This week sees the emperor, Tang Taizong, attempt to keep good on all the promises he made while in the underworld. Like the farming couple who stockpiled rooms full of…
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In addition to revealing what the inner workings of the Chinese Buddhist afterlife look like, this episode also plays out like a particularly vivid nightmare for one of China’s greatest…
There’s an ancient Chinese poetry battle going down between the fisherman and woodman, where both men try to prove they’ve got the better life through lyrics. Which life would you…