Chapter of Yuan

Chapter of Yuan (Chinese: 元之章) is a season, and arguably the shortest official one of all, of the epic To Tell A History series.

It tells the story of Yuan dynasty, one of the empires that took away part of the Mongolian Empire's glory.

Summary

 * Episode 1 began with the conquer of Jin, the Jurchen regime in northern China, by the rising Mongolians. It follows the historical timeline to show how Chenghis Khan's army conquered the vast Eurasia, and how it looks like on small countries' sides to be outpowered and destroyed. Rememberable scenes include Xia Jieyi resisting Mongke's army in Diaoyutai, Chongqing, and Lindsey Ma writing a letter to the Song government to tell the Mongolian army is near, after the Dali regime had been conquered and she was deadly wounded. Her despair and loyalty was shown clearly when she lied by the campfire bleeding writing the letter, and handed it to the messenger telling him to go.
 * Episode 2 tells the story of how the Yuan Empire became Tibetan Buddhist. Thupten Lhamo played the swift-minded, courageous young monk who took the responsibility put on him and finished his job well. It also tells the story of how China nearly became a Muslim country, and what had been done to stop it from happenning. Lu Jiangran's angers towards Hui people in Shan, Gan and Ning region was shown once more in this episode.

Cast

 * Taragerel as emprerors of Mongolia and Yuan
 * Xia Jieyi as the Song army in Diaoyutai
 * Duan Rui as Dali country, in nowaday Yunnan
 * Lindsey Ma as Ailao country, in nowaday Yunnan
 * Thupten Lhamo as Baspa, the Tibetan monk that converted Mongolian emprerors to Buddhism

Trivia

 * Together with Chapter of Qing, the only two unified ethnic minority regimes in historical China, the season heavily features ethnic minorities, even those not playing a significant role in Chinses history.
 * Chapter of Yuan is likely the only season in To Tell A History that largely follows time order.