Regarding the late-Yuan era rebel leader and the greatest naval battle in medieval Chinese history.

The story of a remarkable Tang Dynasty woman.

The 19th century Muslim revolt in Yunnan.

The tragic tale of the Han Dynasty general Li Ling.

In 635 A.D., a Syriac bishop arrived in the Chinese capital, Chang'an. This is the story of the stele they put up to commemorate that event...

Li He, one of the most unusual poets of the Tang era, who also gave us the expression: "to answer the summons to the jade pavilion."

Li Yu, the last ruler of the Kingdom of Southern Tang, who also happened to be one of the greatest poets in Chinese literature.

Regarding the man who came up with the calendar of the Yellow Emperor.

The Coen Brothers-esque plot of 835 A.D. that backfired spectacularly, and gruesomely...

The Tang Dynasty prime minister who only hired non-Chinese generals.

The late-Sui rebel leader who lived by the code of the xia.

The tale of a cocktail hour in 961 A.D.

The military fiasco that led to an emperor serving two non-consecutive terms.

Regarding the Song Dynasty mandarin who defined the mission for the Confucian intelligentsia.

Regarding the small minority race who gave us the name "Siberia" and preserved the Manchu language.

In all the "24 Histories" of Chinese tradition, only one woman is feature in the biographies of military generals. This is her.

Was he a Confucian or a Legalist? Regarding one of the most controversial Chinese thinkers.

The famous 5th or 6th century courtesan of Hangzhou and all the poetry that's been about her.

Author of "On the Faults of the Qin."

The inventor of court protocols.

The man who convinced the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty that he couldn't rule from horseback.

The Chinese equivalent of the prophecies of Nostradamus.

Regarding the late-Qing businessman and reformist thinker.

Regarding the Song Dynasty statesman -- and my ancestor -- Han Qi.

Regarding the Tang Dynasty mandarin and calligrapher.