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Stories from ancient China, and whatever else comes to mind.
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The Art of Excellence is an in-depth interview-style podcast about people who have accomplished great things in their lives. The goal of the show is to deliver inspiring stories from ultra-successful entrepreneurs, athletes, entertainers, authors, thought leaders and anyone doing something extraordinary. We will explore the backgrounds, talent, work ethic, sacrifices, mental outlook and serendipity that led to their success.
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Huang Zongxi and "Waiting for Dawn": Chinese Democratic Theory
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One of the most influential thinkers -- and his most influential work -- in the history of Chinese democratic thought. Support the showBy William Han
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King Li of Zhou and the "Republic" of 841 B.C.
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Until the advent of modern scholarship, the earliest definitive date in the chronology of Chinese history was 841 B.C. What happened that year that so marked the calendar? Support the showBy William Han
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Craig Foster: My Octopus Teacher Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker
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Craig Foster is one of the world’s leading natural history filmmakers and cofounder of the Sea Change Project, a nonprofit to protect marine life and raise awareness of the importance of the kelp forest. He won an Academy Award for Best Documentary for My Octopus Teacher and has created more than one hundred films and documentaries. His latest book…
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Regarding the Han Dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing. Support the showBy William Han
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Regarding the Song Dynasty architect and scholar of architecture. Support the showBy William Han
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Everyone knows that Shang Yang reformed the laws and institutions of the State of Qin, setting it up for superpower status and paving the way to the Qin Dynasty. But a number of earlier reformers prefigured Shang Yang. Here are two of them. Support the showBy William Han
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The story of the deeply influential Ming Dynasty philosopher. Support the showBy William Han
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The 6th century B.C. statesman of the State of Zheng promulgated the first published criminal code in Chinese history. Moreover, it is through him that we know how the ancient Chinese understood the nature of the soul. Support the showBy William Han
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The hedonist tradition in Chinese philosophy. Support the showBy William Han
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Adrian Newey: Greatest Formula 1 race car designer ever
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Adrian Newey is Chief Technical Officer for Red Bull Racing. He has won 13 drivers' championships and 12 constructors' championships across three teams in his career. He is widely regarded as the greatest Formula 1 race car designer in the history of the sport. Some interesting insights from this episode: · Racing teams have three departments: aero…
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The economic conference of 81 B.C. and the book that resulted from it. Support the showBy William Han
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Liu Xie and "The Literary Heart and the Carving of Dragons"
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On the late-5th and early-6th century work of literary criticism and its author. Support the showBy William Han
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Regarding the man who made Confucianism the dominant ideology of China. Support the showBy William Han
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Chai Rong and the End of the Five Dynasties
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On Chai Rong, the second emperor of the Latter Zhou, and how it became the last of the Five Dynasties. Support the showBy William Han
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Our only source for many of the stories about the life of Genghis Khan, The Secret History of the Mongols is a crucial document for understanding the Mongol Empire. Support the showBy William Han
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On the German scholar of Chinese architecture. Support the showBy William Han
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In 627 A.D., an elderly shepherd chanced upon ten stone drums bearing ancient inscriptions. Since then, they have gone on a topsy-turvy adventure through the tumultuous course of Chinese history, down to the present day. Support the showBy William Han
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Only six emperors in Chinese history are documented to have performed Fengshan, the worship of heaven at earth at the holy Mt. Tai. Support the showBy William Han
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Continuing the series on the Five Dynasties, the story of Guo Wei, founder of the Latter Zhou. Support the showBy William Han
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The life of the great 20th century historian Qian Mu. Support the showBy William Han
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On the 2nd century B.C. courtier, jester, and man of letters Dongfang Shuo, who came to be regarded as the patron saint of "xiangsheng," a traditional form of stand-up comedy. Support the showBy William Han
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The story of an imperial cousin and regent of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Support the showBy William Han
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The next emperor in our series on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Support the showBy William Han
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Maurice Ashley: Chess Grandmaster, glass ceiling breaker, life philosopher
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Maurice Ashley is a Chess Grandmaster, a chess commentator, a national championship coach, and an author. In 1999 he earned the title of Chess Grandmaster, making him the first African American Grandmaster in the game’s history, and was later inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame. His latest book is titled Move by Move: Life Lessons On and Off th…
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Regarding Zhuanxu, the second of the so-called "Five Emperors" of China's deep past. Support the showBy William Han
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Shi Jingtang, the Man Who Gave Away the Great Wall
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Continuing our series on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: the founder of the Latter Jin Dynasty, Shi Jingtang. Support the showBy William Han
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On "The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties," by Professor Timothy Brook, of the imperial China series by Harvard University Press. Support the showBy William Han
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Gary Hunt: Ten-time world champion cliff diver
