SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

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  • Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng

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    By Wang Bo (Tang Dynasty) The old prefecture of Yuzhang, now the new seat of Hongzhou.Its stars align with the constellations Yi and Zhen; its land borders Mount Heng and Mount Lu.Girded by the Three Rivers and belted by the Five Lakes, it commands the southern Jing region and links Ou and Yue.Here nature’s…

  • The Joy of Playing with Foxes

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    My friend Bi Yi’an is a free, easy-going, optimistic and straightforward man. He is also fat and has a thick beard. He is well-known among men of letters. When his uncle, Bi Jiyou, served as a prefect, he often visited him at his villa.

  • Protected: Huang Jiulang

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    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

  • The Fox-Teacher

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    A rich family in Zhili, Hebei, was trying to find a teacher for their children.

  • Taoist Priest

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    Scholar Han, descendant of a well-known aristocratic family, was very fond of guests. A man named Xu in the same village often went to his place to drink.

  • The Fox of Wei County

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    The Li Family in Wei County, Shandong Province, owned a villa. One day, an old man suddenly came along and said he was willing to pay fifty taels of silver a year to rent the house. The owner agreed.

  • Historical Prototype of Lord Yin in The Foxes’ Wedding

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    In Strange Tales from Liaozhai: The Foxes’ Wedding, the protagonist “Lord Yin” lacks explicit historical documentation. However, according to Yin Guanghe (18th-generation descendant of Yin Shidan), Pu Songling’s character refers precisely to this Ming Dynasty figure, Yin Shidan.

  • Courage, respect, and cross-species trust in the fox-fairy’s wedding

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    Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio’s “The Fox’s Daughter Wedding” recounts the journey of Yin, an impoverished scholar from Licheng, Shandong, famed for his audacity.

  • The recycled flattery

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    The local gentry are holding a grand banquet for a newly appointed prefect, and many musicians are here to entertain the party.