SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

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  • Han Feizi – Chapter 22.32

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    Han Feizi tells Yang Zhu learned beauty fades with arrogance, while modesty makes plainness admired.

  • The Five Eunuch Marquises: How Palace Slaves Became Masters of the Han Empire [Eastern Han]

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    This article reveals how Emperor Huan of Eastern Han ennobled five powerful eunuchs as marquises, letting them dominate the court. Their corruption, tyranny, and abuse of power outraged scholars and students. Their ruthless rule weakened the Han Empire, laying the ground for its eventual collapse.

  • Sequel to a Dream

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    After winning the title of jinshi, (Tran. Note: Jinshi was a successful candidate in the highest imperial examination; juren was a successful candidate at the provincial level) Juren Zeng and several others who had passed the examination went for an excursion in the suburbs of the provincial capital.