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The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast

Zhang Juzheng, the Nine-Headed Bird

18 min • 5 januari 2023

In my travels around Mainland China, I often heard a saying: "In the sky there is the Nine-Headed Bird, so on earth there is the man from Hubei."

What does this saying mean, and where does it come from? It all has to do with the Ming Dynasty statesman Zhang Juzheng...

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