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For centuries, Decameron has amazed the world with its 100 tales. Now in our time of a global pandemic, POLYMERON welcomes you on board for a BRAND NEW ADVENTURE. 10 minutes a week, we’re going to guide you through the fantastic world of Chinese literature with numerous stories for you to relax and to learn.

Location:

United States

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For centuries, Decameron has amazed the world with its 100 tales. Now in our time of a global pandemic, POLYMERON welcomes you on board for a BRAND NEW ADVENTURE. 10 minutes a week, we’re going to guide you through the fantastic world of Chinese literature with numerous stories for you to relax and to learn.

Language:

English


Episodes
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How do I fit in?

1/25/2023
Alice put Jeffrey into a story and tried to see how he would react in the scenario. Can he survive?

Duration:00:19:07

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we're cool?

1/18/2023
Finally, the Polymeron is back! Um, yeah, sorry for disappearing. In our first episode of season two, we'll be looking a story of two best friends 管寧 and 華歆. Let's see what strange case they encountered together!

Duration:00:15:33

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The Egg Man (a story about 王藍田)

2/2/2022
Today we will talk about the most famous figure in this book, 王藍田, Mr. Wang, and his wild manner!

Duration:00:08:57

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You've got a friend in me (a story about 顧榮 and his friend)

1/25/2022
The lives of 顧榮 and his "friend" were changed in a barbecue banquet. This is how it happened.

Duration:00:09:13

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You happy now? (A story about 王子猷)

12/24/2021
Visiting a friend sometimes can be really tiring, but nothing is going to stop our Mr. Wang.

Duration:00:06:01

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He's not coming back from this (A story about 孔融)

12/9/2021
So Kong Rong (孔融) was definitely one of the most impressive prodigies, case closed.

Duration:00:06:45

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The melancholy prodigy (a story of 孔融‘s son)

11/16/2021
This week and next week we'll be looking at two prodigy stories in 世說新語. But this week we have a sad story, so..., yeah. Not every story is a happy story, sorry.

Duration:00:06:40

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You'll never know (a story about 曹操)

11/10/2021
We are going to begin our journey with this story about 曹操, Cao Cao. He was a complicated person, or rather, a character in people's hearts. So what did he do this time?

Duration:00:08:30

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book 1 intro! We're going to look at a "new account" now.

10/27/2021
《世說新語》 "A New Account of the Tales of the World" is a famous stories collection, not only for its literary value but also for the peculiarity in its stories. What does that mean? Wait until you listen to them. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=polymeron Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polymeron21/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Polymeron21

Duration:00:02:51

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Who we are, and what we do

10/19/2021
Welcome to our first episode! Alright, so basically, we are two students in Taiwan that want to tell you guys the famous, and some quite strange, stories in Chinese history. We recorded this introduction way back in the summertime, so we might have been a little too serious. But trust me, things will be fun! It is really just a story, and a little culture, sharing-podcast, nothing more. So, enojy! (And also we have Twitter now!) Facebook:...

Duration:00:01:46