167. 570s BC part 1 - China - The Battle of Yanling

We're in the heart of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. Our time now is the pre-dawn of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism with the states in the central plains at each other's throats as usual. Today we have small battles and intrigue, culminating in another showdown between Jin and Chu. Plus we have our first meeting with Lao Tzu the founder of Taoism, and DEFINITELY listen to the end to hear some reviews... one is a bit shocking!Links:This is the version of the Tao te Ching set to music I listen to/Berniehttps://youtu.be/beGKqSJvLDAThis is an audio link to the same version but no music and in order as it has come down to us todayhttps://youtu.be/t109UFLSQhkThis is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski.If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistoryContact information: http://facebook.com/fanofhistoryhttps://twitter.com/danhorninghttps://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Support the show and listen ad-free to all of the episodes, including episode 1-87. Click here: https://plus.acast.com/s/history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.