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Exploring the Analects

Podkast av Elliott Bernstein

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Exploring the Analects takes you passage by passage through the collected teachings of Confucius. Host Elliott Bernstein brings each quote to life with fresh translations, historical context, and insights for Chinese learners—all while showing how 2,500-year-old ideas still speak to how we live, communicate, and connect today. Whether you're a philosophy buff, a student of Mandarin, or just curious about one of history's most influential texts, this podcast makes the Analects accessible, engaging, and surprisingly relevant.

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Don’t Call a Tail a Leg (6.25)

A seven-character riddle about a ritual wine vessel becomes a lesson in why names matter. In passage 6.25, Confucius picks up a 觚 (gū) — a tall, angular bronze cup designed to make you drink slowly — and finds it's lost the very shape that gave it meaning. His complaint isn't really about pottery. Along the way: Abraham Lincoln's joke about a dog's tail, the cosmological symbolism hidden in a wine cup's dimensions, why China's first emperor 秦始皇 Qin Shi Huang burning the classics was the end of a slippery slope that started with sloppy naming, and the delicious irony of 司馬遷 Sima Qian using the same vessel metaphor to mean the exact opposite of what Confucius intended. Follow along with the episode guide at analects.net.

20. mai 2026 - 22 min
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EXEMPLARS: The Jade Disk Returns to Zhao

When the ruthless King of Qin demands Zhao's most sacred treasure — the flawless jade disk known as the hé shì bì — in exchange for 15 cities he has no intention of giving, a humble scholar turned royal attendant steps up to answer the call. With the fearless General Lián Pō racing to the border and the kingdom's fate hanging in the balance, Lìn Xiāngrú must outthink a king, outwit an army, and return home with the priceless disk intact. This is the story of wánbì guī zhào The Jade Disk Returns to Zhao— a tale of cool-headed courage, quick thinking under pressure, and what it means to protect something bigger than yourself. From the pages of Chinese history, told for the next generation. Part of the Exemplars series — stories for children drawn from the pages of Chinese history.

29. mars 2026 - 13 min
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