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After a few years of uneasy ceasefire, the fighting resumes between the Japanese and the Koreans and their Ming allies. After a massive setback when the new-and-improved Japanese Navy nearly annihilates the Korean fleet at Chilcheollyang, Admiral Yi Sun-sin would once more bring his martial prowess to bear against his foes on the high seas with stunning results.

The Imjin War takes on a new dimension as fully-equipped armies from the Ming Dynasty arrive to take on the Japanese invasion. What began as an easy conquest for Toyotomi Hideyoshi soon became an intractable quagmire and gradually settled into a stalemate.

As the 1592 invasion of Korea continued, the Japanese armies enjoyed a rapid sequence of victories on land, dominating the peninsula in sieges and battles. Their quick success would soon become a liability, however, when the superior Joseon Navy started sinking supply ships and overcoming Japanese battle fleets.

In 1592, the armies of Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea, engaging in wanton slaughter, merciless plundering, and surprisingly rapid success. Because the Joseon Kingdom was almost completely unprepared for this incursion, they would need to rely on the aid of Ming China to win back control of the peninsula.

American author Lisa See's Lady Tan's Circle of Women set during the Chinese Ming dynasty, Robert Gott's comedy of manners, Saman Shad's contribution to the rom-com and a tour of Mark Brandi's writing space. 

The Ming Dynasty approached its peak, before rapidly declining due to corruption, graft, and a gradual decline in the quality of its burueacucrats.

As the Yuan Dynasty lost ground against rebel uprisings, a leader of the Red Turbans would eliminate his rivals until finally driving the Yuan out of Khanbaliq and founding the Ming Dynasty.

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This time we're doing something a bit different, and going down the top 5 route, by looking at the Top 5 women from medieval China. 🇨🇳

A country that was shrouded in mystery for centuries still has some of the most important cultural, social and military figures of the Middle Ages - and it's about time the women had the light shone upon them!

From empresses to poets and everything in between, see how these five women impacted Chinese history in the medieval period.

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Well, if the name doesn't alert you to what this episode is going to be, then let us tell you it all here. The Caishikou Execution Grounds, right in the heart of one of the biggest cities in the world, Beijing. This seemingly innocuous intersection that holds a lot of shopping locations, a vegetable market, and a pharmacy, was also the sight of some of the more grizzly things to happen in Beijing, mostly to criminal convicted of treason.

This week's episode features Lisa going into depth on what exactly happened to those convicted of treason. Jake regales us with stories of ghosts that are seen in full daylight, but without their full body. And Davis gives us fun facts about the Olympics, since Beijing is the only city to have hosted both the summer and the winter.

This episode is our penultimate for Haunted China. We've had an amazing and interesting time learning about this culture that we knew so little about and continue to, even after a two-month stint. So, tune into our 53rd episode of The Possibly Paranormal Podcast, with TPPP 53: Caishikou Execution Grounds.

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What began as a largely sectarian movement in northern China in the 1330s, became the massive, diverse, eventually violent and destructive Red Turban Rebellions.  Zhu Yuanzhang emerged as the central leader and chased the Mongols out of China in 1368, and ending the Yuan Dynasty.  Zhu Yuanzhang became the first emperor (Hongwu) of the Ming Dynasty.  The Yuan Emperor fled China. He died in 1370, in Mongolia.

In this spectacular episode Jacob and Evan discuss the wars and struggles of nations across the world: 

• Who was Zhu Yuanzhang, and what was his influence on China? 
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• What interesting discussion can we drum up from the Kingdom of Lesotho, and how stylish was their first King? 

The Ming Dynasty would rule China for nearly 300 years. 

Firmly ensconced in the Chinese pathos is the concept of the Mandate of Heaven. This is similar to the European concept of the Divine Right of Kings. Both the Divine Right of Kings and the Mandate of Heaven are given by heaven.  Beyond that they are different.

For many decades the Ming had been fighting along their long border with Manchuria. There was also a major rebellion late in the 16th century in Sichuan Province. It was called the Bo Zhou Rebellion. The Ming also got involved in a war with Japan.  That war was called the Imjin War. 

A fellow by the name of Li ZhiChang led an uprising in North Central China.  He was called the Dashing King.  There was also another guy by the name of Zhong Xian Zhong that led an uprising.  He had the colorful name of the Yellow Tiger.  The Dashing King eventually made it all the way to Peking in 1644. On June 6, 1644, the combined Ming and Manchu armies defeated the Dashing King and conquered Peking and declared a new dynasty.

Next time I will talk about the Qing Dynasty's founding father.