SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

benevolent rule

  • The rescue of Kong Rong by Liu Bei [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    In 193 AD, though the main wave of the Yellow Turban Rebellion had been suppressed, scattered remnants continued to wreak havoc across the Han Empire. Kong Rong, serving as the Chancellor of Beihai Commandery (in modern-day Shandong), found himself at the center of a dire crisis.

  • The Analects – Chapter 5 (1.5). Virtuous Rule

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    Juan

    The Master said, “A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, shows affection towards his subjects in general, and uses the labour of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.”