SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

  • Yingning

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    Wang Zifu was a native of Luodian in Luxian County, Shandong Province. His father died when he was still a child. Being extraordinarily clever, he passed the imperial examination at the local level and became a xiucai at the age of fourteen.

  • Justice and Transformation in “Judge Lu”

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    Ana

    Strange Tales from Liaozhai, a collection of classical tales by Qing writer Pu Songling, features fantastical stories about fox spirits, ghosts, etc. Today, we will talk one of the most popular stories, the Judge Lu.

  • Judge Lu

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    Ana

    Zhu Erdan, of Lingyang, whose courtesy name was Xiaoming, was bold and outgoing by nature, though tending to be gullible. He studied industriously but had not yet made a name for himself.

  • Scholar Dong and the Fox Spirit: A cautionary tale of temptation

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    Ana

    “Dong Sheng” (Scholar Dong), from Pu Songling’s Strange Tales from Liaozhai, follows scholar Dong Xiasi living on the western frontier of Qingzhou, Shandong.

  • Scholar Dong

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    Ana

    The scholar Dong, who styled himself Xiasi, lived in the western border region of Qingzhou, Shandong Province.

  • The Snake-Eater

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    Ana

    Lu Fengning, a servant of Wang Puling who lives in our township, has a weakness for snakes.