Professor Jiang Xueqin — Predictive History Lecture Archive
This is a community-built archive of lectures by Professor Jiang Xueqin, converted from his YouTube series into written, searchable form. Our goal: make these ideas accessible to students, researchers, and curious readers who prefer the written word.
About Professor Jiang Xueqin
Jiang Xueqin is a Chinese-Canadian educator, writer, and geopolitical theorist. A Yale University graduate, he has held senior positions at Peking University High School and Shenzhen Middle School. His work bridges Western classical traditions — from Homer and Virgil to Dante — with structural game theory and long-term historical pattern recognition.
His YouTube channel has grown to over 2.6 million subscribers, drawing a global audience around one central question: can the trajectory of human civilization be predicted?
The Pursuit of Psychohistory
In his Foundation series, Isaac Asimov imagined "psychohistory" — a mathematical framework for understanding the past, predicting the future, and navigating the present. These lectures take that idea seriously.
Three questions drive the inquiry:
- Models & Paradigms — Which theories best decode the apparent chaos of world history?
- The Current Predicament — What does the past tell us about the geopolitical and social crises we face today?
- The Future — To what extent can the trajectory of human civilization actually be predicted?
What's in the Archive
141 written lectures across five series:
| Series | Lectures |
|---|---|
| Civilization | 60 |
| Game Theory | 29 |
| Secret History | 28 |
| Geo-Strategy | 12 |
| Great Books | 12 |
Plus:
- 822-term Glossary — every key concept from the lectures, defined and cross-referenced
- Prediction Tracker — a running record of Professor Jiang's forecasts and their real-world outcomes
- Reading List — 137 books cited across the lecture series
A Community Project
This platform is independently maintained by a community of students and readers. It is not Professor Jiang Xueqin's official website. All written content is derived from his publicly available lectures — transcribed, edited for readability, and organized for study.
We believe knowledge should be accessible. The YouTube channel gives you the classroom experience. This archive gives you the text — searchable, linkable, and readable at your own pace.
Support the Archive
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