Chinese Lore Podcast
Classic Chinese novels and stories, retold in English and in a way that makes them more accessible to non-Chinese audiences. chineselore.com
Episodes
What looked like an easy victory for the Zhou turns into a bit of a nightmare.
The Zhou army gets a timely visit from a helpful but uppity Buddhist friend in their fight against Kong Xuan.
Some quick background on two minor characters whose pacifist message fell on deaf ears.
The Zhou army meets its first real resistance on its march East.
Marking a decade since I first started doing this.
Ji Fa decides that while he couldn't live with attacking his tyrannical king, he CAN live with paying said king a visit with a large army in tow, just to, you know, talk.
Jiang Ziya is finally ready to head East to dethrone the Shang, but then his king goes, "Wait, can't we all just get along?"
Jiang Ziya and company learn that in order to defeat their prodigal disciple's MacGuffin, they must collect three other MacGuffins to add to the one already in their possession.
The Chan sect has its hands full with yet another prodigal disciple and his lieutenant of mysterious origins.
The Shang commander gets some help from a feathered friend, while the novel's author recycles his old material.
The Shang commander Su Hu tries to get his comrade to buy in to his definition of a hero and a man of honor.
The latest Jie Sect Daoist strikes fear into his foes' heart ... by eating it.
A long-lost member of the Shang royal house checks back into the story, shortly before his good sense checks out.
Under siege from an invisible foe, Western Qi seeks help from a guy who married his sister, a guy who had a transparent stomach, and a guy who invented math.
Su Hu never thought it would be so hard to surrender.
Fresh off their victory, Jiang Ziya and company decide to make the unwilling bride go through with the wedding that everybody knew was fake, and it only gets worse from there.
Deng Jiugong gets too clever by half in trying to scheme his way out of a prior promise.
The Shang's diminutive weapon leaves Jiang Ziya and company all tied up in knots.
Zhou officers deal with the ignominy of … GASP … losing to a girl.
Grand Tutor Wen desperately tries to make it home before he runs out of bodies.
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