SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

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  • Shan Juan [Biographies of Noble Scholars]

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    Shan Juan was a worthy man of antiquity. Emperor Yao heard that he had attained the Dao and thus faced north to study under him as a teacher. After Yao completed his reign, Shun also offered to yield the world to Shan Juan.

  • Xu You [Biographies of Noble Scholars]

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    Xu You, courtesy name Wuzhong, was a native of Huaili in Yangcheng. He was a man who stood firmly on righteousness and walked squarely; he would not sit on a mat that was not straight, nor eat food that was not properly prepared. Later, he hid himself in the marshes of Pei.

  • Chao Fu [Biographies of Noble Scholars]

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    Chao Fu was a hermit from the time of Emperor Yao. He lived in the mountains, seeking no worldly profit. In his old age, he built a nest in a tree and slept upon it; thus, the people of his time called him “Father Nest” (Chao Fu).

  • Nie Que [Biographies of Noble Scholars]

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    Nie Que was a man from the time of Emperor Yao. Xu You was the disciple of Nie Que.

  • Wang Ni [Biographies of Noble Scholars]

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    Wang Ni was a worthy man from the time of Emperor Yao, and he was the disciple of Bei Yi. Nie Que studied under Wang Ni and asked him about the Dao.

  • Bei Yi [Biographies of Noble Scholars]

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    Bei Yi (or Pi Yi) was a man from the time of Emperor Yao. Yao’s teacher was Xu You; Xu You’s teacher was Nie Que; Nie Que’s teacher was Wang Ni; and Wang Ni’s teacher was Bei Yi.

  • Preface to Biographies of High-Minded Scholars

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    Confucius said, “When the hidden virtuous are elevated, the hearts of all people under heaven turn to them.” Mr. Hongya established lofty principles in the age of the Sovereigns of High Antiquity; Xu You and Shan Juan did not lower their integrity during the reigns of Tang and Yu. Therefore, the I Ching contains…

  • Ban Gu

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    Ban Gu (32–92 CE) was a renowned historian and literary scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty. His courtesy name was Mengjian, and he was a native of Anling, Fufeng Commandery (in present-day northeastern Xianyang, Shaanxi).

  • Huang Chao

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    Huang Chao (?–884 CE) was the leader of a major peasant rebellion at the end of the Tang dynasty. He was a native of Yuanju, Caozhou (in present-day northwestern Cao County, Shandong) and originally worked as a smuggler of salt – a highly profitable but illegal trade under Tang monopoly laws.