The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast
Jul 2, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments
On the late-Han Dynasty text on customs and its author. Support the show
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And when you're a kid, at least, you don't really think too hard about where these traditions come from.

But when you get older, at least if you're like me and end up revisiting many traditions, then you start to put the pieces together.

And one of the most important sources, which most of us never really think about, is a text from the tail end of the Han Dynasty, from the second century AD or the beginning of the third.

And when you're a kid, at least, you don't really think too hard about where these traditions come from.

But when you get older, at least if you're like me and end up revisiting many traditions, then you start to put the pieces together.

And one of the most important sources, which most of us never really think about, is a text from the tail end of the Han Dynasty, from the second century AD or the beginning of the third.
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