por pedroceinos | Dic 8, 2025 | culture, travel
The true origin of the Great Wall The true origin of the Great wall, as seen in Nicola Di Cosmo (The Origins of the Great Wall. Silk Road Journal. 1993). Generally speaking, the political discourse about foreigners in pre-imperial China tends to justify expansion and...
por pedroceinos | Jun 12, 2025 | history
The Lost Mythology of Ancient China The Lost Mythology of Ancient China Reconstructing the mythology of ancient China is a painstaking task that tries to characterize some legendary figures and situations based only on the few sentences about them found in later works...
por pedroceinos | May 11, 2025 | history, women
The Real Situation of Women in the Qing Dynasty The Real Situation of Women in the Qing Dynasty Guo Songyi[1] has raised several important points about the situation of Chinese women during the Qing dynasty—points that could fundamentally reshape how both the public...
por pedroceinos | Abr 23, 2025 | culture, history
A Humble Proposal for Rethinking Historical Periodization: To Go Beyond Dynasties in Chinese History A Humble Proposal for Rethinking Historical Periodization: To Go Beyond Dynasties in Chinese History Historical narratives are never neutral. The way we divide time...
por pedroceinos | Mar 4, 2025 | folklore
Treating illnesses with a pillow from under a corpse Treating illnesses with a pillow from under a corpse In a biography of Xu Sibo[1], a Daoist specialist in water therapy of the fifth century of our era[2], we read: «There lived a matron who had been troubled with...
