China

36 chapters in all · about 2 h 12 min

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All chapters (36)

1. A memory called cowries　about 4 min
2. Money in the shape of tools　about 4 min
3. Chu's ant-nose, Chu's gold　about 3 min
4. Until the hole became square　about 3 min
5. Before unification, there were coins　about 3 min
6. Round heaven, square earth　about 4 min
7. Light as elm seeds　about 4 min
8. The standard called wu zhu　about 4 min
9. Complexity as failure　about 4 min
10. The coin that outlived the dynasty　about 4 min
11. A coin without an era name　about 4 min
12. Sending money without carrying it　about 4 min
13. The moulds that were distributed　about 4 min
14. Coin famine　about 4 min
15. Paper becomes money　about 4 min
16. A flood of copper coins　about 3 min
17. Paper with an expiry　about 4 min
18. Money too heavy to carry　about 3 min
19. Song coins across the sea　about 4 min
20. Paper backed by silver　about 4 min
21. Paper turns into gold, he wrote　about 3 min
22. The more you issue, the lighter it grows　about 4 min
23. Notes that promise no exchange　about 4 min
24. The money the market chose　about 3 min
25. Taxes turn to silver　about 3 min
26. Silver from two oceans　about 4 min
27. Money without a face value　about 4 min
28. A foreign silver coin becomes the standard　about 3 min
29. The silver flows out　about 5 min
30. Striking Western-style silver at home　about 4 min
31. A silver coin that passes by its face　about 4 min
32. The end of the scales　about 3 min
33. Leaving silver behind　about 3 min
34. Paper becomes mere paper again　about 4 min
35. The birth of the renminbi　about 4 min
36. Paper money without paper　about 4 min

The history of money in China, read chapter by chapter with illustrated scenes. Narration is available too. The first chapter is open to all.