28 - Trouble in Jiangxi Province
Using the 17th Century Chinese text The Book of Swindles as our guide, we intend to inform listeners of strategies to avoid falling victim to common deceptions. This episode covers the following real-life situations:
—Stealing silk with a decoy horse
—Chen Quan scams his way into the arms of a famous courtesan
—Using broom handles to play a joke on sedan bearers
Comments (7)
Opium was Qing dynasty not ming come on Dan!!!!!
The Victorian Underworld by Kellow Chesney documents a couple dozen petty scams in 1800s London. Very compelling book.
everybody wang chung tonight!!!
The Hotel California like melody going on in the background the whole time was maddening
Number of times someone said "period." this episode: 8.
The word "period" was used once in a normal context, raising the overall total to 9.
very funny to imply that famous poet Mao Zedong doesn't understand the power of a good bar lmao