The Last Supper (2012): Xiang Yu Overthrows the Qin in order to…protect Diversity?
I’ve been listening to the lectures given by Prof. Ou Fan Leo Lee (李歐梵) for his Coursera course Classics of Chinese Humanities: Guided Readings from the C...
Author: K. M. Lawson
Encountering Classical Chinese Philosophy Through Translation and a Text Adventure Game
Over winter break I usually spend a good deal of time with my nephew, codename Loke, now 11 years-old. Over the past few years, I have hidden a bonus Christmas ...
Advice from Xu Gan in the Balanced Discourses
Over the holidays I had a chance to read John Makeham’s translation of Xu Gan’s (170-217 CE) late Han dynasty Balanced Discourses 中論 (Ctext).1 The w...
Red Chapel Ironies
I recently got around to watching the Red Chapel, the unusual guerrilla documentary by the Danish journalist Mads Brügger.1 The basic premise is a visit to Nort...
Winning Over the Puppets: Conclusion
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The Eight Great Disorders and the Oppose Treason Campaign
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Magnanimity, Repentance, and Reform
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Traitors, Puppets, and Divided Responsibilities
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The Wartime Gains of the Bureau
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Zhu De and The Prices of Betrayal
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The Registry of Good and Evil
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Megaphone and Frontline Propaganda
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The Enemy and Puppet Work Bureau in Shandong
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Puppet Army Policy and the Seven Captures of Meng Huo
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Wu Huawen’s Crooked Road to National Salvation
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