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Gary Hunt is a professional cliff diver. He is a 10 time Red Bull World Series Champion with 43 overall victories and counting. He is widely considered the greatest cliff diver in the history of the sport. Some interesting insights from this episode: · Juggling was a practice he used to increase his focus and concentration and take his mind off the…
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On the great Ming Dynasty fantasy-historical novel, "Investiture of the Gods." Support the showBy William Han
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In 281 A.D., a tomb raider discovered a lost ancient text, which came to be known as the "Bamboo Annals." It had an explosive effect on the understanding of the Chinese of their own history... Support the showBy William Han
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George Mumford: Psychologist, elite performance coach, and mindfulness guru
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George Mumford is a psychologist, elite performance expert, and author of The Mindful Athlete. He has worked with worldclass athletes including Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Shaquille O’Neal. He has also consulted with college and Olympic athletes, corporate executives, and inmates, and is a sought-after public speaker at both business and athle…
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Continuing with the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: the story of Li Siyuan, emperor of the Latter Tang. Support the showBy William Han
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The story of General Hao Bocun. Support the showBy William Han
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BJ Miller: Palliative medicine physician and educator on life and death and everything in between
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Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. He currently sees patients and families via telehealth through Mettle Health, a company he co-founded with the aim to provide personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues …
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Li Keyong and Li Cunxu, father and son, were responsible for building the second of the Five Dynasties. Support the showBy William Han
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The story of Zhu Wen, the man who formally ended the Tang Dynasty and began the period in Chinese history known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Support the showBy William Han
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Kara Swisher: Tech journalist, digital media entrepreneur, and pioneer
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Kara Swisher is the host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher and the co-host of the Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway, both distributed by New York magazine. She was also the cofounder and editor-at-large of Recode, host of the Recode Decode podcast, and co-executive producer of the Code conference. She was a former contributing opinion writer for …
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About the Song Dynasty official, scholar, and philosopher Zhou Dunyi. Support the showBy William Han
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Yan Jiagan, Father of the New Taiwan Dollar
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Yan Jiagan is the forgotten president of the Republic of China or Taiwan. He served between 1975 and 1978 but was largely considered a transitional figure. However, before he was president, in 1949, he first rescued Taiwan from economic catastrophe, paving the way for all future developments. For that reason alone, the man deserves to be remembered…
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"The man from Qi worries about the sky" is a Chinese idiom meaning to worry unnecessarily about things that won't happen. It comes from a story found in Liezi, an ancient tract of philosophy. But what was this place called Qi? What does the original fable say? Have we misunderstood it this whole time? Support the show…
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Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant: Wildlife ecologist and first black woman to host a TV nature show
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Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist with an expertise in uncovering how human activity influences carnivore behavior and ecology. She is a National Geographic Explorer, host the PBS podcast Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, and is the cohost on NBC’s Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild. She is the first black woman to ever h…
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The story of the Ming Dynasty secret police led by eunuchs, the most infamous eunuch among them, and the faction of mandarins who opposed them. Support the showBy William Han
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Regarding Gu Yanwu, the 17th century intellectual who has recently been the subject of controversy in Taiwanese politics. Support the showBy William Han
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The remarkable Dujiangyan irrigation system in Sichuan was constructed in the 250s B.C. but remains in use today and remains crucial to the Chinese economy. Support the showBy William Han
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Daniel Goleman: How to use Emotional Intelligence to Achieve an Optimal State Every Day
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Daniel Goleman is a psychologist, former science journalist for the New York Times, and the author of 13 books including the #1 bestseller Emotional Intelligence. He has worked with organizations around the globe, examining the way social and emotional competencies impact the bottom-line. Ranked one of the 10 most influential business thinkers by t…
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Sima Guang and the General Mirror on Good Governance
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Regarding Zizhi Tongjian, or "General Mirror on Good Governance," and the man who wrote it during the 11th century. Support the showBy William Han
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Borges and "Extensive Records of the Taiping Era"
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Taiping Guangji or "Extensive Records of the Taiping Era" is an anthology of stories compiled during the early Song Dynasty. Its editors chose to collect the stories under a series of clearly unworkable categories. In so doing, they made Taiping Guangji a perfect illustration of the point made in an essay by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. …
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In 1615, the Tokugawa Shogunate made a rule that all Japanese emperors must study "Policy Digests of the Zhen'guan Era," written 900 years earlier in Tang Dynasty China. What is this book and what's important about it? Support the showBy William Han
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The Ming Dynasty novel "Journey to the West" ranks among the great classics of Chinese literature. I recently reread it, and I have thoughts. Support the showBy William Han
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The story of the somewhat mysterious Tocharian people of Kuche in today's Xinjiang, confusingly named after the Tokharoi of Bactria in modern Afghanistan, from whose language Chinese gets its word for "honey." Support the showBy William Han
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