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Tales of the Song Dynasty 宋朝那些事儿
Immortal by the River: The Yellow River Roars Westward from the Mountains The Yellow River roars westward from the mountains, its sands covering lords and kings. Grudges, love, and hate vanish in a blink. The green waters still flow, while heroes of generation after generation grow old. In the teahouse, a storyteller with frosted temples tells of old friends and new. A few plates of chilled melon bring them together in joyful company. **A thousand years pass, and all that remains is the echo of
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- Records of the Grand Historian: I Wasn't Castrated 史记：我没有受宫刑 The earliest known instance of castration in China is believed to have occurred during the Shang dynasty. The oracle-bone script already contains the character "tu dao," which depicts a knife being used to castrate someone. The Oracle Bone Inscriptions Collection, Volume One, fragment 00525, records: "On the day of Gengchen, divination was performed. The king: May my tu dao on the Qiang not kill him." This shows that eunuchs existed during the reign of King Wu Ding of Shang. By the Zhou dynasty, 1.1MReads899Flowers—Tickets
- Di Renjie: Shinichi, What Do You Think? 狄仁杰：新一，你怎么看 During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Tang Sanzang returned from the Western Heaven after retrieving the Buddhist scriptures and spread the teachings of Buddhism far and wide. Japan was greatly influenced, and sent a large group of eminent monks to the Tang Empire. One of them was none other than Conan, who had transmigrated from the modern era. Conan stayed in Chang'an, and after mastering profound Buddhist teachings, his appearance never changed. He lived in seclusion outside the city u 226.5kReads759Flowers—Tickets