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The Remarkable Qians: An Ancient Chinese Family’s Legacy of Modern Greatness
Rocket scientists, novelists, Nobel Prize winners: meet the Chinese family whose bloodline reads like a who’s who of the modern world
The 3,000-Year-Old Poetry Collection That’s Still Alive
From millennia-old rituals to everyday idioms, the Classic of Poetry’s importance to Chinese literary culture cannot be overstated—and a recent archaeological find suggests there is still more to uncover
Roaming Famous Mountains, Wild and Unrestrained: How Ancient Scholars Sought Knowledge on the Road
China’s great philosophers, historians, and poets had one thing in common. They got up from their desk and hit the dusty trail.
Thespian Emperors, Mandatory Castration, and Deadly Poetry: Fascinating Facts About China’s Forgotten Age of Chaos
Step back 1,000 years into the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, when political chaos produced a litany of historical curiosities
Power on a Paper: The Passport in Chinese History
Before the small, biometric-chipped booklet we now clutch when crossing borders, travel credentials in ancient China took many forms—from tokens and staffs to records inscribed on bamboo slips
How the Horse Became the Ultimate Metaphor for Talent in China
Prized in ancient China for their strength on and off the battlefield, horses have long been synonymous with talent and misused potential—a theme now resonating with the country’s youth
From “Big Brother Zhao” to Emperor Taizu: The History Behind Where Winds Meet
Explore the multifaceted life of Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin and the idioms it inspired
Why Netizens Can’t Stop Arguing About Qing Court Gossip
Forget about Princess Di—the Qing court was rife with rumors that rival any modern royal scandal, from identity-swapped emperors and contested successions to imperial assassinations, some even verified
What Makes China’s Legal Exam the Toughest in the Nation?
With a record number of people taking the Chinese bar exam this year, attention has turned once again to the country’s toughest exam—and to how it has evolved from selecting imperial officials to fostering public legal awareness today
Late Bloomers in Ancient China
A cursory look back through some key characters in China’s history reveals that much can be achieved, even in one’s twilight years
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