SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

  • Pulling crops to grow

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    Ana

    A man in the state of Song felt the shoots in his fields were not growing fast enough. So he pulled them all up, then went home quite exhausted.

  • The fleeing soldiers’ mockery

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    Ana

    “I have done my best for the state,” King Hui of Liang told Mencius. ”When the crops fail west of the river, I move the people east or bring grain from the east to relieve them. If the crops are poor in the east, I do the same. When I look at the rulers…

  • The chicken thief of lingering hypocrisy

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    Ana

    There was a man who used to steal a chicken from his neighbours every day.

  • The Story of Qiu the Go Master

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    Ana

    Playing Go is a minor art; yet even so, you must give your whole attention to it to learn it.

  • The true crimes of Bajie in the Heaven

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    Juan

    In Journey to the West, all pilgrims bear the weight of celestial crimes: the Golden Cicada’s negligence toward Buddhist law, the White Dragon Horse burning the Jade Emperor’s divine pearl, Sha Wujing shattering the crystal goblet, and Sun Wukong’s litany of offenses — extorting the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea, tampering with the…

  • King Xuan’s archery delusion

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    Ana

    King Xuan of Qi was a keen archer and liked to be told what a powerful bowman he was, although he could draw no bow heavier than thirty catties.