SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Cao Shen

  • The Rising Tide: How rebellions united and fractured? [Western Han]

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    Juan

    This article traces the anti‑Qin uprising after Chen Sheng. Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu rallied the “Eight Thousand Sons of Wu.” Liu Bang emerged as a rebel leader, joined by Zhang Liang. They restored King Huai II of Chu to unify forces. Though Xiang Liang fell, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang rose to lead…

  • Cao Cao’s Lineage: Cao or Xiahou? [Three Kingdoms]

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    Rob

    In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Cao Cao’s failed assassination attempt on Dong Zhuo, he fled Luoyang. As he passed through Zhongmu County, the warrant for his arrest issued by Dong Zhuo had already arrived. Although Cao Cao was captured, the county magistrate Chen Gong secretly released him. Cao Cao hurried back to…