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12 timestamped hits 5 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-05-18, day precision Aliases: tang-dynasties

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Tang Dynasty

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...So the most traumatic event in Chinese history was during the Tang Dynasty. And the Tang Dynasty was China at the height of its..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...So the most traumatic event in Chinese history was during the Tang Dynasty. And the Tang Dynasty was China at the height of its..."

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Long historical explanation stated on 2025-09-23 from late antiquity to the present.

diagnosis

Jiang claims China's mythology and ethnic cosmology were diluted by centuries of foreign conquest after the Han, which is why modern China lacks the narrative force for exploration and hegemony.

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No Successor, Only Chaos

2025-09-23, day precision · I Discuss WORLD WAR with Professor Jiang

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"...in about 500 CE. What people don't understand is that the Tang Dynasty was actually a foreign dynasty. The Tang Dynasty were these nomadic..."

No Successor, Only Chaos

2025-09-23, day precision · I Discuss WORLD WAR with Professor Jiang

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"So you look at the Yanaya, which we talked a great deal about, the Proto -Indo -Europeans. Most of Western mythology is derived from..."

Our True Wealth Is Consciousness

2026-03-16, day precision · Jiang Xueqin: Our True Wealth Is Our Consciousness | Endgame #259

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"...idea that maybe a thousand years ago, China was this glorious Tang dynasty that was the epicenter of the world. That is a thing..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"...You guys should know this. What comes after the Han? The Tang Dynasty, okay? So this is one thing that is misunderstood. The Han..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"But there are many problems with the Tang Dynasty. So there's a heavy reliance on generals to fight wars, and this will eventually lead..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"...Mongols are considered a foreign dynasty. So I mentioned that the Tang Dynasty is actually non -Chinese. But the Mongols understood themselves to be..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"...question, and the central question is this. We know that the Tang Dynasty was really the height of Chinese power. It had about a..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"Five emperors, at least five emperors, during the Tang Dynasty were deposed by the elite. The aristocracy got together and were through the emperor,..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"...that it was introduced briefly in the Sui, and then the Tang Dynasty started to use it. Okay? But it was really the Song..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"...he would lead an uprising that would overwhelm and destroy the Tang Dynasty. The thing that's important for us to remember is that he..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"...he shows you how networks work in China. So during the Tang Dynasty, as you can see, there are centers which then moved to..."

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