Season 1
This 100-part season traces the development of Chinese civilization from prehistoric communities and the earliest dynasties through the fall of the Qing Empire, examining the rulers, institutions, ideas, conflicts and cultural achievements that shaped China’s history.
Episodios
1. China Road
2. The Earliest Chinese
3. The Rise of Agriculture
4. The Origins of Civilization
5. The Age of Early States
6. The Xia Dynasty
7. The Rise and Fall of the Shang Dynasty
8. Shang Civilization
9. King Wu's Conquest of Shang
10. The Regency of the Duke of Zhou
11. The Decline of the Zhou Royal House
12. The Struggle for Supremacy in the Spring and Autumn Period
13. Confucius
14. Reforms Among the Warring States
15. The Seven Warring States
16. The Hundred Schools of Thought
17. The Rise of the State of Qin
18. Qin Shi Huang Unifies China
19. The Chu-Han Contention
20. The Parallel System of Commanderies and Kingdoms
21. The Rule of Wen and Jing
22. Emperor Wu of Han
23. Confucian Learning During the Two Han Dynasties
24. The Reign of Emperors Zhao and Xuan
25. Wang Mang's Reforms
26. The Restoration of Emperor Guangwu
27. The Silk Road
28. The Pure Critiques and the Partisan Prohibitions
29. The Yellow Turban Rebellion
30. The Three Kingdoms
31. Zhuge Liang Governs Shu
32. The Unification Under Western Jin
33. The Spirit of the Wei and Jin Periods
34. Rule by the Great Aristocratic Clans
35. Emperor Wu of Liang's Government
36. Emperor Xiaowen's Reforms
37. Emporer Wu of Northern Zhou
38. The Rise and Fall of the Chen Dynasty
39. Buddhism in the Wei and Jin Periods
40. The Restoration of Unity
41. Emperor Yang of Sui: Achievements and Failures
42. The Reign of Zhenguan
43. Empress Wu Zetian
44. The Prosperous Kaiyuan Era
45. The An Lushan Rebellion
46. The Predicament of the Middle and Late Tang
47. Chang'an: Metropolis of the World
48. The Rise and Fall of the Tibetan Empire
49. Dunhuang
50. The Tang Dynasty's Foreign Relations
51. Religion During the Tang Dynasty
52. The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
53. Emperor Taizu of Song
54. The Chanyuan Treaty
55. Governing the Realm with the Scholar-Officials
56. Wang Anshi's Reforms
57. The Jingkang Catastrophe
58. War and Peace Between Song and Jin
59. The Southern Song's Refuge in the Southeast
60. The Dreamlike Splendor of the Eastern Capital
61. Neo-Confucianism During the Song Dynasty
62. Song Dynasty Culture
63. The Rise of Khitan
64. The Founding of Western Liao
65. Wanyan Aguda
66. The Rise and Fall of the Jin Dynasty
67. Liao and Jin Culture
68. The Rise and Fall of Western Xia
69. The Rise of the Mongols
70. Kublai Khan
71. Imperial Progresses Between the Two Capitals
72. Phagpa, Imperial Preceptor of the Great Yuan
73. The Maritime Silk Road
74. Marco Polo and China
75. Emperor Shun of Yuan
76. Zhu Yuanzhang, Founder of the Ming Dynasty
77. The Yongle Emperor Moves the Capital
78. Zheng He’s Voyages to the Western Oceans
79. The Grand Secretariat System
80. The Tumu Crisis
81. Wang Yangming's Philosophy of Mind
82. Maritime Frontiers and Foreign Trade
83. Zhang Juzheng's Reforms
84. The Jesuits Come to China
85. The Market Towns of Jiangnan
86. Silver Capital
87. The Chongzhen Emperor
88. Entering and Ruling the Central Plains
89. The Consolidation of the Qing Dynasty
90. The Recovery of Taiwan
91. The Great Enterprise of Unification
92. The Grand Council
93. Incorporating the Poll Tax into the Land Tax
94. Civil Government and the Literary Inquisitions
95. Reluctant Self-Strengthening
96. The Opium War
97. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
98. The First Sino-Japanse War
99. Reform and Revolution
100. The End of Imperial Rule
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