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The Fracture of Sacred Time: When the Annals of the Middle Kingdom Challenged Genesis

The Fracture of Sacred Time: When the Annals of the Middle Kingdom Challenged Genesis

Why does a dispute over Genesis matter today? At first glance, a seventeenth-century dispute over …

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The Frustrated Republic and the Rise of 袁世凯 Yuán Shìkǎi (1912–1916)

The Frustrated Republic and the Rise of 袁世凯 Yuán Shìkǎi (1912–1916)

The proclamation of the Republic of China (中华民国 Zhōnghuá Mínguó) on January 1, 1912, in 南京 Nánjīng …

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Prestige as a State Crime: The Tragedy of 郭解 Guō Jiě

Prestige as a State Crime: The Tragedy of 郭解 Guō Jiě

In Chapter 124 of the《史记》 Shǐjì , the Records of the Grand Historian , 司马迁 Sīmǎ Qiān undertakes one…

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The End of the Warrior Aristocracy: 垓下 Gāixià and the Birth of the 汉 Hàn Imperial Order

The End of the Warrior Aristocracy: 垓下 Gāixià and the Birth of the 汉 Hàn Imperial Order

The Collapse of the Pact and the Board of Contention: 楚汉 Chǔ Hàn Following the lightning collapse o…

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The 武昌 Wǔchāng Uprising and the Collapse of the Imperial Framework (1911)

The 武昌 Wǔchāng Uprising and the Collapse of the Imperial Framework (1911)

The Fortuitous Catalyst and the Military Fracture On the afternoon of October 9, 1911, inside a dwe…

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