defiance

  • Chapter 23. Mi Heng and Ji Ping [Three Kingdoms]

    In the turbulent era of the Three Kingdoms, where loyalty and treachery were often indistinguishable, power struggles never failed to captivate. In Chapter 23 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, “Mi Heng Strips Naked and Reviles the Enemy; Ji Ping Is Tortured for Attempting to Assassinate Cao Cao,” how did the fates of two…

  • Monkey King or Monster?

    Sun Wukong, the main character in Journey to the West, has several names and titles, including Monkey King, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Handsome Monkey King, Heaven-born Stone Monkey, Bi Ma Wen, etc. Find out why his name is Sun and what his name Wukong means. Today, we will talk about his titles and…

  • A monk of no affairs

    One day, Chan Master Danxia Tianran lay sprawled across the Tianjin Bridge in Luoyang City. When Governor Zheng Yuqing passed by during an official inspection, his guards demanded: “Why block the governor’s path?”