佳賊，臨陳乃殺之。二十為大將，用兵以救人死。」但也有他很貼心的一面。 十二分半 Leave a comment and...

The Tang dynasty (618 – 916 ce) was a period of great rulers, artists, poets, writers, musicians, dancers, with advances in administration, technology, agriculture, and other fields. But it was not always an easy time. The Emperor Ming (Hsuan / Xuan) was worried about threats from within the palace, but did not see that his greatest danger was his beloved courtier, the ambitious Sogdian Roxan Kang...

安史之亂（西元七五五～七六三年），郭子儀立青史留名的功。他生八兒八女，其中郭晞帶兵不謹。節度使白孝德怕他爸爸的權勢，不敢吭聲。段秀實只帶一名老瘸卒、自己的頭去喚醒他。 十六分鐘 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

In our last episode we told how Ting fared. Today’s story concerns his uncle, Chi Pu / Ji Bu. How can you survive when the Emperor wants your head? 24 and a half minutes Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

上回說丁公的故事，這回說他表哥季布，行俠仗義，重視信用，一諾千金。曹丘經竇長君介紹，宣揚季布的大名。為項羽大將，困窘劉邦，後來劉邦要跟他算帳，季布逃匿濮陽周氏家；魯朱家請汝陰滕公夏侯嬰向漢高祖說情。 卄四分鐘 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

In 205 bce, after the Ch’in / Qin had fallen, Liu Pang/Bang of the Han and Hsiang/Xiang Yu of the Ch’u / Chu were fighting to the death. Liu attacked Hsiang with an army of 560,000. Hsiang escaped with 30,000 men, and although vastly outnumbered, returned to defeat the Han. Liu was fleeing. A Chu commander named Ting / Ding caught up with him and was about to defeat him, but then let him go. Liu e...

西元前二零五年四月，項王以寡勝多，在彭城三萬精兵大敗了漢高祖五十六萬大軍。漢高祖落慌而逃，連兒女可以不要。楚將丁公來攔截，漢高祖說，「兩賢豈相戹哉！」丁公就放了他。 放了他，是功是過？ 十四分鐘 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Around 320 bce, Ssuma Hsi / Sima Xi acquired great power in Chungshan / Zhongshan. Lady Yin was locked in a struggle with Lady Chiang / Jiang to see who could become Queen. Lady Yin detested Ssuma Hsi, so her winning would put Hsi into a precarious situation. 20 minutes Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hos...

西元前三百年左右，陰姬與江姬相爭為后。司馬喜靠陰姬，依趙武靈王之力讓她成為王后。 司馬喜，亦作憙、熹、賙。我們上一回說過，古人用偏旁很隨性。 十九分半 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

The stories I tell are mostly taken from books. Today we take books for granted, but in earlier times, few people were literate and books were rare. Most important information was committed to memory, by singing and chanting. Before paper became common in China, most writing was done on strips of bamboo or wood: heavy, bulky, cumbersome. Reading them entailed difficulties. We do not know the begin...

商周寫文字很隨性。偏旁可有可無，也可以換來換去。書籍不多，而一本書，又重又佔空間：一本漢書，當時大概七十公斤以上，不是可以攜帶的讀物，所以古人書籍、閱讀的習慣與我們不同。 十六分半 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Ban Biao (Pan Piao) was a historian in the Han dynasty. When he died, his son Ban Gu (Pan Ku) continued his work, and his daughter Ban Zhao (Pan Chao, 49? – 120? ce) finished their great work, The Han Book , the Book of the Ha n. The second son, Ban Chao (Pan Ch’ao, 32 – 102 ce) went to the Western Territories and did great deeds. He fought the Xiongnu (Hsiungnu) and secured the Silk Road. He used...

班彪是漢朝史官，死後兒子班固整理父親手稿，打算寫「續史記」，被誣告私修國史，下獄。弟弟班超上書澄清。班固寫成「漢書」，未完稿便過世，妹妹班昭接手寫完，成為中華第一女性史家。 班超投筆從戎，求立功異域，隨竇固征伐匈奴。在樓蘭/鄯善，遇到匈奴使團，不入虎穴，焉得虎子？ 二十五分鐘 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory...

I am a tea freak. Tea has a long and glorious history. Today we are telling one part of that story, concerning the finest tea, pu’er. To the best of my ability, the stories I tell are historical fact, not fiction. I dress up the stories to make them sound better, but they are all based on historical fact. This time, however, I am telling a folk story from Yunnan, and cannot vouch for how factual i...

本猩說故事，一則求罕為人知的精彩經歷，一則求信史。此回說雲南民間故事，真假莫辨，但本猩覺得精彩。您說呢？有馬幫、馬鍋頭、押解官員、紫禁城品茶。 話說，清朝雲南濮茶莊要送貢茶進京，沿路發生了奇妙的變化。 卅一分鐘 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting