A Golden House
A rivalry, a scandal, a woman who sacrificed everything for the love of an emperor. Empress Chen of Wu risked it all when she resorted to witchcraft to defeat her rival. In her place, would we do the same?
Researched, written, and produced by Thomas Ignatius and Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.
Music
Purple Planet - Samurai Warrior
Purple Planet - Tormented
Purple Planet - Daybreak
Purple Planet - Cobwebbed
Purple Planet - Ethereal Eternity
Purple Planet - Immuration
Purple Planet - Sense of Loss
Purple Planet - Shadowlands
Sources
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Klimczak, Natalia. “Was it Love or Witchcraft? The Magical Practices of Chinese Empress Chen Jiao.” Ancient Origins. Feb. 10, 2017.
Lee, Lily Xiao Hong and A. D. Stefanowska. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E.-618 C.E. London: M. E. Sharpe, 2007.
Yü, Ying-shih. Chinese History and Culture: Sixth Century B.C.E. to Seventeenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.
Zhou, Xing, Juwen Zhang, Natalie Zhang, and Bill Long. “Folk Belief and Its Legitimization in China.” Western Folklore 76. No. 2 (Spring 2017):151-165.
